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The State of Local Business: Nashville

The State of Local Business · September 10, 2026 edition

Nashville: who actually
shows up online?

We scored 367 independent businesses across Nashville on verifiable public presence facts — websites that respond, listings that answer the basics. This is what the public record says.

367
independents scored
82%
list no social channel
10%
no working website
50
earn the A-band

The gap, in three numbers

The headline is the gap: 82% of Nashville's ranked independents list no social channel on their public listings, and 10% have no working website at all. Of 367 businesses scored, 50 earn the A-band (80+/100). Every number on this page is recomputed from public listings each edition — nothing here is surveyed, sampled, or estimated.

By niche — median score /100

5+ ranked only
Restaurants & Cafés · 151 rankedmedian 65/100 · 14 A-band
Beauty & Wellness · 33 rankedmedian 65/100 · 8 A-band
Law Firms · 27 rankedmedian 65/100 · 4 A-band
Medical · 21 rankedmedian 65/100 · 2 A-band
Dental Practices · 12 rankedmedian 65/100 · 2 A-band
Auto Services · 11 rankedmedian 65/100 · 3 A-band
Gyms & Fitness · 9 rankedmedian 60/100 · 0 A-band
Cleaning Services · 8 rankedmedian 65/100 · 3 A-band
Finance & Insurance · 8 rankedmedian 65/100 · 0 A-band
Home Services · 5 rankedmedian 65/100 · 0 A-band

Methodology & use

Methodology. Every point is a verifiable public fact: working website 30 · own domain 10 · https 5 · social channels 10 each (up to 3) · phone 10 · street address 5 · hours 5 · email 5. We publish no engagement or follower data. Independents only; chains excluded. Businesses are named on the public boards, never in this report.

The national picture: all six metros →. Full method + a worked example: how we score →. See the full rankings: The Nashville Index → · Check your own rank → · Press kit →

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