2,252 home builders filed 10,208 new home permits on homes in Davidson County from September 2023 to September 2026; 1,163 filed one in the last 12 months. The middle filed job value was $264,404. The most active in the last 12 months were NVR Inc T/A Ryan Homes (156 permits), Meritage Homes of Tennessee Inc (72) and Lennar Homes (56); busy is not the same as careful. The finished share isn't shown for new home permits here, so this list compares firms on permits filed, license and recent activity only. Side by side: permits filed, license status and permits in the last 12 months for each firm. Pick what you value and the list re-orders.
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Top 5 by new home permits filed in the last 12 months. This is volume, not quality: a busy firm is not necessarily a careful one.
Before you move a slider, the list is in a default order built only from the permit record: how much of each firm’s record is this kind of job (weight 30) and how many permits it filed in the last 12 months (15). Each measure is ranked against the other 2,252 firms and pulled toward the middle when a record is short; a firm with a matched license problem is listed last.
The order comes from the Nashville permit file, not from reviews: 1,163 of 2,252 home builders filed a permit in the last 12 months. Nobody pays to be listed or to move up, and there are no star ratings or reviews. The sliders and presets change the weights, and the order changes with them. How the records work in Nashville.
We do not rate contractors. In this page’s default order, which uses only the permit record through Sep 2026, the top 3 are Meritage Homes of Tennessee Inc (378 permits), NVR Inc T/A Ryan Homes (375 permits) and Drees Premier Homes Inc (119 permits).
2,252 firms are on the list; the busiest filed 156 new home permits in the last 12 months and the middle firm filed 1 in the whole file. Line them up on the same public measures: permits filed, usual filed job value and license status. Pick what matters to you and the list re-orders, for example recent activity if you need someone soon. The order comes from the permit record only, and nobody pays to be listed or to move up.
2,252 firms filed at least one new home permit on homes in Davidson County from September 2023 to September 2026; 1,163 of them filed one in the last 12 months.
987 of the 2,252 home builders on the Nashville permit file match an active license, 74 match one that is expired, suspended or inactive, and 1,191 we could not match. A firm we could not match is not proven unlicensed: the match is by company name. Look any firm up by name or license number with verify.tn.gov; statuses show under each firm’s name above. How to check a contractor's license in Tennessee →
Three you can check against this page: “How many new home permits have you filed in Nashville?” (the middle firm here filed 1; 1,163 of 2,252 filed one in the last 12 months); “What value will you put on the permit?” (the usual filed value here is $264,404); “Will you pull the permit in your company’s name, and when is the final inspection?”. All 10 questions and how to check each →
On this page: 2,252 firms filed 10,208 new home permits from September 2023 to September 2026, and each firm’s name opens its own permit record. Every number comes from public Davidson County (Metro Nashville) permit records. To see one permit itself, search the address or permit number with the Nashville permit office. How the records work in Nashville →
We do not rate or collect reviews. Instead each of the 2,252 home builders here is shown with its permit record: 10,208 permits, usual filed value and license status. Read reviews on other sites and use this page to check them against the record. Reviews vs permit records →
Every number on this page comes from public Davidson County (Metro Nashville) permit records: 2,252 firms filed 10,208 new home permits on homes in Davidson County from September 2023 to September 2026, and 1,163 of them filed one in the last 12 months. The middle firm has 1 permit in the whole file. A short record leaves more uncertainty, and some jobs never require a permit.
The middle recorded permit value is $264,404. That is a filed value, not a quote or final bill. Read the new-home builders guide or see how we compare records.
Most Nashville new home permits are filed in June (114 against an average month of 100); November is the quietest (77). When each trade is busiest in Nashville →