Nashville attracts more than 53,000 businesses with its diverse economy, creative culture, low cost of business, and well-educated population — according to the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.

Among the diverse companies here, there are five key industries that have a major impact on county residents + economic growth:

Health care

More than half of the privately-owned hospital beds in the US are operated by Nashville-area companies.
Nashville's health care industry directly employs over 126,000 — 28,000+ of which come from Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville’s largest company).

Music + entertainment

Nashville has the highest concentration of music industry establishments in the nation.
The industry has a total annual impact of ~$15.9 billion + four times more music industry employment than any other US city.

Advanced manufacturing

Nashville connects 20 states by the CSX rail system, air cargo at BNA is supported by 10 major carriers, and the city offers competitive freight transport rates.
The industry showed a 35% increase in new jobs between 2010 and 2019, and most industry workers are employed as construction laborers.

Corporate operations

Nashville’s talent pipeline makes it one of the most desirable headquarters + corporate office locations in America — around 60% of students choose to remain in the area to work.
Nashville was the second “hottest job market” in the country in 2020 according to the Wall Street Journal + had five companies on the Fortune 500 list most recently.

Supply chain management

Nashville is one of six US cities with three major intersecting interstate highways.
Location advantages allow one- and two-day truck delivery times to more than 75% of all US markets.

This information is derived from the most recent data published by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.