Cavmir Market Data · Tennessee · July 2026

Tennessee Short-Term Rental Permit Data

Short-term rental permit and license records on file with 1 local registry, as of July 2026 — compiled, deduplicated, and free to cite. Part of Cavmir's U.S. STR permit data hub.

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Where The Licenses Are

Tennessee's most-licensed markets

Tennessee's data here is Nashville's. Metro Nashville publishes its residential short-term rental permits as open data — the licensed core of one of the country's hottest short-term rental cities, in a market the city has worked hard to regulate.

01NashvilleCavmir market guide available1,265records

For now, Nashville is the entire published picture in Tennessee: every record on this page comes from that one registry. As other Tennessee jurisdictions publish their own data, this page will grow beyond it.

Tennessee top markets at a glance

Records are permit and license records on file with the registries named on this page, as of July 2026. Share is each market’s slice of the 1,265 records compiled for Tennessee. Free to cite with a link to this page.

#MarketRecords on fileShare of stateCavmir market page
1Nashville1,265100.0%Nashville market page
How To Read These Numbers

What this number is — and is not

The headline figure counts short-term rental permit and license records on file with 1 local registry, deduplicated by permit number. A license is not a listing: some licenses cover multiple units, some licensed homes sit unrented, and jurisdictions that publish nothing are missing entirely. Treat it as a verified floor for the size of Tennessee's legal short-term rental market — not a census.

  • Metro Nashville Open Data — residential STR permits
Cavmir Market Guides

Where Cavmir works in Tennessee

Six Tennessee markets carry a Cavmir guide: Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga and the Smokies towns of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Townsend. Nashville is the one market with a published registry.

NashvilleOn the registry

Grow your Nashville Airbnb bookings with Cavmir. Expert STR marketing across Downtown, The Gulch, East Nashville, 12 South & Germantown. More guests, higher rates.

ChattanoogaMarket guide

Cavmir is an Airbnb and vacation rental marketing agency for Chattanooga, TN. Listing optimization, photography and direct-booking website design for hosts.

GatlinburgMarket guide

Cavmir is a vacation rental marketing agency for Gatlinburg and the Smokies. Cabin photography, listing optimization and direct-booking website design.

MemphisMarket guide

Cavmir markets Memphis rentals near Beale Street and Graceland: permitted stays, event pricing and direct-booking website design that cuts OTA fees.

Pigeon ForgeMarket guide

Cavmir is a cabin marketing agency for Pigeon Forge, Wears Valley and Sevierville — Airbnb strategy, photography and direct-booking website design for Smokies owners.

TownsendMarket guide

Cavmir markets Townsend cabins on the Peaceful Side of the Smokies: permitted stays, Cades Cove positioning, leaf-season pricing and direct-booking sites.

What It Means For Hosts

Reading Tennessee like a marketer

Nashville runs on events: bachelorette weekends, music and sports, conventions, and a downtown that fills on a predictable rhythm. The city distinguishes owner-occupied from non-owner-occupied permits and limits where the latter can operate, so a legal, well-located permit is a real asset in a market where demand rarely takes a weekend off.

With the competition countable and the guest often booking a whole group experience, the differentiators are presentation, proximity storytelling, and a booking flow built for groups. Cavmir markets Nashville rentals around the calendar that actually drives them — visibility for the events and neighborhoods guests search, and a direct path that protects margin on high-demand weekends.

Questions

Tennessee STR data, answered

How many licensed short-term rentals are in Tennessee?

The official registries we compiled show 1,265 short-term rental permit and license records on file with 1 local registry as of July 2026. Not every Tennessee jurisdiction publishes its data, so the true statewide figure is higher.

Who licenses short-term rentals in Tennessee?

In the Tennessee markets covered here, short-term rental permitting runs through city and county programs. The registries in this compilation: Metro Nashville Open Data — residential STR permits. Rules and requirements vary by jurisdiction — always confirm with the local program directly.

Which Tennessee cities have the most short-term rentals?

By records on file: Nashville (1,265). Nashville leads with 1,265.

Where does this data come from?

Directly from the official registries listed on this page, pulled and deduplicated in July 2026. No records are estimated or modeled — see the methodology on the national data page for what was excluded and why.

How many Tennessee communities have ten or more licensed short-term rentals on file?

One: Nashville. It is the only Tennessee jurisdiction whose registry we could verify as official and complete, so every record on this page comes from it. The page grows as other Tennessee cities and counties publish their own files.

How much of Tennessee's total does Nashville account for?

All of them. Nashville is the only published registry in the state, so its 1,265 records are the full Tennessee picture until other jurisdictions publish.

Which Tennessee markets does Cavmir publish guides for?

6 market guides: Chattanooga, Gatlinburg, Memphis, Nashville, Pigeon Forge, Townsend. Each one covers the season, who books there, what wins in that market and how Cavmir markets rentals in it. They are listed on this page under "Where Cavmir works in Tennessee".

Cite this data

These numbers are free to use in articles, research, and reports — no permission needed. We ask for one thing: credit Cavmir and link to this page so readers can check the source.

Cavmir, “Tennessee Short-Term Rental Permit Data,” compiled from official state, city, and county registries, July 2026. https://cavmir.com/data/tennessee-short-term-rental-permits/
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