282 roofing listings are recorded across 28 Hawaii cities and towns in this directory; 14 of those places have enough listings to carry a page of their own, and the rest are reachable through search.
The 10 places with the most listings are Honolulu (115), Waipahu (23), Kapolei (22), Pearl City (22), Kaneohe (21), Kailua (14), Mililani (8), Aiea (8), Hilo (7) and Kihei (7). Each city page lists its contractors with the county, the licensing rule and the local storm record.
Hawaii licenses roofing contractors at state level; the class that covers roofing is C-42 Roofing Contractor — a "C" Specialty Contractor classification. Scope per the Board: "To install roofing to an acceptable surface and provide a weather tight covering using metal; composition and cementitious shingles; wood shingles and shakes; concrete, clay, and other types of tile; built-up, modified bitumen, single ply, and fluid type systems; and other roofing materials including spray urethane foam, asphalt, and liquid (cutback) asphalt... To also install roof flashing in connection with all of the above." Narrower sub-classifications also exist: C-42a aluminum and other metal shingles, C-42b wood shingles and wood shakes, C-42c concrete and clay tile, C-42e urethane foam, C-42g roof coatings.. The Hawaii roofing license page sets out who issues it, what it costs to hold and how to verify one. A credential can be checked on the authority's own site.
Hawaii's peak severe-weather season: June–November (Central Pacific hurricane season); Kona lows in winter. The roofing work it generates comes from tropical systems and straight-line wind. The Hawaii storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active now.NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 15 county-level severe-weather events across Hawaii between 2016 and 2026 and 1 hail reports of 1.00 in or larger; the heaviest county record is Honolulu County's, with 5 events. The most recent event in the state meeting the dataset's severity definition was a hail report measuring 1.25 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) in Honolulu County on March 23, 2023.
Our cost model carries no regional index for a Hawaii metro yet, so the figure to plan around is the national baseline, which puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000. Local labor, permit fees and roof access move it in both directions.
Roofing in Hawaii: questions answered from the data
How many roofing contractors are listed in Hawaii?
282 roofing listings are recorded across 28 Hawaii cities and towns in this directory; 14 of those places have enough listings to carry a page of their own, and the rest are reachable through search. A listing is a location record; the ranked lists on this site collapse a company that serves many towns to one card, so the number of companies shown is lower than the number of listings counted.
Which Hawaii cities have the most roofing contractors?
By listing count, Honolulu (115), Waipahu (23), Kapolei (22), Pearl City (22) and Kaneohe (21) lead the state. Every Hawaii place with listings is linked in the city index further down this page.
Does Hawaii require a roofing license?
Yes. Hawaii licenses roofing contractors at state level; the class that covers roofing is C-42 Roofing Contractor — a "C" Specialty Contractor classification. Scope per the Board: "To install roofing to an acceptable surface and provide a weather tight covering using metal; composition and cementitious shingles; wood shingles and shakes; concrete, clay, and other types of tile; built-up, modified bitumen, single ply, and fluid type systems; and other roofing materials including spray urethane foam, asphalt, and liquid (cutback) asphalt... To also install roof flashing in connection with all of the above." Narrower sub-classifications also exist: C-42a aluminum and other metal shingles, C-42b wood shingles and wood shakes, C-42c concrete and clay tile, C-42e urethane foam, C-42g roof coatings.. The Hawaii roofing license page sets out who issues it, what it costs to hold and how to verify one. A credential can be checked on the authority's own site.
When is storm season in Hawaii?
Hawaii's peak severe-weather season: June–November (Central Pacific hurricane season); Kona lows in winter. The roofing work it generates comes from tropical systems and straight-line wind. The Hawaii storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active now.NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 15 county-level severe-weather events across Hawaii between 2016 and 2026 and 1 hail reports of 1.00 in or larger; the heaviest county record is Honolulu County's, with 5 events. The most recent event in the state meeting the dataset's severity definition was a hail report measuring 1.25 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) in Honolulu County on March 23, 2023. Season boundaries are National Weather Service climatology for the state, not a forecast for any one property.
How much does a roof replacement cost in Hawaii?
Our cost model carries no regional index for a Hawaii metro yet, so the figure to plan around is the national baseline, which puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000. Local labor, permit fees and roof access move it in both directions. Nobody has priced your roof from this page; plan around a written quote from a contractor who has been on it.