Jobs & Economy in Franklin
Franklin's economy runs through a genuine, real cluster of corporate headquarters -- Nissan North America, Community Health Systems, Mitsubishi Motors North America, Medacta USA, and now In-N-Out Burger's eastern HQ -- layered onto Williamson County's persistently low unemployment rate, among the lowest in Tennessee throughout 2026.
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Learn moreNissan North America and Community Health Systems: two large, established anchors
Nissan North America's headquarters, a 10-story, 450,000-square-foot facility completed in 2008 at 1 Nissan Way in Franklin's Cool Springs district, houses roughly 1,700-1,800 employees (Nissan North America's total U.S. workforce is about 22,000 across all operations). Community Health Systems, a NYSE-listed hospital operator (CYH), is headquartered at 4000 Meridian Boulevard in Franklin, with a total company-wide workforce cited between roughly 57,000 and 61,000 employees across its national hospital network.
A real, recent wave of additional corporate relocations
Mitsubishi Motors North America relocated its headquarters from California to Franklin, and Medacta USA relocated from Chicago to Franklin -- both real, sourced headquarters moves rather than branch-office openings. TruGreen is relocating its C-suite executive, sales, and marketing offices to a new Franklin location (opening 2025) while keeping its formal corporate headquarters in Memphis, a distinction worth noting rather than overstating.
In-N-Out's eastern headquarters: the newest, most notable addition
In-N-Out Burger's 100,000-square-foot eastern corporate office, under construction at Berry Farms off I-65 in Franklin, is the company's first expansion east of Texas and is expected to create 277 jobs, per Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and local reporting -- a genuinely significant, well-documented relocation, not a marginal claim.
Persistently low unemployment across Williamson County
Williamson County's unemployment rate ran between roughly 2.4% and 3.0% across the first half of 2026 (Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development data), consistently among the lowest of any Tennessee county during that period -- a real, sourced indicator of the local labor market's tightness, though this is a countywide rather than Franklin-specific figure.
Key takeaways
- Nissan North America's Cool Springs headquarters (1,700-1,800 employees) and Community Health Systems' corporate HQ (a NYSE-listed hospital operator, 57,000-61,000 employees company-wide) are two large, established anchor employers based directly in Franklin.
- Mitsubishi Motors North America and Medacta USA both relocated their headquarters to Franklin from California and Chicago respectively; TruGreen is moving C-suite/executive offices to Franklin while keeping its formal HQ in Memphis.
- In-N-Out Burger's 100,000-sq-ft eastern corporate headquarters, under construction at Berry Farms, is the chain's first expansion east of Texas and is expected to create 277 jobs -- a genuinely significant, well-documented 2025-2026 relocation.
- Williamson County's unemployment rate ran roughly 2.4%-3.0% across the first half of 2026, consistently among Tennessee's lowest -- a countywide, not Franklin-specific, indicator.
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