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    Roofing Contractors in Portsmouth, VA

    24 roofing listings in Portsmouth, Virginia · Portsmouth County

    24 roofing listings are recorded at Portsmouth, Virginia addresses. None of them has a Google rating matched to it yet, so what follows is contact detail rather than reputation data.

    21 of them are recorded in Portsmouth County. The rest are in Portsmouth City. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Portsmouth goes through Portsmouth County or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.

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    Hiring a roofer in Portsmouth: what this page knows

    Virginia licenses roofing contractors at state level, so a Portsmouth roofer should hold a current state license before quoting; the Virginia roofing license rules set out the class and how to check it.

    Virginia's peak severe-weather season: May–September for convective, December–March for winter. The Virginia storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 17 severe-weather events for Portsmouth County between 2016 and 2026 — the county the listings on this page put Portsmouth in. The most recent event meeting the dataset's severity definition was a thunderstorm wind gust of 70 kt (about 81 mph) on June 25, 2023.

    We have not modeled a cost index for Portsmouth. 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.

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    Licensing for roofers working in Portsmouth

    Virginia licenses roofing contractors at state level, and the requirement applies to work in Portsmouth. The license is issued by the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. A narrow small-job exemption sits below $1,000; the Virginia entry sets out where it stops applying.

    A state license is not a substitute for local rules: the job still needs a permit and an inspection through Portsmouth County or the city, and some municipalities require their own contractor registration on top of the state license.

    Source: Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. Checked August 2026. Licensing rules change — verify before you sign anything.

    National baseline

    What roofing work costs

    We have not modeled a cost index for Portsmouth, so there is no Portsmouth figure here. These are the national baseline bands, unadjusted.

    $5,625–$27,000
    $250–$3,500
    $450–$12,000

    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 Portsmouth County

    Portsmouth has no weather record of its own — NOAA records severe weather against counties, and the listings on this page put Portsmouth in Portsmouth County, with some of them in Portsmouth City. The figures below cover Portsmouth County only. These are weather records for the whole county, not an assessment of any building in Portsmouth.

    NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 17 severe-weather events recorded against Portsmouth County between 2016 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind events and 1 hail report.

    The one hail report on record measured 1.00 in across or larger. The largest on record is 1.00 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) on April 28, 2016.

    The strongest wind gust in the record is 70 kt (about 81 mph), a measured gust, on June 25, 2023.

    The busiest complete year in the record is 2023, with four events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a thunderstorm wind gust of 70 kt (about 81 mph) on June 25, 2023.

    Events on record

    17

    2016–2026

    Hail 1.00 in or larger

    1

    of 1 hail reports

    Largest hail

    1.00 in

    Quarter - Half Dollar · April 28, 2016

    Peak gust

    70 kt

    about 81 mph · June 25, 2023

    Significant events

    3

    by this dataset's definition

    Events recorded per year

    2016
    3
    2017
    2
    2018
    0
    2019
    1
    2020
    2
    2021
    0
    2022
    0
    2023
    4
    2024
    0
    2025
    4
    2026*
    1

    * 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 -- Thunderstorm Wind (50 kt gust) -- $10K property damage reported
    • Jun 25, 2023 -- Thunderstorm Wind (70 kt gust) -- $4K property damage reported
    • Jun 16, 2023 -- Thunderstorm Wind (50 kt gust) -- $50K property damage reported
    • Apr 28, 2016 -- Hail (Quarter - Half Dollar hail, 1.00 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

    One preliminary storm report has been filed for Portsmouth County since June 1, 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind event.

    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. $87,000 is the sum of NOAA’s recorded property-damage estimates across every event in Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth, VA: questions answered from the data

    How many roofing contractors are listed in Portsmouth, VA?

    24 roofing listings are recorded at Portsmouth, Virginia 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 Virginia require a roofing license?

    Yes. Virginia licenses roofing contractors at state level, so a Portsmouth roofer should hold a current state license before quoting; the Virginia roofing license rules set out the class and how to check it. You can check a credential on the Virginia authority's own site.

    How much does a roof replacement cost in Portsmouth?

    We have not modeled a cost index for Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth?

    Virginia's peak severe-weather season: May–September for convective, December–March for winter. The Virginia 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 Portsmouth?

    In NOAA's record for Portsmouth 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 70 kt (about 81 mph) on June 25, 2023. The Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth?

    Most listings on this page are recorded in Portsmouth County, with some in Portsmouth City. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Portsmouth goes through the county or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.