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In Business for Yourself
Guide to starting a business in Nashville.

Small Business
Services to help small businesses grow.

Existing Business Team
Promotes job retention, new job growth and expansion of local companies.

International Business
Resources assisting new and experienced importers and exporters.

Nashville Business Overview
Nashville's largest employers, expansions and relocations, commercial real estate and targeted industries.

Nashville-Area Workforce
Chamber initiatives to build a stronger Nashville-area workforce.



Existing Business Team

The Nashville Area Existing Business Team was formed by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce's Partnership 2010 initiative to support the retention and expansion of existing businesses by proactively addressing issues of concern through public/private partnerships. The team was created to promote job retention, new job growth and expansion of facilities.

The Existing Business Team visits with primary sector employers in the 10-county Nashville-Murfreesboro MSA to learn more about companies, their industries and their relationship to the community. These visits will allow the Existing Business Team to help make policy, program and resource allocation decisions happen.

Existing Business Team members include Metro Nashville government; the Middle Tennessee Career Centers; Nashville Electric Service, Nashville State Tech Community College; the State of Tennessee; the Tennessee Valley Authority; and the University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services Tennessee Manufacturing Extension Program.

If you need business assistance, or if your company is considering an expansion, the Nashville Area Existing Business Team can connect you to the following resources:


Business Services
  • Available building/land database
  • Business and statistical information
  • Foreign trade zone
  • TVA economic research and analysis
  • NES energy services
  • Power credits
  • Tennessee Manufacturing Extension Partnership (TMEP)
  • TVA comprehensive services
  • TVA industrial products and services
  • Rideshare
  • Rapid Response Team

    Business Growth and Expansion
  • Expansion assistance
  • Exporting assistance
  • TN Small Business Development
  • U.S. Department of Commerce
  • International Business Council
  • Industrial machinery excise credit
  • Tennessee job tax credit
  • Tennessee infrastructure improvement program
  • TVA Economic Development Loan Fund
  • Industrial revenue bonds

    Minority and Small Business Development
  • Nashville Multi-Cultural Partnership
  • Small business assistance
  • Small Business Energy Loan
  • Telecommunications Assistance Program
  • Minority business services
  • Tennessee minority supplier development

    Workforce Development
  • Human resources services
  • Labor market information and screening
  • NashvilleJobsLink.com
  • Tennessee industrial training services
  • Tennessee Job Skills Program
  • Nashville State Technical Community College Workforce Training

    For more information on the Nashville Area Existing Business Team, or to request a visit, please click here to download an application form (), or contact Christine McDonnell at 743-3033 or cmcdonnell@nashvillechamber.com.


    Existing Business Team Members
    Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce   Metro Nashville government
    Middle Tennessee Career Centers   Nashville Electric Service
    Nashville State Technical Community College   State of Tennessee
    Tennessee Valley Authority   University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services Tennessee Manufacturing Extension Program