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Tennessee new construction report — Q1 2026

The bottom line

Tennessee's residential permit volume is roughly flat (9%) quarter-on-quarter — a stable market with steady underlying demand. Operators should focus on builder-relationship depth rather than market-expansion bets in this state for the next quarter.

Top movers this quarter

The Tennessee counties with the biggest quarter-on-quarter permit-volume change. Click any county for the full local market dashboard.

1. Montgomery County: 468 permits this quarter (+150 vs 318 prior quarter).
2. Rutherford County: 671 permits this quarter (+141 vs 530 prior quarter).
3. Maury County: 380 permits this quarter (+116 vs 264 prior quarter).
4. Shelby County: 337 permits this quarter (+99 vs 238 prior quarter).
5. Bradley County: 205 permits this quarter (+95 vs 110 prior quarter).
6. Davidson County: 492 permits this quarter (-82 vs 574 prior quarter).

Most-active builders

Licensed home builders in Tennessee ranked by Q1 2026 permit count. Click any name for the builder's full profile, permit history, and county footprint.

Per-permit builder attribution for Tennessee is limited this quarter. Per-permit feeds outside Florida are added quarterly — Tennessee will deepen as we add county portals.

What this means for trade operators

If you're an LBM operator, roofing contractor, HVAC company, plumber, concrete crew, or any trade serving Tennessee's new single-family construction market, this quarter's data points to a few practical actions:

• If you're not actively quoting the top 6 builders listed above, that's the call list for this week.
• If your service area covers any of the top-mover counties, you have leverage right now — builders there are scaling and looking for capacity.
• If you're considering expansion into Tennessee, the Tennessee dashboard has all high-volume counties scored against the trade you select. Drive-time analysis from your existing yard tells you which counties are reachable today.

This report is automatically refreshed every quarter from Census Bureau Building Permits Survey data plus county public records. The methodology is documented in our Census BPS data explainer.