Friendsville, TN is a city of 916 people in Blount County. Web design for a Friendsville business starts with the basics: what you do, where you are, how to reach you. A small business website in Friendsville doesn’t have to start with a big invoice: Aria builds it for $89 a month, domain and email included, and bills the first month only after your approval.

No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website.

Getting to and around Friendsville

The closest municipalities to Friendsville are Louisville (6.4 miles), Greenback (7.8 miles) and Maryville (8.5 miles). Part of Manhattan Project National Historical Park is within 19 miles of the city. The nearest airport with an IATA code is McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS), 8.6 miles northeast. 18 municipalities lie within 25 miles, each with its own customers. Friendsville covers 2.8 square miles of land, about 323 residents per square mile. For big-city shopping and services, Knoxville (202,021 residents) is 18 miles away. List the towns you actually serve, such as Farragut and Maryville, on your website; customers outside Friendsville want to know before they call.

The nearest NOAA station with 1991-2020 climate normals, Lenoir City, is 7.6 miles from Friendsville. It records an average high of 89°F in July and an average low of 28°F in January. Precipitation totals about 55 inches a year, with December the wettest month. About 43 days a year hit 90°F or more. Wet seasons mean leaks, flooding and mold calls, and the searches come in the same hour the water does. If you offer emergency or same-week service in bad weather, state it clearly and make the contact form fast to fill in.

Friendsville by the numbers

916People (2025 estimate)Census Bureau estimate
+2.8%Growth since 2020Tennessee: +5.8%
89.7%Broadband subscription rateTennessee: 89.2%
$217,800Typical home value (median)Tennessee: $286,700
67Employer businesses in local ZIP codesZIP Code Business Patterns 2023

Net growth since 2020 25 more residents (2.8%). Statewide, the change was +5.8%. Growth like this brings new households that look for local services online before they ask a neighbor.

Local competition in Friendsville

Friendsville shares ZIP code 37737 with the surrounding area, where 67 employer businesses were counted in 2023. Some of the businesses behind that number:

  • 3 floor covering stores: product lines, installation services and a form to request a measurement.
  • 3 pet grooming and boarding businesses: services and prices you choose to publish, photos of happy clients and a form to ask for a spot.
  • 5 landscaping companies: maintenance and design services on separate pages, plus a quote form.

Across Blount County, County Business Patterns counted 2,510 employer establishments in 2023, and the Nonemployer Statistics add 11,113 businesses with no payroll, most of them self-employed owners. By number of employer establishments, retail trade leads in Blount County (15.5%), followed by other services (repair, personal care, organizations) (12.6%) and construction (11.8%). Among Friendsville residents who work, the largest fields are retail trade (14.1%) and professional, management and administrative services (8.4%). Each of these businesses competes for the same search: someone in Friendsville typing what they need and picking from the results that look trustworthy.

Your Friendsville audience

12.8% of workers are employed by private nonprofits. Nonprofits buy services too: printing, catering, cleaning, IT and event space.

Blount County had 143,820 residents in 2025 and 7 incorporated municipalities. For a city as small as Friendsville, the county figures are more reliable: households have a median income of $77,365, and half the residents are older than 43.7. 90.4% of households have broadband and 12.6% rely on a cellphone data plan alone. 77.0% of households own their home.

The legal basics for Friendsville businesses online

Before your website goes live, it helps to have the basics of the business in order.

  • Check with both Blount County and the City of Friendsville about local business tax receipts before opening. Official source
  • Tennessee’s general state sales tax rate is 7%, and a local rate set by the county or city is added on top. Tennessee Department of Revenue
  • Newsletters and promotions sent from your business email must include a working way to unsubscribe (16 CFR Part 316). 16 CFR Part 316

General information, not legal advice: confirm the details with the agency that handles each item.

How Aria builds a Friendsville website

Aria is a web design company from Curitiba, Brazil, working since 2008. There is no Aria office in Friendsville, and you don’t need one: sign-up, material and approval all happen online.

  1. Register your business online in about 5 minutes; the logo, photos and texts you already have go by email.
  2. Within 5 business days you get a temporary link with the whole website, built with your logo, colors and photos.
  3. Only after you approve do you pay the first monthly fee; then the site is published on your domain.

Hosting, the SSL certificate, daily backups and security updates are on us, and content changes you send by email are included.

Plan$89/monthNo setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website. No lock-in contract.
  • Business website or online store, same price
  • Your domain, registered and renewed by us (or the one you already have)
  • Business email on your domain: 5 GB, webmail and spam filtering
  • Hosting, SSL certificate and daily backups
  • Changes to text, photos and prices, requested by email
  • Ready within 5 business days on a temporary link
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Before you sign up: questions from Friendsville

Does a small business in Friendsville need a website?

Yes, because the competition is county-wide: Blount County counts 11,113 nonemployer businesses and 2,510 with employees (2023). Being findable outside Friendsville is the point of the website.

My business is in Friendsville, but I also work in Farragut. Can the website show that?

Yes. A service area page can name each town you cover, such as Farragut, Lenoir City and Louisville.

Do we need to have meetings?

No. Everything happens online and by email, from Curitiba, Brazil; you see the whole website on a temporary link before approving it.

Is there a setup fee?

No. No setup fee: you only pay the $89 monthly fee, after you approve your website. There is no lock-in contract either: you can end the service whenever you need.

Get your Friendsville business online for $89 a month

Website, domain, business email and hosting for $89 a month, built with your brand and published only after your approval.

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Sources for the numbers on this page
  • Numbers for Friendsville come from the U.S. Census Bureau: 2025 population estimates (Vintage 2025), the 2020-2024 American Community Survey (5-year), county figures where the town estimate is too uncertain, County and ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and the 2025 Gazetteer (distances in a straight line).
  • Climate: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (station USC00405158).
  • Founding year, nickname, elevation, waters, colleges, hospitals, airports and parks: Wikidata (item Q2449319), retrieved on October 30, 2026; distances are straight-line.
  • Rules for Tennessee businesses: official sources linked above, checked on October 30, 2026. County seat: USGS National Atlas.