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How do roofers in Ohio get more customers from Google and AI search?

Facts checked November 8, 2026 by Ansh Singh

Short answer: Roofers in Ohio get found online with a website that shows their license number, names the towns they serve such as Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati, and collects real local reviews. The state had 866 businesses with staff in this Census category in 2022.

Do roofers need a license in Ohio?

We have not yet confirmed the Ohio rules for this trade from the board's own pages, so this section is still being checked. Ask your state licensing office before you rely on it.

What do homeowners in Ohio’s biggest cities search for?

Google autocomplete for roofer searches in each city (job-seeker searches removed):

Columbus

• best roofers columbus ohio
• columbus roofing and sheet metal
• columbus roofing company
• columbus roofing company reviews
• columbus roofing inc
• columbus roofing rescue
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• roof repair columbus ohio

Cleveland

• cleveland roofing and siding
• cleveland roofing centre
• cleveland roofing company
• cleveland roofing contractors
• cleveland roofing gateshead
• cleveland roofing inc
• cleveland roofing middlesbrough
• cleveland roofing pros

Cincinnati

• best cincinnati roofers
• best roofer cincinnati
• cincinnati roofing companies
• cincinnati roofing contractor
• cincinnati roofing delhi
• cincinnati roofing llc
• cincinnati roofing professionals
• cincinnati roofing repair

Toledo

• can you put roofing tar over shingles
• do roofers still use tar
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• roofer toledo oh
• roofers toledo ohio
• roofing 419 toledo roofing company
• roofing toledo ohio
• toledo area roofers

Akron

• acron roofing edmonton
• akron canton roofing
• akron ohio roofing companies
• akron roofing & repair
• akron roofing and masonry
• akron roofing calgary
• akron roofing companies
• akron roofing contractors

Across these cities, the words that come up most are “best”, “repair” and “reviews”.

Source: Google autocomplete suggestions, checked November 9, 2026. Suggestions change over time.

What does a year of roofer work look like in Ohio?

Publish each seasonal page four to six weeks ahead.

Temperatures: NOAA NCEI nClimDiv statewide data. Job column: our planning suggestion, not survey data.

How many roofing contractors compete in Ohio’s main cities?

Competition is tightest around Akron (Summit County), with one business for every 10,933 residents, and loosest around Toledo, at one per 19,340.

Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 and County Population Estimates 2023. Counts businesses with paid employees only.

How many roofing contractors are in Ohio?

The Census Bureau counted 866 businesses with employees in Ohio in 2022, in the category “Roofing contractors”. That ranks Ohio 7th of 50 states, one of the largest markets in the country, and 4% of the US total. 81% of them have fewer than 10 staff, and 72 have 20 or more.

Together they employ 8,305 people, with an average yearly payroll of $640,349 per business. The three busiest counties hold 25% of them, so the work is spread across the state.

With 11,785,935 residents (Census, July 2023), that is one business for every 13,610 people, against 13,628 nationally: close to the US average.

Ohio next to its neighbors

Counties with the most roofing contractors

62 of Ohio’s counties have at least one. Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022.

How big are they?

Businesses by number of employees, 2022: 553 with 1-4 staff, 149 with 5-9 staff, 88 with 10-19 staff, 49 with 20-49 staff, 23 with 50+ staff.

Where Ohio is growing

New homes and new owners bring new work. Ohio's population changed -0.1% from July 2020 to July 2023. The fastest-growing counties with 50,000 or more people:

• Union County: 69,637 people, +10.4% since 2020, 3 roofing contractors
• Delaware County: 231,636 people, +7.7% since 2020, 21 roofing contractors
• Pickaway County: 61,086 people, +4.1% since 2020, 3 roofing contractors
• Fairfield County: 165,360 people, +3.7% since 2020, 7 roofing contractors
• Warren County: 252,148 people, +3.7% since 2020, 7 roofing contractors

Source: US Census Bureau, County Population Estimates, Vintage 2023.

Which code applies in Ohio?

Ohio uses the 2018 edition of the International Residential Code (IRC) (Residential Code of Ohio based on 2018 IRC; two sources agree). Homeowners rarely ask about code editions, but inspectors do, and a line on your service pages saying your work meets the current 2018 code answers the question before it comes up.

What should an Ohio roofer website show?

• Your license or registration number where people can see it, even where the state does not require it in ads.
• A service area list that names real counties and towns, for example Franklin County, Cuyahoga County and Hamilton County.
• Seasonal pages published before April, so they are found when demand starts.
• Real reviews from local jobs, with the town named, and photos of your own work.

Ohio questions

Who licenses roofers in Ohio?

unknown.

How many roofing contractors are there in Ohio?

The US Census Bureau counted 866 businesses with employees in Ohio in 2022 in the category Roofing contractors, and 81% of them have fewer than 10 staff.

Which county in Ohio has the most roofing contractors?

Franklin County, with 93 businesses with employees in 2022 (Census County Business Patterns).

Which edition of the International Residential Code (IRC) does Ohio use?

The 2018 edition. Residential Code of Ohio based on 2018 IRC; two sources agree.

What do people in Columbus search for when they need a roofer?

Google autocomplete for Columbus shows searches such as “best roofers columbus ohio”, “columbus roofing and sheet metal”, “columbus roofing company” and “columbus roofing company reviews”.

When is the busiest season for roofers in Ohio?

Ohio’s statewide average runs from about 28°F in January to about 73°F in July (NOAA, 1991 to 2020).

Sources

• US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 (state and county files)
• US Census Bureau, City, Town and County Population Estimates, Vintage 2023
• NOAA NCEI, nClimDiv statewide temperature and degree days, 1991 to 2020
• Google autocomplete suggestions for the cities named, checked November 2026
• https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-4740