Where your competition is in Tennessee
The largest concentrations of air duct cleaning companies in our Tennessee data are in Nashville, Knoxville, Brentwood, Cordova, Bartlett, Columbia, Murfreesboro and Tullahoma. 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 Nashville.
The map pack in Tennessee
Google shows three businesses in the map pack for a search like "air duct cleaning company near me" in Nashville. In Tennessee the shops that hold those spots usually sit near the 90th percentile, 129 reviews, not the median. 12.7% of Tennessee air duct cleaning companies have passed 100 reviews; the other 87.3% are competing for whatever is left below the fold.
The website gap in Tennessee
A website is the clearest marker of a air duct cleaning company that is going to compete for the map pack, and 47.6% of air duct cleaning companies in Tennessee do not have one linked. Across the country the median review count with a site is 18, without one 2. If your shop is in the 47.6%, start there.
How Tennessee compares
Of the 37 states in our data, Tennessee ranks 23rd for the number of air duct cleaning companies, 30th for median review count, and 8th for the share with no website, which leaves more room than most states for a shop that builds a real site. The review bar is lower than in most of the country, so a few months of asking every customer moves you up fast.
| State | Listed | Median reviews | No site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 63 | 5 | 47.6% |
| Alabama | 23 | 8 | 26.1% |
| Delaware | 36 | 4 | 69.4% |
| District of Columbia | 39 | 43 | 7.7% |
| Florida | 1,205 | 6 | 48.4% |
| Georgia | 168 | 5 | 28% |
| Kentucky | 23 | 5 | 26.1% |
| Maryland | 201 | 8 | 36.3% |
| North Carolina | 121 | 18 | 34.7% |
What to do first in Tennessee
- Put up a real website if you are in the 47.6% without one. Service pages, city pages for Nashville, Knoxville, Brentwood, tap-to-call on every screen.
- Set a review velocity. One review per job day, asked at the door, moves a 5-review shop past the Tennessee 75th percentile (43) 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.
- Follow up every lead within five minutes. Speed to lead beats ad spend in a trade where the customer is collecting three quotes. The calculator shows what slow replies cost.
- Then, and only then, spend on ads. Pointed at a profile with 5 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.