This directory holds five roofing listings for London, 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 Laurel County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in London goes through Laurel County or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.
Hiring a roofer in London: what this page knows
Kentucky issues no roofing license, so in London 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 149 severe-weather events for Laurel County between 2016 and 2026 — the county the listings on this page put London in. The most recent event meeting the dataset's severity definition was a thunderstorm wind gust of 61 kt (about 70 mph) on March 11, 2026.
We have not modeled a cost index for London. 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 London
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Licensing for roofers working in London
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 London: a business license or contractor registration where the jurisdiction requires one, plus a permit and an inspection through Laurel 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 London, so there is no London 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.
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Storm history in Laurel County
London has no weather record of its own — NOAA records severe weather against counties, and the listings on this page put London in Laurel County. These are weather records for the whole county, not an assessment of any building in London.
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 149 severe-weather events recorded against Laurel County between 2016 and 2026: 121 thunderstorm wind events, 27 hail reports and 1 tornado.
Of the 27 hail reports, 20 measured 1.00 in across or larger and 7 measured under an inch. The largest on record is 2.00 in (Baseball) on May 8, 2025.
The strongest wind gust in the record is 78 kt (about 90 mph), an estimated gust, on March 1, 2016. One tornado is recorded in the county over the same period.
The busiest complete year in the record is 2022, with 35 events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a thunderstorm wind gust of 61 kt (about 70 mph) on March 11, 2026.
Events on record
149
2016–2026
Hail 1.00 in or larger
20
of 27 hail reports
Largest hail
2.00 in
Baseball · May 8, 2025
Peak gust
78 kt
about 90 mph · March 1, 2016
Tornadoes
1
in the county record
Significant events
28
by this dataset's definition
Events recorded per year
- 2016
- 17
- 2017
- 9
- 2018
- 10
- 2019
- 3
- 2020
- 6
- 2021
- 14
- 2022
- 35
- 2023
- 9
- 2024
- 20
- 2025
- 21
- 2026*
- 5
* 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
- May 16, 2025 -- Tornado (EF4)
- May 8, 2025 -- Hail (Baseball hail, 2.00 in)
- May 27, 2024 -- Thunderstorm Wind (50 kt gust) -- $80K property damage reported
- Jun 23, 2019 -- Thunderstorm Wind (50 kt gust) -- $80K property damage reported
- Mar 1, 2016 -- Thunderstorm Wind (78 kt gust)
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
13 preliminary storm reports have been filed for Laurel County since June 1, 2026: 13 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. $384,610 is the sum of NOAA’s recorded property-damage estimates across every event in Laurel 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 London, KY: questions answered from the data
How many roofing contractors are listed in London, KY?
5 roofing listings are recorded at London, 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 London 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 London?
We have not modeled a cost index for London. 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 London?
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 London?
In NOAA's record for Laurel 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 thunderstorm wind gust of 61 kt (about 70 mph) on March 11, 2026. The Laurel 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 London?
Every listing on this page is recorded in Laurel County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in London goes through the county or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.