Nashville, TN · Contractors
Contractors in Nashville, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,166 residential building contractors in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area in 2023, employing 6,793 people with $578.2 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,166
33rd most of 387 US metro areas
6,793
5.8 per business, against 4.4 across all metros
$578.2 million
$85,122 per employee
87%
of businesses, against 91% across all metros
+3.6%
in the number of businesses (1,126 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Nashville.
- Nashville is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of residential building contractors, 33rd of 387.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 5.8 employees each, against 4.4 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $85,122 per employee a year, against $73,514.
- The market grew: 40 more businesses than in 2022.
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Questions
Contractors in Nashville
How many residential building contractors are there in Nashville?
1,166 in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 6,793 people and paid $578.2 million in annual payroll.
Is the Nashville market for contractors growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 1,126 to 1,166 (+3.6%).
What does VERA do for contractors in Nashville?
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is residential building contractors, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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