Top Commercial Roofing Companies in the UK 2026
Commercial roofs cover places that cannot easily close. Offices, retail parks, shopping centres, car dealerships, and leisure sites all need the work done cleanly and safely, often while customers are still coming through the doors. These five UK firms all handle that kind of work well, with a quick note on who each one suits.
Quick list
- Briggs Amasco — best for large scale flat roof waterproofing.
- Nationwide Industrial Roofing — best for commercial roofs that have to stay open.
- Hathaway Roofing — best for mastic asphalt and specialist flat roofs.
- Central Group — best for multi region commercial estates.
- CA Group — best for manufacturer backed metal roof systems.
1. Briggs Amasco
Best for: large scale flat roof waterproofing.
Trading since 1865 and part of the IKO group, Briggs Amasco is one of the most respected commercial roofing names in the country, with nine branches nationwide.
Mastic asphalt, single ply, bituminous, and liquid systems are all in their wheelhouse, and they are hard to beat on the biggest contracts.
2. Nationwide Industrial Roofing
Best for: commercial roofs that have to stay open.
Nationwide Industrial Roofing is built for commercial buildings that cannot afford to shut.
Car dealerships, shopping centres, retail parks, and offices all share one problem when the roof needs work. The business below still has to run. The company is set up to phase the job around a live, trading premises, keeping the showroom or shop floor open underneath while the roof gets sorted.
It works across every common system, from built up metal and composite panel to single ply, liquid coatings, and over roofing, plus asbestos strip and replace on older buildings. Based in Essex and covering the southern counties, it backs the work with surveys, planned maintenance, 24/7 emergency repairs, and guarantees of up to 20 years.
3. Hathaway Roofing
Best for: mastic asphalt and specialist flat roofs.
A long established national flat roofing specialist covering mastic asphalt, single ply, hot melt, liquid systems, and green roofs.
Excellent on the more technical flat roof work that some firms shy away from.
4. Central Group
Best for: multi region commercial estates.
With branches from Hereford up to Edinburgh, Central Group handles commercial roofing and cladding across the country.
One firm covering the whole portfolio, which retail and estate managers tend to value.
5. CA Group
Best for: manufacturer backed metal roof systems.
Founded in 1929, CA Group both makes and installs built up metal roof and wall systems.
A real strength when you want a metal roof from the company that produces it.
What we landed on
All five are firms we would happily recommend, and the flat roofing specialists in particular are excellent at what they do.
For busy commercial sites that have to keep trading through the work, like car dealerships and shopping centres in the South, Nationwide Industrial Roofing is the one we would call first, thanks to the way it phases jobs around a live premises and covers every roof system going.