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Nashville is the de facto capital of the American for-profit hospital industry, with HCA Healthcare, LifePoint Health, VUMC, and dozens of smaller hospital management companies headquartered or substantially based in the city. The county economy was a $124.0 billion engine (2022). Unemployment ran at 3.2% through 2024-Q1, against a state rate of 3.4%. Tennessee is a right-to-work state.
What anchors the Nashville economy
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).
- State of Tennessee.
- HCA Healthcare.
- Metro Nashville Government.
Beyond the headlines
The economy reaches into Music and Entertainment, Technology and Corporate Services, Finance, Insurance, and Professional Services, and Automotive and Advanced Manufacturing. Nashville is corporate home to HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) — 1 Park Plaza Nashville TN, Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) — Goodlettsville TN, Bridgestone Americas — 200 4th Ave S Nashville TN, and AllianceBernstein (NYSE: AB) — Nashville (relocated from NYC 2022). The single largest taxpayer in the county is Nissan North America / major commercial property owners including hospital systems and hospitality REITs.
Talent pipeline
Workforce flows out of Vanderbilt University, Tennessee State University, Belmont University, Fisk University, Meharry Medical College, Lipscomb University, Nashville State Community College, and Volunteer State Community College — feeding the engineering, healthcare, finance, and skilled-trade jobs that Nashville employers fill every year.
How HERENashville covers it
We track every layer of the Nashville economy: corporate relocations, retail openings, restaurant launches, workforce trends, commercial real estate, supplier announcements, hospital and university capital projects, and the local, state, and federal government decisions that shape how businesses here grow. If it affects business in Davidson County, it's HERE.
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Lee suspends dyed diesel enforcement for farmers through October
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Lee directed Tennessee state departments to suspend enforcement of dyed diesel restrictions through October, offering harvest-season relief for farmers and foresters. Lee announced he told state departments to hold off on enforcing dyed diesel rules until the end of October. He thanked President Donald Trump for standing with the Tennesseans […]
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