Commercial Real Estate Market in Bristol, TN
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
49 active listings and 1,349 off-market properties in Bristol, TN. Commercial property asks $147/SF to buy and $14.37/SF/Yr to lease (based on 9 listings).
Market Trends
Bristol, TN spans 128.2 square miles in Sullivan County, Tennessee. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office space in Bristol, TN has a median asking sale price of $158/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail space in Bristol, TN has a median asking sale price of $137/SF (based on 3 listings). Vacancy runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Bristol, TN runs 7.9% across the South region in 2025, up from 6% in 2019. Nearly 2.3x the 2022 low of 3.5%.
Multifamily
Multifamily space in Bristol, TN has a median asking sale price of $233/SF (based on 4 listings). Vacancy runs 11.3% across the South region in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2022.
Zoning & Land Use
Land Use Mix share of zoned land by category
- Residential 64.3%
- Commercial 25%
- Industrial 10.6%
- Civic 0.2%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Bristol, TN zones 21,261 acres across 18 districts. Commercial zoning covers 25% of zoned land, residential 64.3% and industrial 10.6%. The largest single district is Low Density Single Family Residential at 41.3%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 35.5% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
R-1A, R-1B, R-2, R-3, R-4, and R-5 districts, provided that all provisions of this section and Section Z-221 of the Zoning Ordinance have been met. (Ord. No. 09-20, 8-2009; Ord. No. 17-7, 1-2018) Sec. Z-219. - Temporary uses. A. Temporary tent sales of items other than described in B. and C. below shall be only permitted when conducted by and on the premises…
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Bristol, TN has 38,245 residents in 18,119 households. Density runs 298 people per square mile. Median household income here is $54,908 and median gross rent $809 a month.
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Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 25 active for-sale and 24 active for-lease listings in Bristol, TN. The medians are based on 14 of the for-sale and 9 of the for-lease listings, those that state a price or rent per square foot. These are ASKING figures from live listings, not closed-transaction prices, and a figure resting on fewer than 10 listings says so where it is quoted.
- Vacancy rates
- Published per-sector market series, taken at the metro level where one exists and otherwise at the Census-region level — a chart reading "in <region> region" is a regional number, not this city's.
- Zoning and land use
- The current municipal zoning release: 21,261 zoned acres across 18 districts. Shares are of zoned land, so parcels the release leaves unclassified are excluded from the mix.
- Refresh
- The monthly aggregates close at the end of the previous month, so 31 October 2026 — not today — is the honest last update.
- Known limitations
- office vacancy is reported at South region level, retail vacancy is reported at South region level and industrial vacancy is reported at South region level.
- Coverage
- Metrics below the 10-observation threshold fall back one geographic level. The geography used is named on each figure.
Compiled by the Realmo Data team · reviewed 31 October 2026 · How Realmo checks market page data · Report a data issue
