Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association

What Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association does

The Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association (MTIDA) is a private, non-profit economic development agency headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, that serves 40 counties across the Middle Tennessee region spanning from the Kentucky border to the Alabama state line. MTIDA's core function is to coordinate industrial development activity in its service area by providing free plant location services to prospective companies, conducting outreach with local chambers of commerce, railroad industrial development departments, realtors, banks, and industrial development boards, and acting as a regional liaison with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

MTIDA does not develop or sell any technology products. Its operational assets include a GIS-based Buildings & Sites directory hosted at mtida.giswebtechtechguru.com, a quarterly newsletter published since at least 2018 with recent issues through May 2026, and the bi-annual Middle Tennessee Wage and Benefit Survey administered through the Business and Economic Research Center (BERC) at Middle Tennessee State University, which engaged over 310 industrial and manufacturing companies in its 2023 cycle. The organization operates with a core staff of four to five people consisting of an Executive Director, Assistant Director, Economic Development Consultant, and Graphic Designer.

MTIDA is funded through membership dues paid by Electric Cooperative, Municipal Electric, and Natural Gas Distributors operating in Middle Tennessee; services to companies are provided at no charge. The Executive Committee includes representatives from utilities such as Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corporation, Mt. Pleasant Power System, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Utility District, Middle Tennessee Electric, Cookeville Energy, Nashville Electric Service, and TVA. The organization maintains no subsidiaries, no proprietary technology stack, no patents or trademarks, no app products, and no external funding rounds, and reports no disclosed revenue.

Name

Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association

Legal name

Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association

Website

https://mtida.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association (MTIDA) is a non-profit economic development agency in Nashville that provides free plant location and site selection services across 40 Middle Tennessee counties, funded by electric cooperative, municipal electric, and natural gas utility members in coordination with TVA and TNECD.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues and Funding: MTIDA is funded by Electric Cooperative, Municipal Electric, and Natural Gas Distributors serving Middle Tennessee. The organization provides plant location services free of charge to companies, with operational funding coming from its utility industry members.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

MTIDA is an economic development agency that provides free plant location services to companies seeking to establish or expand industrial operations in Middle Tennessee. The organization coordinates site selection, utility infrastructure planning, workforce data, and access to financing across 40 counties, in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development. It also administers a bi-annual wage and benefit survey through Middle Tennessee State University's Business and Economic Research Center.

Product overview

MTIDA is an economic development agency, not a software product company. It does not offer a platform, software product, or technology solutions. The organization provides economic development services including plant location assistance, a wage and benefit survey program administered in partnership with Middle Tennessee State University's Business and Economic Research Center, and information about industrial development opportunities across 40 Middle Tennessee counties. Services are delivered through direct consultation, PDF publications, and geographic information system tools rather than software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plant Location Services
• Middle Tennessee Wage and Benefit Survey
• Buildings and Sites Directory (GIS)
• MTIDA Newsletter (PDF publications)

Quantifiable outcome

• 310 companies participated in the 2023 Wage and Benefit Survey
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Business and Economic Research Center (BERC) at MTSUcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023BERC conducts the bi-annual Middle Tennessee Wage and Benefit Survey, which is the fourth such survey completed in Q1 2023 with over 310 companies participating. Dr. Murat Arik serves as Director of the Jones College of Business and BERC.
• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTVA is a key strategic partner providing economic development support and the Economic Development Loan Fund. TVA supplies reliable electric power through 159 municipal and cooperative power distributors across the region. MTIDA maintains a TVA regional consultant on its Executive Committee.
• Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMTIDA provides plant location services in cooperation with TNECD, serving as a regional coordination point for companies seeking to locate in Middle Tennessee.
• Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMTSU, through its Business and Economic Research Center, administers the bi-annual Wage and Benefit Survey for MTIDA covering industrial and manufacturing jobs across 40 counties.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC): Industry association for corporate real estate and economic development professionals. Provides networking, training, and benchmarking resources that complement the work of regional EDAs like MTIDA and connect them to corporate site selectors.
• Site Selection Group: Private site selection and incentive negotiation consulting firm that competes with MTIDA for industrial prospect engagements on a paid basis. Provides similar plant location and workforce analysis services as a commercial consultancy rather than a free public service.
• McCallum Sweeney Consulting: Site selection consulting firm specializing in manufacturing and corporate facility location across the US. Overlaps with MTIDA's plant location services but operates as a paid consultancy serving corporate decision-makers directly.

Regional players

• Knoxville Chamber (Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership): Regional chamber and economic development organization serving the Knoxville area in East Tennessee. Comparable to MTIDA in regional economic development mission but operating in a different Tennessee geography.
• Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce: Regional chamber and economic development organization serving the Chattanooga area in Southeast Tennessee. Similar scope and mission to MTIDA, focused on industrial recruitment and workforce development for a different Tennessee region.
• Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce: Local chamber operating in the same Middle Tennessee region as MTIDA, with overlapping economic development functions including member services, workforce initiatives, and policy advocacy for the Nashville metro area.

Broad incumbents

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Economic Development: Federal utility corporation whose Economic Development group provides site selection, financing, and infrastructure coordination across the multi-state TVA service territory. MTIDA operates as a regional coordinator within TVA's network, channeling the Economic Development Loan Fund to Middle Tennessee prospects.

Direct peers

• Greater Memphis Partnership: Regional economic development organization serving the Memphis metro in West Tennessee. Comparable in mission (industrial recruitment, site selection, workforce data) to MTIDA but operating in a different Tennessee region with separate utility and chamber partners.
• Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD): State-level economic development agency that refers plant location prospects to MTIDA. TNECD administers statewide incentives and programs across all 95 Tennessee counties, while MTIDA focuses on the 40-county Middle Tennessee region as TNECD's regional counterpart.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mtida

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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Investments

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