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12 SOUTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
151 NASHVILLE STAFF LLC
230 NORTH LLC DBA BOBBY HOTEL NASHVILE
230 NORTH LLC DBA BOBBY HOTEL NASHVILLE
300 BROADWAY, LLC DBA OLE RED NASHVILLE
3258 BCP ASSOCIATES, L.P./DBA PARKWOOD VILLA APARTMENTS
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417 BROADWAY TENANT, LLC
615 VENTURES LLC
80/90 RECORDINGS LLC
8TH & DEMONBREUN HOTEL LP
8TH & DEMONBREUN HOTEL LP DBA JW MARRIOTT NASHVILLE DOWNTOWN
A & H REALTY COMPANY
A.O. SMITH WATER PRODUCTS D/B/A STATE INDUSTRIES, INC.
A&C BUSINESS ENTERPRISES LLC
ABC NASHVILLE, LLC
ACADEMY OF PERSONAL PROTECTION & SECURITY INC
ACME NASHVILLE LLC
ADVANCED SECURTY SERVICES EVALUATION & TRAINING INC
ADVENTIST HEALTH SYSTEMS SUNBELT, D/B/A TENNESSEE CHRISTIAN MEDI
AEGIS SCIENCES CORPORATION
AFC SOUTH INC. DBA ROCK HARBOR MARINA
AFFORDABLE SECURITY, LLC
AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL ALLIANCE
AFTER THE BAR ENTERTAINMENT,LLC DBA FADED AFTERHOURS CLUB
AIMCO HILLMEADE, LLC
AJAX TURNER COMPANY, INC.
AL MENAH SHRINE
ALADDIN INDUSTRIES, INC.
ALFA SUNDAY LLC
ALTA LOMA GROUP, LTD.
AMERICA CONSTRUCTION INC.
AMERICA SUPER LEAGUE
AMERICAN BANKNOTE CORPORATION
AMERICAN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY/AMERICAN BAPTIST COLLEGE
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION & RADIO ARTISTS
AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE & ACCIDENT
AMERICAN HOSPITALITY CORPORATION
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS
AMGUARD SECURITY CORP.
ANCHOR SECURITY LLC
ANITA WATSON, D/B/A - DATA TRACK, INC.
ANN SMITH FLORIST, INC.
ANTIOCH CHURCH OF CHRIST
ANTIOCH PROPERTIES DBA VANTAGE POINT HOMES AT FRANKLIN HEIGHTS
APOLLO PROTECTION AGENCY INC
Armed security in Nashville is warranted when a site handles cash, high-value goods or a genuinely elevated threat — and it hinges on officers who hold a state firearm permit on top of a standard guard license.
In Nashville, demand for armed security guards is driven by a booming 'Music City' tourism and live-music economy and a huge healthcare headquarters cluster anchored by HCA. The sectors that most rely on this service include tourism and live music, healthcare headquarters and hospitals, corporate and relocations, with specific needs in areas such as the Broadway honky-tonks and live-music venues, the HCA and hospital healthcare campuses, the downtown corporate offices and convention centers. The city's main security concerns — large-crowd event and nightlife management and hospitality and alcohol-served-crowd de-escalation — make working with a licensed, professional provider a priority investment for businesses and homeowners.
HireSecurityNow.com connects you with licensed armed security guards companies in Nashville. Compare options, review profiles and request free quotes to find the provider that best fits your needs and budget.
Estimated range per guard post/month in Nashville:
$11,000 — $17,000 USD
That puts Nashville in line with the US national range ($10,800 — $17,300).
Armed post = unarmed × ~1.35 (armed license/permit, firearms qualification, higher wage and insurance). Billed roughly $30–$48/hr; a 12h daily post runs ~$10,800–$17,300/month.
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Before you hire
Armed guards cost 40–60% more and carry far more liability than unarmed guards. A complete guide to choosing — with national cost data, a state-by-state firearm-permit table, and the insurance and liability traps that matter.
Read the armed security guards buyer's guidePrivate security in Tennessee is licensed at the state level by the the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, Private Protective Services program. A legitimate company operating in Nashville holds a Contract Security Company license, which means it has cleared Tennessee PPS's ownership, background-check and insurance requirements. Ask for that license number in writing and verify it yourself — a certificate on the wall tells you nothing about current standing, since a license can be suspended or revoked.
Hiring an unlicensed company is a risk you carry. In Tennessee, operating without a license is misdemeanor (plus civil penalty) (Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-35-136 (general penalty, Class A misdemeanor); § 62-35-130 (civil penalty up to $2,000 per occurrence); § 62-35-134 (unlawful employments/activities)). Operating a contract or proprietary security company, or working as a guard, without a currently valid PPS license/registration is a Class A misdemeanor, and the Commissioner may separately assess a civil penalty of up to $2,000 per occurrence against the unlicensed operator.
Nashville is policed by a consolidated metro agency, so it doesn't appear as a separate city in the FBI's national table. We use the city's own reported incident data instead, mapped to 9 MNPD precinct — which is the more useful view anyway, since risk inside a city varies far more than it does between cities.
Scope your coverage to the block you actually occupy, not the city average. The breakdown below ranks Nashville MNPD precinct from safest to most affected.
See the Nashville neighborhood crime breakdown904 providers below list armed security guards in Nashville. Ranking is based on verifiable signals, but the last checks are yours — and they are the ones that decide whether a contract holds up.
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