Years in Business pillar — entity age and legal standing

Every Texas business entity is on record with the Texas Secretary of State, including formation date, legal status (active, forfeited, right-to-transact-business lost, etc.), and registered name. When Vfane verifies this pillar, a person looks the business up in the Texas Secretary of State's public record through SOSDirect and records the entity's registration date, along with the date it was checked. Because Texas does not require a state roofing license, business age is one of the few public-record signals available — and it's structurally hard for a transient operator to fake. Post-storm storm chasers typically operate under out-of-state entities or newly formed LLCs, so a long Texas entity record often correlates with deeper local roots. One nuance worth naming: a contractor may have decades of personal roofing experience but a newer business entity after a rebrand, partnership change, or restructure. Homeowners weighing this pillar typically consider it alongside crew tenure and installation track record. [Source: Texas Secretary of State business search]