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Tennessee building permits & home builders

Live single-family residential permit data and the most active licensed builders across all 94 counties in Tennessee. Updated weekly from US Census Bureau Building Permits Survey + county public records.

Permits (12mo)
26,121
Statewide single-family
Counties tracked
94
All scored 0–100
Top market
Knox
2,314 permits
Active builders
0
Top 10 ranked below

Top counties in Tennessee by permit volume

Most-active markets in the state over the last 12 months.

  1. Knox County2,314
  2. Davidson County2,047
  3. Rutherford County2,018
  4. Montgomery County1,349
  5. Hamilton County1,267
  6. Wilson County1,267
  7. Sumner County1,175
  8. Maury County1,112
  9. Williamson County1,013
  10. Shelby County989

Top home builders in Tennessee

Most-active licensed builders across the state in the last 12 months.

Per-permit builder attribution not yet available for Tennessee. Census Bureau aggregate data is loaded.

All 94 counties in Tennessee

Anderson 287 Bedford 354 Benton 1 Bledsoe 0 Blount 685 Bradley 546 Campbell 126 Cannon 63 Carroll 10 Carter 129 Cheatham 210 Chester 16 Claiborne 72 Clay 22 Cocke 4 Coffee 364 Crockett 20 Cumberland 98 Davidson 2,047 DeKalb 126 Decatur 8 Dickson 344 Dyer 58 Fayette 293 Fentress 7 Franklin 264 Gibson 123 Giles 88 Grainger 52 Greene 201 Grundy 14 Hamblen 178 Hamilton 1,267 Hancock 0 Hardeman 26 Hardin 23 Hawkins 122 Haywood 25 Henderson 24 Henry 12 Hickman 95 Houston 2 Humphreys 34 Jackson 0 Jefferson 272 Johnson 6 Knox 2,314 Lake 3 Lauderdale 22 Lawrence 21 Lewis 6 Lincoln 137 Loudon 423 Macon 134 Madison 192 Marion 187 Marshall 266 Maury 1,112 McMinn 54 McNairy 2 Meigs 71 Monroe 163 Montgomery 1,349 Moore 23 Morgan 0 Obion 19 Overton 8 Perry 9 Polk 165 Putnam 495 Rhea 134 Roane 300 Robertson 681 Rutherford 2,018 Scott 5 Sequatchie 12 Sevier 782 Shelby 989 Smith 123 Stewart 12 Sullivan 441 Sumner 1,175 Tipton 98 Trousdale 90 Unicoi 24 Union 88 Van Buren 3 Warren 249 Washington 550 Wayne 1 Weakley 31 White 142 Williamson 1,013 Wilson 1,267

For LBM & trade operators serving Tennessee

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