Which roofing companies does AI recommend in Tampa?
We asked ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Perplexity to recommend roofing companies in Tampa, FL — 6 hiring questions, 18 recorded answers, every one saved. They named 55 different businesses. These are the 14 that came up more than once.
Steadfast Roofing appeared most often, in 10 of 18 answers. 13 other businesses also appeared more than once.
Definition: openness measures how spread out the business names were in these 18 answers. Higher means more dispersed; lower means more concentrated. It is not market saturation, demand, or a quality score.
The 14 roofing companies that came up more than once.
Ordered by how many of the 18 answers named them. This is not a ranking of quality and none of these are our clients — it is a record of who three assistants named for Tampa, FL on July 26, 2026. If you are one of the roofing companies in this market and you are not on this list, the scan did not observe your business among the repeat names.
- Steadfast Roofing
- Westfall Roofing
- Roof Panda LLC
- Bill Shields Roofing Co.
- West Florida Roofing
- Trust Roofing
- Stay‑Dry Roofing of Tampa Bay, Inc.
- The Roofing Company of Tampa Bay
- Hytz Roofing
- Tampa Pro Roofing
- Protek Roofing & Solar
- Arry's Roofing Services
- RoofX (RoofX Inc.)
- Suncoast Roofing Solutions
Even Steadfast Roofing does not win everything here. It was never named when we asked about a storm leak needing someone this week or financing a new roof. Those question types returned different names in our sample.
All three assistants agreed on 4 of them
Steadfast Roofing, Roof Panda LLC, West Florida Roofing, The Roofing Company of Tampa Bay were named by ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity alike. Agreement across three systems that read different sources is a stronger observed pattern than appearing in only one system. In Tampa, that happened for 4 businesses.
Half of Tampa's housing predates 1984.
A roof fails on a calendar. The median Tampa home went up in 1984, which means the median home has already outlived a full roof design life — much of the city's 177,076 housing units is on its second or third roof, and 50.2% of occupied homes belong to the owner who pays for the next one. Hillsborough County counts 142 employer roofing contractors for that aging stock — one per 4,354 county housing units — and the assistants named 55 businesses for the city. The replacement work is there; the shortlist deciding who gets asked first is much smaller.
City figures: American Community Survey 2019-2023 5-year estimates, Tampa city, Florida. County figures: County Business Patterns 2023, Hillsborough County; establishment counts include only businesses with paid employees. The two boundaries are different sizes and are never divided into each other.
In Tampa, the evidence sits on steadfastroofingfl.com.
This is a record of observed answers, not a paid ranking. In Tampa they read steadfastroofingfl.com and reddit.com when forming their answers. The industry page explains how we address website and third-party evidence: what we build for roofing companies.
For a roofing companies business in Tampa competing with evidence from steadfastroofingfl.com, Routeless can build the website and connected systems. Inspect the production work.
For Tampa, the source cited most was steadfastroofingfl.com.
All three assistants searched the web before answering and cited what they read. Across the Tampa, FL answers they cited 176 sources. These were the most frequently cited sources behind the roofing companies named here:
- steadfastroofingfl.com12
- reddit.com8
- roofpitch.net7
- bbb.org7
- serviceagent.ai6
- tampabayroofing.com6
- roofs.wiki5
- homematchup.com5
- floridaranks.com5
- tampabayroofs.com4
- myfloridalicense.com4
- angi.com3
- billshieldsroofing.com3
- mostrecommendedroofers.com3
- houzz.com3
- jaeofamerica.com3
- westroofingfl.com3
- westfallroofing.com3
- ourroofbear.com3
- trustroofing.com3
Directories accounted for only 16.5% of the Tampa citations; the rest came from businesses' own sites and local coverage. Much of that evidence can be updated directly on the business website.
Additional results from the Tampa scan.
41 more were named exactly once
These came up in a single answer, from a single assistant, and never again across the other 17. The sample contains a small group named repeatedly and a longer list named once. A single mention may not repeat in the next run.
- The Roofing Company (TampaBayRoofs)
- Blue Sky Roofing
- Shingle Masters Roofing & Construction
- ADL Roofing
- Protech Roofing
- TarpTheRoof
- WrightWay
- SouthShore Roofing & Exteriors
- Acoma Roofing Inc.
- Lifetime Quality Roofing
- Happy Roof
- Manolo Roofing
- Prime Roof Repair Tampa
- Harbor Roofing
- Affordable Roofing Systems
- Integrity Roofing of Florida
- VNPS Roofing
- Reliable Roofing of Florida, LLC
- Harbor Roofing (Tampa Bay)
- Turnkey Roofing of Florida
- Dr Roofer Tampa
- Roof Bear
- Rain Right Roofing
- Sunset Roofing
- Palmetto State Roofing
- Good2Go Roofing
- RoofClaim
- Fix Roofing LLC
- Reese Roofing & Construction
- Code Engineered Systems / Roofs Tampa
- Rescue Roofing of Tampa
- Heaven Sent Roofing
- Yowell's Roofing
- Allstar Roofing & Repair
- Done Rite Roofing
- Alvarez Roofing
- Dynasty Building Solutions
- The Roof Guys
- R.I.G. Roofing
- Certified Roofers & General Contractors
- 3MG Roofing
How many each assistant would name
- ChatGPT 27 roofing companies named in Tampa
- Google Gemini 23 roofing companies named in Tampa
- Perplexity 19 roofing companies named in Tampa
The assistants disagreed on 2 of 6 questions
Asked the identical question about Tampa, 2 of 6 comparisons produced no shared business at all — three assistants, three separate shortlists. There is no single "AI answer" for this market to optimize against, which is why being named by one assistant tells a Tampa owner very little about the other two.
Same questions, other markets.
The roofing companies study puts all five cities side by side — which brands cross city lines, and which sources decide the answer trade-wide.
Roofing companies in the other cities we measured
- Las Vegas, NV 37 named · most cited: Disalvo Roofing LLC
- Denver, CO 56 named · most cited: Elite Roofing & Solar
- Phoenix, AZ 43 named · most cited: Phoenix Roofing & Repair
- Austin, TX 47 named · most cited: Driftwood Builders Roofing
Other trades in Tampa
- Law firms 48 named · 43.2% from directories
- HVAC companies 50 named · 26.9% from directories
- Plumbing companies 48 named · 24.3% from directories
- Dental practices 57 named · 11.8% from directories
- Med spas 49 named · 7.8% from directories
Exactly what we asked in Tampa.
- Who is the best roofing company in Tampa, FL? commercial
- My roof started leaking after a storm in Tampa, FL and I need someone out this week. Which local roofing company should I call? situational
- Who is the best company for a full roof replacement in Tampa, FL? commercial
- A hailstorm damaged my roof in Tampa, FL and I am filing an insurance claim. Which local roofer should I hire to handle it? situational
- Which roofing company in Tampa, FL has the best customer reviews? commercial
- Which roofing company in Tampa, FL offers financing for a new roof? commercial
Method. 6 questions × 3 assistants = 18 answers for Tampa, FL alone, collected July 26, 2026 from ChatGPT (gpt-5-mini), Google Gemini (gemini-flash-latest), Perplexity (sonar), with web search enabled because that is what a buyer's app does. Names were resolved across spelling variants first, so one company spelled three ways counts once. Assistants are non-deterministic; this is one dated run, not a standing ranking. The full methodology gives the prompts, the scoring formula, and what these numbers cannot support. Want it for your own business? The free AI visibility report runs it against your market.
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