Business phone system for siding contractors in Tennessee

Siding contractors in Tennessee by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 156 establishments in Tennessee classified as Siding Contractors (NAICS 238170) for 2023. They employed 765 people in mid-March and reported $48.3 million in annual payroll. That is the 25th highest count among the 50 states and DC with published figures. Siding contractors make up 0.10% of the 150,129 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Tennessee has 2.2 siding contractors, 19.7% below the national rate of 2.7. The average establishment has 4.9 employees against 4.6 nationally. Payroll per employee is $63,192, 7.5% above the U.S. figure of $58,783.

Siding contractors by metro area in Tennessee

Census published siding contractor counts for 13 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Tennessee. The largest is Nashville, TN, with 59 establishments. Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 71% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at siding contractors in Tennessee

71.2% of Tennessee's siding contractors with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 75.1% nationally. 90.8% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

Calls a siding contractor in Tennessee has to catch

Siding contractors see storm-related demand like roofers, along with remodeling projects. Estimate calls need fast callbacks. That holds for siding contractors in Tennessee as much as anywhere.

Calls a siding contractor in Tennessee might handle in a typical week include:

• A builder calls about a new home.
• The contractor calls a customer to schedule installation.
• An adjuster calls to inspect a property.

After-hours calls

After-storm calls can arrive at any time.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

Callata vs. per-seat pricing for siding contractors in Tennessee

Siding contractors in Tennessee average 4.9 employees, so the comparison uses a 5-person team. Priced per seat, 5 users would run $150.00 a month on RingCentral RingEX Core and $124.75 on Ooma Office Pro (month-to-month list prices, checked September 28, 2026). On Callata the same 5 people cost $99.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $612. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in Tennessee

Tennessee has 8 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your homeowners know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for siding contractors in Tennessee

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Tennessee, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.