This directory holds four roofing listings for Independence, Kentucky. None of them has a Google rating matched to it yet, so what follows is contact detail rather than reputation data.
All of them are recorded in Kenton County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Independence goes through Kenton County or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.
Hiring a roofer in Independence: what this page knows
Kentucky issues no roofing license, so in Independence the city or county's own registration and permit rules are the ones that apply; the Kentucky roofing license rules cover what the state does and does not regulate.
Kentucky's peak severe-weather season: March–May, with a secondary autumn and winter season. The Kentucky storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 77 severe-weather events for Kenton County between 2016 and 2026 — the county the listings on this page put Independence in. The most recent event meeting the dataset's severity definition was a hail report measuring 1.00 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) on April 30, 2025.
We have not modeled a cost index for Independence. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both.
All Listings in Independence
4 listings
Licensing for roofers working in Independence
No state license is required to roof a house in Kentucky; city or county licensing usually still applies. The state leaves the roofing specialty to local government.
In practice that makes the local layer the one that matters in Independence: a business license or contractor registration where the jurisdiction requires one, plus a permit and an inspection through Kenton County or the city for the work itself.
Source: official Kentucky guidance. Checked August 2026. Licensing rules change — verify before you sign anything.
What roofing work costs
We have not modeled a cost index for Independence, so there is no Independence figure here. These are the national baseline bands, unadjusted.
National reference bands, not quotes and not local numbers. Local labor rates, permit fees and access all move them.
All roofing cost guidesOther Kenton County towns with listings
Same county, same inspections department, same code — these are the other Kenton County places this directory has roofers for.
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Storm history in Kenton County
Independence has no weather record of its own — NOAA records severe weather against counties, and the listings on this page put Independence in Kenton County. These are weather records for the whole county, not an assessment of any building in Independence.
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 77 severe-weather events recorded against Kenton County between 2016 and 2026: 66 thunderstorm wind events, 10 hail reports and 1 tornado.
Of the 10 hail reports, 7 measured 1.00 in across or larger and 3 measured under an inch. The largest on record is 1.75 in (Golf Ball) on October 19, 2016.
The strongest wind gust in the record is 74 kt (about 85 mph), an estimated gust, on March 2, 2017. One tornado is recorded in the county over the same period.
The busiest complete year in the record is 2016, with 16 events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a hail report measuring 1.00 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) on April 30, 2025.
Events on record
77
2016–2026
Hail 1.00 in or larger
7
of 10 hail reports
Largest hail
1.75 in
Golf Ball · October 19, 2016
Peak gust
74 kt
about 85 mph · March 2, 2017
Tornadoes
1
in the county record
Significant events
12
by this dataset's definition
Events recorded per year
- 2016
- 16
- 2017
- 2
- 2018
- 7
- 2019
- 12
- 2020
- 15
- 2021
- 2
- 2022
- 5
- 2023
- 1
- 2024
- 5
- 2025
- 12
- 2026*
- 0
* The most recent data year is partial. NOAA publishes storm reports on a rolling basis and the final months are still being processed, so a low count in the last year is not evidence of a quiet year. The curated archive behind these counts runs through May 31, 2026; anything later sits in the preliminary block below.
Notable events in the archive
- Apr 8, 2020 -- Tornado (EF0) -- $20K property damage reported
- Apr 12, 2019 -- Thunderstorm Wind (61 kt gust) -- $75K property damage reported
- Mar 2, 2017 -- Thunderstorm Wind (74 kt gust) -- $200K property damage reported
- Oct 19, 2016 -- Hail (Golf Ball hail, 1.75 in)
Selected by the dataset’s own rule rather than by editorial choice: the largest hail, the peak wind gust, the strongest tornado and the two costliest events by recorded property damage, deduplicated and newest first. Any dollar figure above is NOAA’s recorded estimate for that one event.
Preliminary — not yet in the permanent archive
5 preliminary storm reports have been filed for Kenton County since June 1, 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind events.
Preliminary reports covering 2026-05-31 onward come from National Weather Service storm reports filed as events occur. They have not yet been through the quality-control review that produces the permanent archive, and individual reports may later be revised, combined or withdrawn. NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.
What these counts cover. County figures count events NOAA recorded against a county (hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes). High wind, winter storms, ice storms, blizzards, heavy snow, hurricanes and tropical storms are recorded against National Weather Service forecast zones rather than counties, so they are reported at state level instead. Counts reflect events that were observed and reported.
“Significant” on this page means an event meeting any one of three tests: hail 1.00 in across or larger, a wind gust of 58 kt or more (the National Weather Service severe thunderstorm criterion), or any tornado. It is a severity definition used by this dataset and is not an official NOAA classification.
The damage figure. $555,600 is the sum of NOAA’s recorded property-damage estimates across every event in Kenton County over the period — a county total, not a figure for any one property, any one building or any one claim. NOAA records these figures as estimates made at the time of reporting. They are not adjusted for inflation, and they are frequently absent or zero — a zero means nothing was recorded, not that nothing was damaged.
Source. Archived figures come from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database, covering 2016 through May 31, 2026. Anything after that date comes from NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports and is labelled preliminary wherever it appears. Both are US Government works in the public domain.
Roofing in Independence, KY: questions answered from the data
How many roofing contractors are listed in Independence, KY?
4 roofing listings are recorded at Independence, Kentucky addresses in this directory. The count is read from the directory's own database each time this page is rebuilt; a listing is a location record, and the list above shows one card per company.
Does Kentucky require a roofing license?
No. Kentucky issues no roofing license, so in Independence the city or county's own registration and permit rules are the ones that apply; the Kentucky roofing license rules cover what the state does and does not regulate.
How much does a roof replacement cost in Independence?
We have not modeled a cost index for Independence. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both. Nobody has priced your roof from this page; the only number worth planning around is a written quote from a contractor who has been on it.
When is storm season in Independence?
Kentucky's peak severe-weather season: March–May, with a secondary autumn and winter season. The Kentucky storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. Season boundaries are National Weather Service climatology for the state, not a forecast for any one property.
What was the most recent severe storm recorded near Independence?
In NOAA's record for Kenton County, the most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition — hail 1.00 in or larger, a 58 kt gust, or any tornado — was a hail report measuring 1.00 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) on April 30, 2025. The Kenton County storm history on this page shows the full 2016–2026 record; it describes weather that happened, not the condition of any building.
Which county handles roofing permits in Independence?
Every listing on this page is recorded in Kenton County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Independence goes through the county or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.