Market Spotlight: Roofing in Pasadena, CA
Who AI recommends for roofing in Pasadena, CA, measured across 48 answers about 12 jobs.
- Clear leader. Looks like there's one dominant fish in the pond.
- Green Ladder Roofing is in 96% of the 48 answers, and named first in 63%. LionRidge Roofing & Roof Repair is next, in 69%.
- We can only see the top slice of Google's listing — 55 roofing businesses in Pasadena, CA — and AI names 13 of them. Take a look at the top five.
- First place is shared on 2 of 12 jobs — roof installation and skylight repair — so nobody owns them outright.
If your business is not in the top five, find out what AI can actually read about you — the free check at findbusiness.ai takes a minute.
The Lay of the Land
The 12 Services We Surveyed
- roof repair
- roof replacement
- roof leak repair
- roof inspection
- shingle replacement
- flat roof repair
- roof installation
- gutter installation
- emergency roof repair
- tile roof repair
- roof maintenance
- skylight repair
Green Ladder Roofing shows up in 96% of the answers.
Who Gets the Call
Share of the 181 names AI handed out
- Green Ladder Roofingin 96% of answers · named first in 63%25%
- LionRidge Roofing & Roof Repairin 69% of answers · named first in 6%18%
- J & J Roofingin 52% of answers · named first in 2%14%
- Dave Sandoval Roofingin 27% of answers · named first in 0%7%
- Legends Roofingin 15% of answers · named first in 0%4%
- Everyone else AI named20 other businesses, between them31%
Consistency is key in AI recommendations due to its generative nature.
AI Named Who? For What?
| roof leak repair | flat roof repair | roof repair | roof replacement | roof inspection | shingle replacement | roof installation | emergency roof repair | roof maintenance | tile roof repair | gutter installation | skylight repair | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Ladder Roofingnamed for 12 of 12 jobs | ||||||||||||
| LionRidge Roofing & Roof Repairnamed for 11 of 12 jobs | ||||||||||||
| J & J Roofingnamed for 10 of 12 jobs | ||||||||||||
| Dave Sandoval Roofingnamed for 8 of 12 jobs | ||||||||||||
| Legends Roofingnamed for 3 of 12 jobs |
| job | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| roof leak repair | |||||
| flat roof repair | |||||
| roof repair | |||||
| roof replacement | |||||
| roof inspection | |||||
| shingle replacement | |||||
| roof installation | |||||
| emergency roof repair | |||||
| roof maintenance | |||||
| tile roof repair | |||||
| gutter installation | |||||
| skylight repair |
- 1Green Ladder Roofingnamed for 12 of 12 jobs
- 2LionRidge Roofing & Roof Repairnamed for 11 of 12 jobs
- 3J & J Roofingnamed for 10 of 12 jobs
- 4Dave Sandoval Roofingnamed for 8 of 12 jobs
- 5Legends Roofingnamed for 3 of 12 jobs
Which services are the most contested? These are the five with the most different businesses named for them — not just the top five, anyone AI brought up at all.
The most contested services
- shingle replacement8 different businesses named across 4 answers8
- roof installation8 different businesses named across 4 answers8
- roof inspection7 different businesses named across 4 answers7
- gutter installation7 different businesses named across 4 answers7
- tile roof repair7 different businesses named across 4 answers7
And the flip side. These are the two services with the fewest different businesses named for them — the smallest crowd to get past.
The least contested services
- flat roof repair5 different businesses named across 4 answers5
- emergency roof repair5 different businesses named across 4 answers5
Shingle replacement and roof installation are the most crowded fields here — 8 different businesses named for each across 4 answers. Green Ladder Roofing is named first in 3 of the 4 answers about shingle replacement. If that's your bread and butter, there's room on the list, just not at the top.
Who Are the Other Players?
Other Businesses in This Industry (20)
- Musulman Roofing
- Lansford Roofing
- TopCal Roofing
- Aloha Roofing
- Rivas Roofing
- Smart Price Roofing
- Amado Roofing
- Reliable Cali Roofing
- RAA Roofing
- Haupt Roofing
- Los Angeles Skylights
- Fisher Raingutter Systems
- LionRidge Roofing & Repair
- Overhead Roofing Inc
- Los Angeles Skylight Pros
- Shylee Roofing
- Specialist Roofing
- Pasadena Roofing
- Super Exterior
- Super Exterior Roofing
Here's the thing about the long tail. AI named 25 businesses in total. 9 came up dependably for the jobs they were named for, 4 of them in the top five. 10 came and went. 6 showed up once and were gone. That's the shape of this market: a short list AI trusts, and a long list it's guessing at.
Being on Google gets you listed. It doesn't get you recommended. 42 of the 55 roofing businesses we can see in Pasadena, CA were never in a single answer — and none of them know it. Now you do.
What Are the Sources?
AI doesn't just generate an answer out of memory. It cares about the person asking and wants to do a good job, so it goes out and does its research. Let's see where it looked.
Where it looked
- greenladderroofinginc.comchecked in 45 of 48 answers22%
- lionridgeroofing.comchecked in 35 of 48 answers17%
- threebestrated.comchecked in 28 of 48 answers14%
- jandjroofing.comchecked in 23 of 48 answers11%
- roofingcontractorpasadenaca.comchecked in 13 of 48 answers6%
- legendsroofingca.comchecked in 7 of 48 answers3%
- 18 other siteschecked less often27%
If you're not showing up for services that you perform, it's time to take a look at your internet footprint. One of the best places to look is your website. One more thing: the roofing market is broad and we analyzed a small subset of it — 12 jobs — so we haven't touched every service a roofing business offers. We'll be putting out a new report with a broader reach in the future.
How We Measured This
On October 11, 2026 we put 12 questions to an AI assistant, each phrased the way a customer in Pasadena, CA would ask for a roofing business (roof repair, roof replacement, and so on), and asked each one 4 times, because the model's answers are not fixed: ask once and you learn what it said that second, not what it believes. 48 of 48 answers landed. Every "in X% of answers" above is a share of those 48, and each pie says what its numbers count.
A business counts as named when the answer named it. First place is the first business the answer named. The top five are the five named most often. The reading on the gauge and the gold in the grid are the report page's own rules, run on the same numbers.
The full report can be found here, go check it out: https://findbusiness.ai/market/roofing--pasadena-ca-160cc651174ae515.
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Scope
- One assistant, one run on one day. Ask again next month and the list can move.
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