Report 03, September 2026

The Roofing AI Visibility Index.

The Roofing AI Visibility Index records the roofing companies Google AI Mode named in 60 US cities on September 10, 2026, then reads 520 roofing company homepages to see what those sites carry.

Answers captured September 10, 2026 and homepages read September 11, 2026 by KKV Labs LLC. $1,000 a month, 3-month minimum as it takes time to show results, named by AI in 90 days or every dollar back.

The finding, in three sentences

Google AI Mode named 277 roofing companies across 60 cities. That is 4.6 companies per city, never fewer than 3 and never more than 6. 274 different companies hold those slots today.

The day after, we opened 569 roofing company homepages and read 520 of them. 147 of those are companies the answer had named. The other 373 are everyone else we could read that day.

The badge this trade sells itself on does not tell the two groups apart. 26% of the named companies claim a manufacturer certification tier, and 25% of everyone else claims one too.

The findings

Four things the data actually says.

Each one is a check you can run on your own site in a minute. Every share is read from the 520 homepages we could open on September 11, 2026.

26% and 25%

The manufacturer badge does not sort the two groups

A certification tier is the badge this trade sells itself on. 26% of the roofing companies the answer named claim one, and 25% of everyone else claims one too. On this day, in this market, it told the two groups apart by one point.

Source: KKV Labs crawl, 520 homepages read, September 11, 2026

38%

Most of the markup describes the website, not the business

85% of the homepages we read carry structured data. 38% use it to say the business is a roofing contractor, and 26% carry only the website record the theme ships. Naming the business type is a one line change on most sites.

Source: KKV Labs crawl, 520 homepages read, September 11, 2026

42%

An llms.txt file is mostly a builder default

42% of the sites we read serve an llms.txt file, and every Duda site we read has one, 57 of 57 and every Wix site we read has one, 30 of 30. That is 87 of the 216 llms.txt files in this market, written by the builder rather than chosen by the company. Nobody should be sold that file as a strategy.

Source: KKV Labs crawl, 520 homepages read, September 11, 2026

3%

Roofers are not shutting AI crawlers out

The most blocked AI crawler in this market is named in a blocking rule on 3% of the robots.txt files we read, and two of the eight we checked are blocked nowhere at all. Getting read is not the problem here, so nothing needs unblocking.

Source: KKV Labs crawl, 520 homepages read, September 11, 2026

The answers

How many roofers make the answer.

We asked Google AI Mode the same question in every city: who is the best roofer here. It came back with names in all 60 of them, and the list was short every single time.

A short list is the finding. Every roofing company outside it is invisible for that question on that day, whatever it spends on ads.

4.6

Roofing companies named, on average

Across 60 cities

6

Named in a single city answer, at most

Never fewer than 3

274

Different companies holding a slot

Named at least once

Source: KKV Labs, Google AI Mode answers captured September 10, 2026 in 60 cities.

How long the list was, by city

  • 3 named2 cities
  • 4 named23 cities
  • 5 named31 cities
  • 6 named4 cities

Source: KKV Labs, Google AI Mode answers captured September 10, 2026 in 60 cities.

The stack

What the sites actually run.

Read from the homepage on September 11, 2026. A site runs on one platform, so these rows do not overlap and the column adds up to the sites we read. Anything we could not place, and any platform too small to report on its own, is grouped as other or not detected.

58%

of the homepages we read are on WordPress, at 300 of 520 sites. That is the biggest platform this crawl could put a name to. The platform decides how cheap the structured data work is, and on most of them it is a plugin and an afternoon.

Website platform, share of the sites we read

  • WordPress58%300 sites
  • Custom or unknown18%92 sites
  • Duda11%57 sites
  • Wix6%30 sites
  • Squarespace3%14 sites
  • Webflow2%12 sites
  • GoDaddy Website Builder1%6 sites
  • Other or not detected2%9 sites

Page builders are read on WordPress sites and reported as a share of every site we read: Gutenberg blocks 55%, Elementor 26%, Divi 8%, WPBakery 4%, Beaver Builder 3%. A site can carry more than one.

Source: KKV Labs crawl of 520 of 569 roofing company homepages, September 11, 2026.

Roofing software

How a homeowner gets a number.

Roofing CRMs, job tools and instant quote widgets, read off the homepage. A tool that only appears after a button click is not counted, so this is the floor rather than what the trade runs.

13%

Show a roofing CRM or instant quote tool on the homepage

520 homepages read

7%

Run Roofle

37 of 520 sites

22%

Of the roofers AI named show one of these tools

Everyone else 10%

Roofing CRM and quote tools, share of the sites we read

  • Roofle7%37 sites
  • CompanyCam2%10 sites
  • Roofr2%9 sites
  • ServiceTitan1%5 sites
  • AccuLynx1%4 sites
  • Housecall Pro1%3 sites
  • Xactimate0%2 sites
  • Jobber0%2 sites
  • Hover0%2 sites

Roofing tool

Named roofers

Everyone else

  • Roofle
    10%
    6%
  • CompanyCam
    3%
    1%
  • Roofr
    2%
    2%
  • ServiceTitan
    3%
    0%
  • AccuLynx
    2%
    0%
  • Housecall Pro
    1%
    0%

Source: KKV Labs crawl of 520 of 569 roofing company homepages, September 11, 2026.

The marketing stack

What the market pays to install.

Tracking, advertising, forms and lead marketplaces, read off the homepage. A tag is the cheapest thing a roofing company can add to a site, and it is usually the first thing that gets added.

Tracking and advertising tags, share of the sites we read

  • Google Tag Manager52%268 sites
  • Google Analytics 439%203 sites
  • Meta pixel16%82 sites
  • Google Ads tag14%75 sites
  • CallRail8%40 sites
  • Microsoft Clarity4%23 sites
  • Bing UET4%19 sites
  • Hotjar2%11 sites
  • CallTrackingMetrics1%5 sites

Forms and lead marketplaces, share of the sites we read

  • Gravity Forms16%83 sites
  • Contact Form 715%76 sites
  • Angi or HomeAdvisor8%43 sites
  • WPForms8%39 sites
  • HubSpot forms2%10 sites
  • Podium1%7 sites
  • Thumbtack1%6 sites
  • JotForm1%4 sites

Social and map profiles linked from the homepage

  • Facebook78%407 sites
  • Google Maps63%326 sites
  • Instagram46%239 sites
  • YouTube29%149 sites
  • LinkedIn24%126 sites
  • Yelp16%83 sites
  • TikTok6%29 sites
  • Nextdoor3%15 sites

Source: KKV Labs crawl of 520 of 569 roofing company homepages, September 11, 2026.

Reviews

What the homepage says people think.

Review widgets and seals on the homepage, and whether the page prints a number a reader can check. A rating counts only when it carries a value, so a customer writing the words five star in a quote is not a rating.

22%

Print a review count on the homepage

Named roofers 26%, everyone else 21%

240

Reviews on the median homepage that prints a count

116 sites print one

10%

Print a star rating with a number on it

Named roofers 10%, everyone else 10%

Review widgets and seals, share of the sites we read

  • BBB seal25%131 sites
  • Trustindex14%73 sites
  • Elfsight6%30 sites
  • GuildQuality3%17 sites
  • Trustpilot1%3 sites
  • Google reviews badge1%3 sites

Source: KKV Labs crawl of 520 of 569 roofing company homepages, September 11, 2026.

Manufacturer programmes

The badges the trade sells itself on.

A brand row counts when the homepage names the manufacturer. A tier row counts when it claims the programme level by name. The two overlap: a site can name a brand and claim a tier, and many do.

44%

Name a shingle or roofing brand on the homepage

227 of 520 sites

25%

Claim a manufacturer certification tier

Named roofers 26%, everyone else 25%

Brands named and tiers claimed, share of the sites we read

  • GAF named25%132 sites
  • Owens Corning named18%91 sites
  • CertainTeed named16%82 sites
  • GAF Master Elite10%50 sites
  • Owens Corning Preferred8%44 sites
  • GAF Certified or President's Club8%43 sites
  • Malarkey named5%25 sites
  • CertainTeed ShingleMaster or credentialed5%24 sites
  • Owens Corning Platinum Preferred4%21 sites
  • IKO named3%18 sites
  • TAMKO named3%16 sites
  • CertainTeed SELECT ShingleMaster3%14 sites
  • Malarkey Emerald or certified2%9 sites
  • Duro-Last1%6 sites

Source: KKV Labs crawl of 520 of 569 roofing company homepages, September 11, 2026.

Financing

Who is quietly lending the money.

A roof is bought in a hurry and usually on credit, so the word financing is common and the lender behind it is rare. No single lender in this crawl reaches 3% of the market.

52%

Say something about financing on the homepage

Named roofers 64%, everyone else 48%

9%

Name the lender they work with

47 of 520 sites

Finance partners named on the homepage, share of the sites we read

  • Hearth2%12 sites
  • Service Finance2%10 sites
  • Enhancify1%6 sites
  • GreenSky1%5 sites
  • Acorn Finance1%4 sites
  • Synchrony1%4 sites
  • Wisetack1%4 sites
  • PayPal Credit0%2 sites

Source: KKV Labs crawl of 520 of 569 roofing company homepages, September 11, 2026.

Named versus unnamed

What the named roofers had that day.

This is a comparison on the day of the crawl, not a cause. It shows what the named roofing companies happened to have, not what got them named.

The ten checks where the roofing companies Google AI Mode named were furthest from everyone else, September 11, 2026
SignalNamed roofersEveryone else
Elementor as the page builder40%21%
Financing shown by name or word64%48%
WordPress as the platform69%53%
Gutenberg blocks as the page builder66%51%
An Instagram link56%42%
A Facebook link88%75%
Any roofing CRM or quote tool detected22%10%
Any JSON-LD structured data93%82%
Only boilerplate schema (WebSite or Organization, no business type)33%23%
A service area or locations page linked48%39%

Named roofers are the 147 crawled sites Google AI Mode listed in their own city answer the day before the crawl. Everyone else is the other 373. WordPress, Gutenberg and Elementor move together in this table because the last two are WordPress features, so read them as one reading rather than three.

The checks that did not tell the two groups apart

Checks within two points of each other in both groups,September 11, 2026
SignalNamed roofersEveryone else
Free estimate or inspection offered77%76%
Storm, hail or insurance claim content70%68%
LocalBusiness or contractor business schema60%60%
An FAQ on the homepage49%48%
A manufacturer brand named at all45%43%
Any manufacturer certification tier claimed26%25%
A LinkedIn link23%25%
Service or Offer schema18%18%
Meta pixel installed14%16%
A price shown on the homepage or a pricing page linked14%16%
FAQPage schema16%15%
Google Ads conversion tag installed14%14%
A numeric star rating shown on the homepage10%10%

Business schema is the one check where the two groups sit on the same number: 60% of the named companies carry it and 60% of everyone else does. That makes it open ground rather than catching up.

Source: KKV Labs crawl of 520 of 569 roofing company homepages, September 11, 2026.

Schema and AI access

What a machine is allowed to read.

What the homepage tells a machine about the business, and whether the site lets an AI crawler read it at all. Both are free to check on your own site today.

85%

Carry structured data of some kind

Named roofers 93%, everyone else 82%

38%

Say in that markup that the business is a roofing contractor

199 of 520 sites

98%

Serve a sitemap an answer engine can reach

Declared in robots.txt on 86%

Structured data on the homepage, share of the sites we read

  • Any JSON-LD structured data85%444 sites
  • LocalBusiness or contractor business schema60%310 sites
  • RoofingContractor schema specifically38%199 sites
  • Only boilerplate schema (WebSite or Organization, no business type)26%134 sites
  • Service or Offer schema18%93 sites
  • FAQPage schema15%80 sites

AI crawlers named in a rule that blocks them, share of the robots.txt files we read

  • Bytespider3%15 sites
  • CCBot3%14 sites
  • Applebot-Extended3%13 sites
  • ClaudeBot3%13 sites
  • Google-Extended3%13 sites
  • GPTBot3%13 sites
  • anthropic-ai0%0 sites
  • PerplexityBot0%0 sites

A robots.txt was reachable on 97% of the sites we read, which is the base for the rows above. About half of those files disallow some path for every crawler, which is what a default admin rule looks like. We did not keep the rule text, so we report only the outright blocks and leave the rest alone.

llms.txt files found, share of the sites we read on that platform

  • WordPress34%101 of 300 sites
  • Duda100%57 of 57 sites
  • Wix100%30 of 30 sites
  • Custom or unknown22%20 of 92 sites
  • GoDaddy Website Builder67%4 of 6 sites
  • Squarespace14%2 of 14 sites
  • Webflow8%1 of 12 sites

42% of the sites we read serve an llms.txt file, at 216 sites. The shape of that number is the finding: every Duda site we read has one, 57 of 57 and every Wix site we read has one, 30 of 30. That is 87 of the 216 llms.txt files in this market, written by the builder rather than chosen by the company.

Source: KKV Labs crawl of 520 of 569 roofing company homepages, September 11, 2026.

Words and proof

How much a homepage actually says.

How much there is to read on a roofing homepage, what it weighs, and which facts it hands a homeowner before they call. All of it is checkable on your own site in a minute.

1,257

Words on the median homepage

Named roofers 1,385, everyone else 1,204

6%

Have fewer than 300 words on the homepage

40% have more than 1,500

219 KB

Weight of the median homepage

520 homepages read

12

Services named on the median homepage

Named roofers 12, everyone else 11

Page weight, share of the sites we read

  • 100 to 300 KB47%246 sites
  • 300 to 700 KB24%125 sites
  • under 100 KB20%103 sites
  • 700 KB to 1.5 MB7%34 sites
  • over 1.5 MB2%12 sites

What the homepage tells a homeowner before they call

15%

Show a price on the homepage or link a pricing page

Named roofers 14%, everyone else 16%

14%

Print a licence number on the homepage

Named roofers 16%, everyone else 13%

9%

Run call tracking on the homepage

Named roofers 10%, everyone else 8%

Content and proof on the homepage, share of the sites we read

  • A click to call phone link89%463 sites
  • Free estimate or inspection offered76%396 sites
  • Storm, hail or insurance claim content69%358 sites
  • Warranty language on the homepage61%316 sites
  • A blog or news section linked51%267 sites
  • An FAQ on the homepage48%250 sites
  • A storm or insurance claim page linked46%241 sites
  • A service area or locations page linked42%217 sites
  • Licensed and insured stated in words36%185 sites
  • A review count shown on the homepage22%116 sites
  • A price shown on the homepage or a pricing page linked15%80 sites
  • A licence number printed on the homepage14%74 sites

Two facts a homeowner checks first are the rarest things on a roofing homepage: a price appears on 15% of the sites we read and a licence number on 14%. Both are cheap to publish and both are things a homeowner checks before they pick up the phone.

Words and weight are counted from the HTML our crawler downloaded, not from a browser that ran the page. A site that builds its text with JavaScript therefore reads thinner here than it looks to a visitor. Both halves of the named comparison were measured the same way on the same day, which is what makes that gap the useful part.

Source: KKV Labs crawl of 520 of 569 roofing company homepages, September 11, 2026.

The service menu

What the homepage says it sells.

A service counts when the homepage names it. A company that does the work and never writes it down is invisible for that question, which is most of what this report is about.

Services named on the homepage, share of the sites we read

  • Roof repair80%416 sites
  • Roof replacement76%396 sites
  • Commercial roofing69%361 sites
  • Storm or hail damage65%338 sites
  • Gutters63%329 sites
  • Residential roofing62%320 sites
  • Metal roofing58%304 sites
  • Roof inspection55%286 sites
  • Flat or TPO roofing49%256 sites
  • Siding43%226 sites
  • Insurance claim help42%220 sites
  • Emergency or 24 hour service42%219 sites
  • Skylights25%130 sites
  • Tile roofing19%99 sites
  • Solar15%78 sites
  • Windows9%47 sites

What the homepage says about the company itself

  • Free estimate or inspection76%396 sites
  • Warranty language61%316 sites
  • Financing offered52%268 sites
  • Years in business stated47%245 sites
  • Licensed and insured stated36%185 sites
  • Family owned28%148 sites
  • Workmanship warranty16%85 sites
  • Lifetime warranty7%36 sites
  • Veteran owned4%21 sites

Source: KKV Labs crawl of 520 of 569 roofing company homepages, September 11, 2026.

Readiness by state

Where the market is already awake.

Readiness is the mean of four shares in this table: business schema, a certification tier, a licence number and a review count. Higher means a market that is harder to walk into. States with fewer than 8 sites read are left out.

Roofing homepage readiness by state, September 11, 2026
StateSites readBusiness schemaCertification tierLicence numberReview countStorm contentReadiness
Pennsylvania875%62%12%50%75%50
Florida2467%25%67%33%62%48
Idaho1963%37%37%32%79%42
Alabama956%44%33%22%78%39
South Carolina2070%30%20%30%90%38
New Mexico1060%10%50%30%80%38
Oregon1080%30%10%20%80%35
Montana2075%25%15%20%85%34
Louisiana1560%7%27%40%67%34
Colorado2871%25%4%32%96%33
Mississippi956%22%11%44%89%33
Georgia2770%30%0%30%74%32
North Dakota1050%40%20%20%80%32
Oklahoma1060%20%10%40%90%32
Indiana1675%31%0%12%69%30
California1457%21%43%0%36%30
Virginia1850%39%11%17%56%29
Ohio2568%20%4%20%80%28
New York2548%32%4%28%56%28
Illinois1060%20%0%30%90%28
Maryland956%33%22%0%56%28
Missouri875%12%0%25%50%28
North Carolina1747%24%0%35%76%26
Wisconsin978%11%0%11%78%25
Wyoming1759%12%6%18%76%24
Texas4159%12%0%22%61%23
Washington1250%42%0%0%33%23
Tennessee1741%29%6%12%71%22
Iowa1050%10%20%10%60%22
Alaska933%33%11%0%56%19
Kentucky944%33%0%0%67%19
Arizona1040%10%10%10%20%18

Readiness runs from Pennsylvania at 50 down to Arizona at 18, across 32 states with at least 8 sites read. Several of those states rest on 8 or 9 sites, so read the row before you read the ranking.

Source: KKV Labs crawl of 520 of 569 roofing company homepages, September 11, 2026.

The city table

Every city, and who AI named.

Roofing sites screened in each city, the companies the answer named on September 10, 2026, and how the answer was shaped. Biggest markets first. The company lists are a dated snapshot of one answer on one day. They are not rankings and not endorsements.

Roofing websites screened and roofing companies named by Google AI Mode, by city, September 10, 2026
CityWho the answer namedCompanies namedSites screenedAnswer
Bradenton, FLBlue Collar Roofing, Mid-Coast Roofing, AKVM Roofing Company, Florida State Roofing, Len's Roofing510no single company ahead
Castle Rock, CONorth Peak Roofing & Contracting, Rex Roofing & Solar, LLC, Verity Roofing, Columbine Roofing & Exteriors, Celtic Roofing510no single company ahead
Albany, NYPerfection Roofing, Star Roofing & Restoration, Center Construction Roofing, Home Evolution Roofing, Build Pros Roofing and Siding59no single company ahead
Amarillo, TXRoof Smith, Morgan & Myers Roofing and Exteriors, LLC, Accent Roofing of Amarillo, LLC, Pristine Roofing and Construction, Price Roofing Co.59no single company ahead
Annapolis, MDBenchmark Roofers, Black Anchor Roofing, Wells Home Improvements, Chesapeake Roofing, Windows & Siding Inc.49no single company ahead
Appleton, WIKingdom Roofing, Security-Luebke Roofing, Inc., DuraShield Roofing & Contracting, Ridge Top Exteriors, Upward Exteriors Roofing59no single company ahead
Asheville, NCElite Roof and Solar - Asheville, John McClung Roofing, Lane Roofing and Restoration LLC, Ridge Roofing, Pisgah Roofing and Restoration59no single company ahead
Baton Rouge, LARoof Gecko, Lifetime Roofing, Reliable Roofing and Construction, V & V Roofing and Sheet Metal, LLC, Pelican Roofing Company, Mid City Roofing69no single company ahead
Bellingham, WASkyline Roofing & Construction, Alpine Exteriors, Mt Baker Roofing, Whatcom Roofing, Cruz Roofing Contractor LLC59no single company ahead
Bend, ORScott's Roofing, Greenlee Roofing, Tactical Roofing & Construction, Deschutes Roofing, Northwest Quality Roofing LLC59no single company ahead
Billings, MTWegner Roofing & Solar, Kirkness Roofing Inc, Built Wright Homes, Seal Tight Roofing and Siding, Sprague Roofing59no single company ahead
Bozeman, MTAce Roofing LLC, Langley Roofing, PowCo Roofing, Top Edge Roofing, SureRoof59no single company ahead
Cedar Rapids, IAGarcia Roofing & Exteriors, Robison Construction, Martinez Roofing & Construction, Perfect Pitch Roofing49no single company ahead
Champaign, ILFreedom Roofing & Construction, Inc., Central Roofing of Champaign, Roof Panther - Roofing and Construction, Freeman Exteriors, Copper Creek Contractors59no single company ahead
Chandler, AZDiscount Roofing LLC, Power Peak Roofing, Real Roofing, VHB Roofing49no single company ahead
Clarksville, TNWindstar Roofing, LLC, The Clarksville Roof Guys, Big Timber Roofing, Integrity Roofing & Exteriors49no single company ahead
Clearwater, FLDean Roofing Company, Classic Roofing and Construction, Handyman Roofing, KAM Roofing Services49no single company ahead
College Station, TXSpire Roofing Solutions, Southern Star Roofing and Seamless Gutters, Lone-Star Roof Systems, State Roofing Company, Brazos Valley Roofing Experts59no single company ahead
Colorado Springs, CORampart Roofing & Exteriors, Petrali Roofing, Pierce Roofing, RIZE Roofing, Cheyenne Mountain Roofing59no single company ahead
Aiken, SCSouth Point Roofing & Gutters, Rite Price Roofing, C&B Roofing LLC38no single company ahead
Akron, OHDarrell Yoder Roofing, DroCo Roofing, Spartan StormShield, BLC Roofing, Homegrown Roofing and Construction58no single company ahead
Albuquerque, NMAltitude Roofing, Ridgeview Roofing & Restoration, Premium Roofing, National Roofing, RMC Roofing & Construction58no single company ahead
Alpharetta, GAGeorgia Roofing & Repair, Inc., Inspector Roofing and Restoration, Perfection Roofing & Siding, Capital City Roofing48no single company ahead
Anchorage, AKHarris Roofing, Storm Proof Roofing, Premier Roofing Co., Reds Roofing & Renovations LLC48no single company ahead
Bakersfield, CARoof On Brand, Castle Roofing, Bear Mountain Roofing Inc., Ed and J United Roofing, BSW Roofing, Solar & Air, Wilson Brothers Roofing68no single company ahead
Beaumont, TXM&M Roofing, Siding & Windows - Beaumont, Dutchmark Roofing Beaumont Tx, Cool Roofs - Beaumont, American Roofing & Construction, Monument Roofing Systems58no single company ahead
Bismarck, NDWegner Roofing & Solar, ROOFTOP - Your Roofing Contractor., Arrow Roofing Systems, All Seasons Roofing48no single company ahead
Boca Raton, FLWhale Roofing & Construction, Blues Brothers Roofing, Roof Masters by Build Masters, CLS Roofing Contractor of Boca Raton48no single company ahead
Boise, IDIdaho Roofing Contractors, Signature Roofing, Point Roofing & Restoration, Blue Goat Roofing Inc., Recon Roofing & Solar58no single company ahead
Buffalo, NYKing Remodeling Corp, All Access Builders LLC, Buffalo's Best Roofing Company LLC38no single company ahead
Charleston, SCBig Bear Roofing, New Beginnings Construction, Inc, Powell Roofing LLC, Charleston Roofing and Exteriors, 843 Roof LLC58no single company ahead
Charlottesville, VARoof Top Services LLC, Blue Ridge Roofing, Inc, Cenvar Roofing - Charlottesville, Apex Roofing, LLC, Valley Roofing & Exteriors58one company ahead
Chattanooga, TNLangley Roofing, RoofingCo.com, Sentri Roofing, Local Roofer - Chattanooga, Lee Roofing58no single company ahead
Cheyenne, WYPremier Roofing Solutions, Capitol Roofing, Inc., Inman Roofing Inc., Saddle Roofing48no single company ahead
Coeur d'Alene, IDWestern Construction & Roofing, Bryce Roofing, SkyRight Roofing and Gutters, Ketron Roofing, Glacier Roofing & Exteriors58no single company ahead
Abilene, TXThornton's Roofing Company, Fat Matt Roofing, Barr Residential Roofing Services, Hale Roofing & Construction, LLC, Chad Dodson Roofing Abilene57no single company ahead
Birmingham, ALGreen Valley Roofing & Construction, Patriot Roofing and Builders LLC, Eagle Roofing and Construction, The Roofing Dudes, Cardinal Roofing57no single company ahead
Bloomington, INRCV Roofing, Siding & Gutters, Koontz Roofing & Exterior Construction, Kingdom Roofing Systems, Rapid Roofing & Restoration, AMI Roofing Contractors, Inc.57no single company ahead
Chesapeake, VAJayhawk Exteriors, Roofing Systems of Hampton Roads, Atlantic Craftsman LLC, Gray Line Roofing47no single company ahead
Broken Arrow, OKTier-One Roofing, Blacksmith Roofing & Construction LLC, Firehouse Roofing Co., Solid Roofing, ARK Roofing & Construction56no single company ahead
Carmel, INRed Bird Roofing, Beard Roofing and Exteriors, Element Roofing, The Roof Squad, Jax Roofing Company56no single company ahead
Cincinnati, OHDeer Park Roofing, LLC, Molloy Roofing Company, New Heights Roofing, Advantage Roofing, SWORD Roofing56no single company ahead
Athens, GAChristian Roofing & Remodeling, Black Dog Roofing, Athens Roofing, MLW All Phase Construction & Roofing48no single company ahead
Biloxi, MSENSURED Roofing, Integrity Roofing, Castle Roofing, Expert Roofing48no single company ahead
Bowling Green, KYDC's Roofing and Contracting, Build 2 Suit: Roofing Division, Eric Gill Roofing & Carpentry, Freedom Contracting, Best Choice Roofing, Kaliber Contracting68no single company ahead
Casper, WYBreit Roofing, MC Roofing, Excel Roofing - Casper, Limmer Roofing Inc48no single company ahead
Augusta, GARCS Roofing Company, Southpaw Roofing, Armour Roofing, Crosby Roofing, Penn Roofing, Inc57no single company ahead
Bridgeport, CTCruz Roofing and Siding, Preference Construction, Roofing and Home Improvement, Fairfield Roofing, T&C Roofing & Construction, LLC46no single company ahead
Ann Arbor, MIGoTo Roofing, Inc., Neighborhood Roofing, Roof Advance, Imperial Building & Roofing, Mr. Roof54no single company ahead
Columbia, MOResolve Roofing, CoMo Premium Exteriors, ROOF U.S.A., Midwest Roofing44no single company ahead
Allentown, PAROOFX Roofing, Roofera, In The Light Roofing, Bachman's Roofing47no single company ahead
Binghamton, NYReliance Roofing, LLC, BSR Roofing llc, Dave Wagner Roofing LLC, Platinum Roofing and Construction, Guaillas Roofing INC57no single company ahead
Boulder, CORoof Masters of Colorado, 1st Response Roofing Ltd., Boulder Roofing, Thomsen Roofing47no single company ahead
Cary, NCOn Tops Roofing, Barkley-Jensen Roofing and Restoration, Legacy Construction and Roofing, Storm Guard Roofing and Construction of Apex-Cary47no single company ahead
Chico, CAAllegiant Roofing, Butte Roofing Co, Chico Roofing Company, Sierra Roofing Company46no single company ahead
Burlington, VTVermont Construction Company, CG Family Construction | Roofing Division, JSS Roofing Contractors, Three Mountain Roofing47no single company ahead
Canton, OHHof Roofing & Construction, Canton Roofing Company, Royalty Roofing, Shane Fisk Roofing Company Inc., Henderson Roofing & Construction, Anthony Roofing - Canton67no single company ahead
Charleston, WVElite Roofing-Charleston, Rainstoppers Roofing, Almost Heaven Roofing, Fahey Roofing + Contracting, Alpine Roofing54no single company ahead
Brownsville, TXCA Roofing, Pride Roofing Xperts, Owen Roofing Company, McAllen Valley Roofing Co.44no single company ahead
Alexandria, LADucote Roofing and Repair LLC, NELA Roofing, Best Price Roofing, Edwards Roofing and Construction44no single company ahead

Source: KKV Labs screening and Google AI Mode answers captured September 10, 2026. 60 cities, 277 company names. Every city had at least 3 companies named, so the answer column does not sort these cities. Read the names. Download the city data (CSV). What we do for roofing companies.

Method

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Citation

Use any figure on this page. We ask for one thing: name the source and link to this page, so a reader can see the date and the method.

Download the city data (CSV). Every city, every company the answer named, and the date.

The city sample
60 US cities across 36 states. We found 562 roofing websites in them and screened 460. This is not a random sample of all US roofers: it is the markets we were looking at, which lean toward small and mid size cities.
The AI answers
One question per city, asked in Google AI Mode from a fresh logged out session on September 10, 2026, with the companies recorded in the order they were given. Answers change. This is a dated snapshot, not a ranking and not an endorsement of any company on it.
The technology crawl
On September 11, 2026 we opened 569 roofing company homepages and read 520 of them. 33 answered and turned the crawler away, and 16 did not answer at all. Detection reads the homepage HTML for known scripts, links and markup, so a company can use a tool without it showing here. Every share is a floor.
Named versus unnamed
The named set is the 147 crawled sites Google AI Mode listed in their own city answer the day before the crawl. The other 373 are everyone else. Comparing the two shows what the named group happened to have that day. It does not show that any of it is why they were named, and we do not claim that anywhere.
What we are not claiming
Nothing here says a company with better markup will be named, or that a named company is better at roofing than one that is not on the list. It says what this market looked like on two days in September 2026, and which of the cheap signals are still open.

Caveats

What this data cannot tell you.

Read these before you quote a number from this page. They are the honest limits of the run, and we would rather print them than have somebody find them later.

A same day comparison, not a cause
The named companies were named for many reasons this crawl cannot see, including reviews, how long they have traded and who links to them locally. Nothing on this page is a ranking factor.
115 named companies have no website we could resolve
Google AI Mode gave those company names with no link, and no first-party record we hold maps the name to a site. They are counted in the city table, which is built from names, and left out of the named versus unnamed comparison, which is built from websites. We resolved 159 sites and read 147 of them, so that comparison rests on about half of the companies the answer named.
Homepage only, so every share is a floor
A certification on an About page, a price on a cost page or a quote tool behind a button is not counted. Detection is by known scripts, links and text, so a new or self built tool reads as nothing at all.
No speed numbers, on purpose
The crawl ran from India. Response times were recorded and are not reported here, because from that distance they measure the length of the wire rather than the speed of the site.
Walled sites are counted apart from broken ones
33 sites answered and refused the crawler, and 16 did not answer at all. Only the first group is a blocked number. Bot walls cluster on certain hosts, so their absence could tilt the platform mix.
The tier does not sort these cities
Every one of the 60 cities had at least 3 companies named, so 59 come out green and 1 comes out yellow. Green is not a selective finding for roofing. Read the company list, not the colour.
Small bases on some rows
Several named versus unnamed rows rest on a small number of the 147 named sites, so the site counts are printed next to every share. Quote the counts. Never say twice as likely.
A partial robots.txt rule is not an AI block
About half of the robots.txt files we read disallow some path for every crawler, which is what a default admin rule looks like. We did not keep the rule text, so we report only the outright blocks and leave the rest alone.

Questions

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What is the Roofing AI Visibility Index?
A first-party count of roofing AI visibility: which roofing companies Google AI Mode named in 60 US cities on September 10, 2026, and what the crawler could read on 520 roofing company homepages the day after. Nothing is bought, licensed or estimated.
Does a manufacturer certification help a roofer get named by AI?
We cannot see that in this data. 26% of the 147 named companies claim a certification tier on the homepage, against 25% of the other 373. That is one point apart on one day. A certification is worth having for the warranty it carries. It is not an AI visibility move.
Which software do roofing companies run on their websites?
On the 520 homepages we read on September 11, 2026, 13% showed a roofing CRM or instant quote tool we could detect. The most common were Roofle at 7%, CompanyCam at 2%, Roofr at 2%. 58% of the sites run on WordPress. A tool behind a button is not counted, so these are floors.
Do roofing websites block AI crawlers?
Almost none of them do. Of the 502 sites that served us a robots.txt, the most blocked AI crawler is named in a blocking rule on 3% of them, and two of the eight we checked are blocked on none. A sitemap is reachable on 98%. Access is not what is keeping a roofer out of the answer.
Can I cite these numbers?
Yes, free of charge. Name KKV Labs as the source and link to this report, so your reader can see the date and the method. The city table is on the page as a CSV file as well.
Is a roofing company named in the answer better than one that is not?
No, and we do not say that anywhere. The lists are a dated snapshot of what one AI answer said on one day. They are not rankings, not endorsements, and not a judgement about anybody's work.
How often is this updated?
We re-run the city answers and the crawl as we work these markets. Every figure on this page is computed from the data files at build time, so the report updates the moment the files do, and every AI answer carries the date it was captured.

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