?WhereToHQ

Ranked · Pick an HQ · Tennessee

Best cities to put your HQ in Tennessee

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Pick an HQ” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Germantown, TN41k residents

    64/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 71.9% · avg. weekly wage: $1,424/wk · corporate income tax: 6.5%

  2. 2.Hendersonville, TN63k residents

    63/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 43.9% · avg. weekly wage: $1,183/wk · corporate income tax: 6.5%

  3. 3.Collierville, TN52k residents

    63/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 62.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,424/wk · corporate income tax: 6.5%

  4. 4.Clarksville, TN176k residents

    62/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 29.9% · avg. weekly wage: $1,064/wk · corporate income tax: 6.5%

  5. 5.Murfreesboro, TN161k residents

    62/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 43% · avg. weekly wage: $1,274/wk · corporate income tax: 6.5%

  6. 6.Mount Juliet, TN42k residents

    61/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 49.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,164/wk · corporate income tax: 6.5%

  7. 7.Maryville, TN32k residents

    60/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 38.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,211/wk · corporate income tax: 6.5%

  8. 8.Spring Hill, TN56k residents

    59/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 50.3% · avg. weekly wage: $1,299/wk · corporate income tax: 6.5%

  9. 9.Bartlett, TN57k residents

    58/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 35.7% · avg. weekly wage: $1,353/wk · corporate income tax: 6.5%

  10. 10.Memphis, TN619k residents

    57/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 28% · avg. weekly wage: $1,424/wk · corporate income tax: 6.5%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best to put your HQ in Tennessee?
Germantown, TN ranks first with a fit score of 64/100, followed by Hendersonville (63) and Collierville (63), using the "Pick an HQ" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.