An owner's exit from a business will probably be the largest financial event of their life.

To ensure that your inevitable exit is a successful one - an exit that will deliver on your future financial, personal and business goals - you need an exit plan.

These 10 keys are sound business practices in preparing your company for a sale or merger and acquisition, adding value to your company whether you sell to a competitor or investors.

Selling a roofing business might seem comparable to selling one’s home, but making such an assumption could be costly to business owners.

The parents of an 8-year-old Rhode Island boy call him a hero after his quick thinking saved his father, who fell and was injured while working on a roof, by calling 911 and stopping the bleeding.

Was your community among the 102 to receive $12.7 million in federal grants to promote workplace safety, health training and education? Check it out!

Power Home Remodeling, a national full-service exterior home remodeler, is expanding its benefits offerings to subsidize childcare for employees and their families; the benefit will offset the cost of child care by 40%, providing employees up to $5,000 annually for child care costs.

The Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA) anticipates changes in policy and products in the near future. Is the roofing industry ready?

Roofers face enough challenges; the importance of involving specialists for lightning protection systems to meet strict standards — and avoid potential issues with dissimilar metals and corrosion — is crucial for compliance.

RC Publisher Jill Bloom draws on years of experience to offer essential tips and strategies to improve your success with door-to-door roofing sales.

Profit must be calculated as a percentage not of cost, but of the final selling price.

If your business goal is to create satisfied customers, I recommend you rethink your strategy and strive for something better - customer elation.

Just think: If price were the only factor in a builder’s purchasing decision, a roofing contractor could fire all its salespeople. 

On the surface, roofing contractors all look the same to consumers. After all, nearly every website from contractors promises service, quality and satisfaction from a contractor that has been around for generations with satisfied clients and guarantees of good work. 

A reader to Roofing Contractor wrote me and noted that my articles regularly focus on residential sales and appropriately requested that I offer some insights into commercial sales. Only a few days later, I was conducting a seminar at which one attendee expressed frustration about his wasted time in the plan room of general contractors, which resulted too frequently in lost bids. My advice: Get past the plan room.

The price objection is the dirty water at the mouth of the river. If you want to clean up the mouth of the river, you have to go upstream to the location of the factory dumping pollutants. You have to deal with the fishing boats that putter little drops of oil and you have to stop people from tossing in small amounts of trash up and down the banks.

Stop cutting prices when you have alternative options available. Bad things usually happen when you cut your margins. While you may increase your sales for the short term, you will unnecessarily reduce your profits for the long term.

Here is an idea to spark your 2012 profitability. Start selling to builders! 

Escape the price-driven sale with these real-world strategies aimed to help roofing contractors succeed.

The number of Latino roofing contractors is on the rise and showed up in force at the 2024 International Roofing Expo.

Enhanced experiences for Latino roofing contractors at IRE 2024 in Las Vegas include a spot on the show floor for the industry’s first nonprofit association for Latino roofers. 

The 2024 Roofing Alliance Student Competition in Las Vegas, marking its 10th year as part of the International Roofing Expo, saw five teams competing to win the bid for roofing the paddock building at Grand Prix Plaza in downtown Las Vegas.  

In this BOS podcast, Trent Cotney of Adams & Reese discusses the impact of marijuana legalization on roofing contractors, emphasizing workplace safety and evolving legal challenges.

Michigan-based Meijer, a retailer with 500-plus locations, has invited suppliers and contractors who want to be included on bids for its 2025-26 construction season. 

The New Year is underway, and so is the submission period to join Roofing Contractor’s Top 100!

Get a very early glimpse of who submitted for RC's 2023 Top 100 List.  

As we have for more than a dozen years, the RC team collected 2022 annual sales revenue data submitted independently by roofing companies nationally.

RC editors highlight some of the roofing companies surging toward success on this year’s Top 100 List.

Multiple roofing contractors have claimed a spot on Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 list, which tracks the fastest-growing private companies in the United States.

George Limbert, former Red Roof CEO, has been named Chief Administrative Officer at Feazel Roofing, where he will lead administrative functions and contribute to strategic decision-making.   

Six roofing contractors on the 2023 Top 100 list share why making the list matters and how they benefit from entering their companies each year for consideration.

It's that time of year! See how your roofing company stacks up with others around the country as RC's annual effort to identify the top revenue-producing roofers gets underway. 

This acquisition marks the inaugural partnership for Skyline Roofing Partners, an Imperial Capital portfolio company.

As the editors sort, tabulate — and drink lots of coffee — collating Roofing Contractor magazine's 2024 Top 100 list, we couldn't wait to give readers just a few early insights and surprises ahead of its 'official' release in August.

We're highlighting just a few of the outstanding roofing contractors who made the 2024 Top 100 list.

Antis Roofing & Waterproofing Founder and CEO Charles Antis won’t be in the office Friday, but it’s not because he’s going on vacation.

If you couldn't make it to Best of Success 2019, or want a recap of the presentations, register for our free Broadcast Live program to view on-demand video sessions.

Gregg Wallick of Best Roofing, the 2018 Commercial Contractor of the Year, gives a sneak peek of his upcoming BOS presentation.

There's still time to be a part of Best of Success 2021, even if you can't be there in person, with RC's Broadcasting Live.

Collis Roofing’s aim is to be number one or number two in every roofing market in Central Florida. 

When it came time to replace the roof of the Church of Nativity, Episcopal, the building’s board of directors wasn’t the only group who had a say in what material would be chosen — the National Parks Services did too.

The flexibility allowed during the pandemic for reviewing I-9 employment forms is coming to an end. 

After Hurricane Milton, businesses face cleanup and rebuilding. Following OSHA safety guidelines is crucial to protect workers from hazards like floods, downed power lines, and debris.

The inflexibility of paper forms made it difficult to update safety protocols promptly, lagging behind industry standards. Not anymore. 

Understanding the eight aspects of planning a successful exit can make any transitions smoother for roofing contractors.

Fabral Metal Wall and Roof Systems introduced Sherwin-Williams WeatherXL, a two-coat silicone-modified polyester coating in 21 colors, offering enhanced durability, weather resistance, and color retention for various metal panels. 

Mule-Hide's EclipsEdge snap-on fascia simplifies raised roof edge and gravel stop installations, offering wind protection, reduced material costs, and versatility for various roofing systems.

Explore the optimal uses for steel and aluminum in roofing and their respective benefits to help guide material specifiers.

Manufacturers, suppliers and other industry stakeholders are updating their own business practices while learning to navigate through and beyond these unparalleled times.

Some of the best innovations in the roofing industry have come from contractors themselves. Case in point: SumoQuote, which gives contractors the ability to easily create sleek, customized quotes.