Public records only: city permits, our own check of local websites on a phone, what AI assistants say, and government data.
No company is named except where an AI assistant named it.
Built 2026-10-14 · free to share with credit
34%
of Orleans roofing permits went to ten contractors
22 of 60
local roofing websites can't be booked from the first phone screen
City of New Orleans permits, 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30
1,246 roofing permits named 225 contractors in the last 12 months. The top ten pulled 34% of them.
The city records the licence holder, usually a person rather than the company, so contractors are shown by rank only.
Contractor #194
Contractor #266
Contractor #343
Contractor #443
Contractor #537
Contractor #635
Contractor #731
Contractor #824
Contractor #924
Contractor #1024
Source: City of New Orleans open data, "Permits - BLDS" (data.nola.gov dataset 72f9-bi28), https://data.nola.gov/resource/72f9-bi28.json, permits issued 2025-10-01 to 2026-09-30. Permits track installs and replacements, not repair calls.
Can a customer book from a phone?
autoants first-screen check of 60 New Orleans-area Roofing websites, 2026-10-14; a Free Estimate, Get a Quote or Request an Inspection button counts as a request control, since that is how these trades take a job
We opened 60 local roofing websites on a phone and looked at the first screen, the one a customer sees with water coming through the ceiling.
22 of them had no way to book there. We count them; we don't name them.
Book button on the first screen25
Button plus a time promise2
Booking below the first screen10
No way to book online12
Unclear or didn't load11
Who AI assistants recommend
The New Orleans AI Recommendation Index · October 2026 (autoants, draft edition data content/ai-index/2026-10/data.json), asked 2026-10-05
When people ask an AI assistant who to call for roofing in New Orleans, these are the names it gave most often. Full answers are in the
New Orleans AI Recommendation Index.
Clayton Construction Services3×
Lapeyre Roofing3×
Shifflett Roofing3×
Zuppardo's Roofing3×
Home Pros Roofing2×
ARC Roofing1×
Big Easy Roofing1×
Blueprint Roofing and Construction1×
The bigger picture
Government sources only, each dated
50%
of Orleans homes built before 1960 U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, tables B25034 (Year Structure Built) and B25035 (Median Year Structure Built)
$23.44
median hourly wage, statewide U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Rule changes that reach the trade
2023-09-01 Business texting must be registered: carriers began blocking texts from unregistered business numbers (10DLC). Twilio changelog, '[U.S. A2P 10DLC] Full blocking of traffic sent from unregistered numbers'
How we did it
Permits: City of New Orleans open permit data for the last 12 full months; contractors by rank, because the city records the licence holder.
Booking readiness: our own phone check of each website's first screen, counted, never named.
AI answers: the New Orleans AI Recommendation Index, as recorded on the date shown.
Context: the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and NOAA, each with its date.
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