Focus Nashville | Culinary Insight Center

Focus on Nashville's Market Advantages

Nashville DMA houses 90% of the top 100 food brands in the country
Top 20 Market for dining out and food dollars spent out of homes, according to Nation’s Restaurant News
Abundance of QSR, Family and Casual Dining segments
Nashville Metro is the largest metropolitan area in the Central South region
Top 25 market with population of 1.5 million residents
Economically diverse with 38,000 business establishments and numerous corporate headquarters in industries ranging from music, health care, retail, management and professional services, construction, finance and transportation
Music industry has an economic impact of over $6 billion
Home to 20 colleges and universities enrolling 100,000 students: Vanderbilt, Belmont, David Lipscomb, Middle Tennessee State, Fisk and Meharry Medical College
Named one of America’s smartest cities by CNN Money
Ranked among 10 best places for business and careers by Forbes
Our diverse participant database
All incomes, age groups, education levels represented
Multifaceted ethnicity mix including large ethnic transient base: Hispanic, Middle Eastern, and Southeast Asian populations

To see Demographic Data from the Nashville Chamber of Commerce click the link http://www.nashvilleareainfo.com/Default.aspx?Page=Demographics