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Cost to Build a Garage in Nashville, TN: what the permits say

How much does it cost to build a garage in Nashville? The usual garage job filed with Nashville is $37,309, from 768 priced permits (September 2023 through September 2026); the middle half of firms file between $24,150 and $81,670. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

$37,309usual filed value
$24,150–$81,670middle half of firms' usual jobs
768priced permits (100% of 769)
454firms on file
Sep 2026records through

How much does it cost to build a garage in Nashville?

The usual garage job filed with Nashville is $37,309, from 768 priced permits, September 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $24,150 and $81,670. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill.

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 293 priced permits across 43 firms, pooled into one. Half of Nashville garage permits were filed between $21,000 and $64,600.

PercentileFiled valueReads as
10th$15,0001 in 10 permits filed below
25th$21,0001 in 4 filed below
50th$32,400the middle permit
75th$64,6001 in 4 filed above
90th$102,0001 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Davidson County assessor values.

Firms working onUsual home valueUsual filed valueFirmsPermits
Lower thirdunder $690,000$24,15014170
Middle third$690,000–$1,251,000$33,6171463
Upper third$1,320,000 and up$47,8651560

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in; both are shown for firms with 5 or more priced permits. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

FirmPermitsLast 12 moUsualMiddle half
Affordable Building Concepts3714$33,617$23,184–$43,470
Regent Homes5813$22,798$19,900–$25,406
Paragon Group LLC75$95,460$61,779–$100,941
Rogers Jackson104$85,032$85,032
Three Boys Consulting LLC163$57,960$33,617–$79,091
Artisan Build Construct LLC93$48,070$23,184–$63,651
Superior Capital LLC72$81,670$48,992–$106,205
Southern Edge Construction LLC62$44,161$32,840–$74,599
Eljack Custom Homes LLC32——
Jennings Development32——

Why filed values run low or high

  • The 10 busiest firms usually file $33,617; the 448 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $46,735.
  • Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $1,320,000 and up) usually file $47,865, against $24,150 for the least expensive third.
  • One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 garage permits is filed under $15,000 and 1 in 10 over $102,000, 7 times as much.
  • 99.9% of the 769 permits carry a value; the 1 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 293 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Nashville, 1 in 10 garage filed values sit under $15,000, the middle half between $21,000 and $64,600, and 1 in 10 over $102,000.

  • $132,000Above $102,000: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Nashville.
  • $37,309Right at the usual $37,309: in the middle of the file.
  • $10,500Below $15,000: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule garage construction in Nashville

Nashville files the fewest garage permits in January (69 against an average month of 100) and the most in September (134). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Nashville →

How these numbers are made

Source: public Davidson County (Metro Nashville) permit records. The window is September 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. How the records work in Nashville →

Common questions

  • How many quotes should I get for a garage job in Nashville?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Nashville garage firms usually file between $24,150 and $81,670 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 3.4 times apart and both be normal for Nashville. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
  • What range is normal for garage jobs in Nashville?Half of permits were filed between $21,000 and $64,600; 8 in 10 between $15,000 and $102,000. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
  • How much do garage builders charge in Nashville?The usual garage job is filed at $37,309; the middle half of firms usually file between $24,150 and $81,670. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $33,617, less than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
  • Why do prices I see online differ from $37,309?$37,309 is the construction value contractors wrote on Nashville permits. Online figures are usually all-in ranges whose scope you can't check (design, fees, site work), and our file mixes small and large jobs of this type in one number. Use the spread above to see where a quote sits.
  • Do bigger houses get bigger bills?In the file, yes for the firms: those working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $47,865, the lower third $24,150. That is firms, not single jobs.
  • Where does this data come from?public Davidson County (Metro Nashville) permit records, read September 2026. How the records work in Nashville →

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