How many Florida-certified roofing contractors are active in Orange County as of mid-2026?
Short answer: Roughly 4,800 to 5,200 — depending on the week and how you count.
Where the number comes from
The figure is from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) public license lookup at myfloridalicense.com. The DBPR categorizes roofing work under the Certified Roofing Contractor license code (CCC), codified in Florida Statute 489.119. We filter to records where:
- License status is one of Active, Current, or Active - Delinquent.
- Primary service county on file is Orange (FIPS 12095).
- The license type is CCC (or its successor categories added in the 2024 statute update), not Registered Roofing Contractor (license code 'RR' — typically owner-occupied self-work).
What changes the count
- Renewal cycle: License renewal runs in odd-numbered years. The DBPR publishes a final-orders feed monthly; an unusually large disciplinary batch can move the count by 40-80 in either direction.
- Insurance licensure: Florida Statute 489.1155 requires workers' comp and general liability minimums. Companies whose policies lapse get an administrative hold, which the DBPR reports as delinquent.
- Practice scope: A handful of license holders do only commercial flat-roof work; counting those changes the picture if you need residential-only contractors.
How to verify this yourself
- Open myfloridalicense.com.
- Choose search criteria: License Type = "Certified Roofing Contractor," County = "Orange."
- Note the total returned and the page count — DBPR uses 50 results per page.
A second cross-check
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) publishes an annual market-share report for property insurers. The carrier concentration near Orlando (Citizens Property Insurance Corp + private hurricane-exposed carriers) means roughly 11,000 - 13,000 active roof-related insurance policies in Orange County at any given quarter. Most policies correspond to one contractor claim or another in the last 24 months, which loosely tracks the contractor count.