Where your competition is in Tennessee
The largest concentrations of appliance repair companies in our Tennessee data are in Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, Gallatin, Clarksville, Smyrna, Chattanooga and Murfreesboro. Competition for the map pack is heaviest there, and so is the reward: the same review count that dominates a small town is invisible in Knoxville.
The map pack in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 34% of appliance repair companies have fewer than ten reviews. That is the good news if you have twenty: most of your local competitors are not trying. The bad news is that the three shops in the map pack for Nashville searches are not in that group. They are near 390 reviews and they ask every customer.
The website gap in Tennessee
33.5% of Tennessee appliance repair companies list no website on their Google profile, about as many than the national 31.1%. Nationally, appliance repair companies with a website have a median of 39 reviews against 7 without. A five-page site with tap-to-call and a page per service is the cheapest gap to close.
Hours and after-hours calls
14.8% of Tennessee appliance repair companies list themselves as open 24 hours. If you take after-hours calls, say so in your profile hours, because Google shows "Closed" in red on a profile that says it is closed. If you do not, list real hours and let missed-call text-back cover the gap, so the caller gets a reply instead of dialing the next name.
How Tennessee compares
Of the 49 states in our data, Tennessee ranks 17th for the number of appliance repair companies, 14th for median review count, and 26th for the share with no website. The review bar is higher than in most of the country, so plan on a steady review habit rather than a one-time push.
| State | Listed | Median reviews | No site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 203 | 31 | 33.5% |
| Alabama | 144 | 29 | 41% |
| Delaware | 29 | 19 | 34.5% |
| Florida | 771 | 31 | 30.7% |
| Georgia | 354 | 23.5 | 36.2% |
| Kentucky | 98 | 35 | 32.7% |
| Maryland | 184 | 29 | 32.6% |
| Mississippi | 75 | 9 | 56% |
| North Carolina | 268 | 42.5 | 32.1% |
What to do first in Tennessee
- Put up a real website if you are in the 33.5% without one. Service pages, city pages for Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis, tap-to-call on every screen.
- Set a review velocity. One review per job day, asked at the door, moves a 31-review shop past the Tennessee 75th percentile (136) within a year. The guides have the scripts.
- Finish the Google profile: primary category, every service you offer, real job photos, and hours that match reality. It is free and it is where Tennessee customers decide.
- Turn on missed-call text-back. Run the calculator with your own numbers to see what unanswered calls cost.
- Then, and only then, spend on ads. Pointed at a profile with 31 reviews and no website, ads pay for your competitor's education. Pointed at a finished profile, they work.
The full national picture, with percentiles, ratings and hours, is in the benchmark report. The method is on the about page.