SPOTLIGHTS
#5 Nations Roof
Location: Mobile, Ala.
Founded: 2004
Specialty: Offers nationwide commercial roofing services focusing on safety, high-quality workmanship and exceptional customer service.
Number of Employees: 1,400
2022 Revenue: $394 million
2022 Was?: “We are very pleased by [both] our top- and bottom-line growth in 2022,” Chief Marketing Officer John Geary said. “In a year that had significant supply chain issues, we [appreciate] how our customers, vendors and teammates across the country responded.”
How do you improve in 2023-24?: “We are well positioned with our growing list of customers to meet their reroofing, repair and maintenance needs,” Geary explained. “Nations Roof [invests] in our people through training, technology and safety practices. Our goal is to be the destination company for roofing professionals … driven to serve customers at the highest level.”
Website: nationsroof.com
#36 Sterling Commercial Roofing
Location: Sterling, Ill.
Founded: 1986
Specialty: Offers roofing, waterproofing, wall panels and architectural sheet metal services in western Illinois and Iowa.
Number of Employees: 215
2022 Revenue: $61 million
2022 Was?: “Our financial returns dropped slightly from the year before, primarily due to the escalation in material prices,” said President Kevin Froeter.
How do you improve in 2023-24?: “Material costs are under control,” Froeter said. “We are amazed at the amount of work in the marketplace, with our backlog being the largest it’s ever been. We are working [on] jobsite efficiencies as the best way to increase productivity.”
Website: sterlingroofing.com
#57 Wegner Roofing & Solar
Location: Billings, Mont.
Founded: 2009
Specialty: Offers residential roofing, siding and solar services with an additional goal of educating, partnering with, and advocating for, customers in Montana, Iowa and the Dakotas.
Number of Employees: 55
2022 Revenue: $35 million
2022 Was?: “We had an exponential growth year, adding more offices and locations,” COO Shaun Sideris said.
How do you improve in 2023-24?: “We did just a little better than we planned for [in 2023],” Sideris said. “We strive to hire great people … focused on doing the right thing and being part of something much bigger than themselves.”
Website: wegnerroofing.com
#64 Noland’s Roofing & Solar
Location: Clermont, Fla.
Founded: 2011
Specialty: Licensed roofing and residential home builders that offer windows, doors, gutters cabinets the greater Orlando and Tampa Bay metro areas.
Number of Employees: 100
2022 Revenue: $31.9 million
2022 Was?: “We were still going strong even with [lingering] pandemic and material availability issues,” said Office Manager Carol Walker. “More homes are being built in this fast-growing area, and our new construction department is growing as well.”
How do you improve in 2023-24?: “We are beginning to look at generating [a] roofing metal department and have started … using a particular solar company for assisting customers that also want solar installed.”
Website: nolandsroofing.com
