45 Tennessee Employers That Hire Veterans
45 employers in Tennessee cleared the federal veteran-hiring benchmark in filing cycle 2025, between them hiring 2,049 protected veterans out of 17,892 new hires — 11.5% overall, against a national benchmark of 5.1%. The largest by veterans hired are Corecivic Inc, Metropolitan Security Services dba Walden Security and Golden SVCS LLC.
Tennessee employers
45
met or beat the federal benchmark
Veterans hired
2,049
of 17,892 total new hires
Combined share
11.5%
against a 5.1% national benchmark
Veteran hiring in Tennessee concentrates in Administrative & Support Services (1,420 hires), Professional, Scientific & Technical (163 hires) and Construction (141 hires).
45 employers shown. Click a column heading to sort.
| # | Employer | Veterans hired | Total hires | Share | State | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corecivic Inc | 915 | 7,063 | 12.9% | Tennessee | Administrative & Support Services |
| 2 | Metropolitan Security Services dba Walden Security | 344 | 3,128 | 11.0% | Tennessee | Administrative & Support Services |
| 3 | Golden SVCS LLC | 91 | 411 | 22.1% | Tennessee | Administrative & Support Services |
| 4 | Consolidated Nuclear Security | 89 | 1,470 | 6.0% | Tennessee | Construction |
| 5 | UT Battelle LLC | 74 | 817 | 9.1% | Tennessee | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 6 | Contour Airlines | 49 | 373 | 13.1% | Tennessee | Transportation & Logistics |
| 7 | Austin Peay State University | 42 | 360 | 11.7% | Tennessee | Education |
| 8 | Tactica Solutions LLC | 36 | 71 | 50.7% | Tennessee | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 9 | Navarro Research and Engineering Inc. | 29 | 189 | 15.3% | Tennessee | Administrative & Support Services |
| 10 | City of Clarksville Gas & Water | 28 | 78 | 35.9% | Tennessee | Utilities |
| 11 | Crew Training International | 28 | 35 | 80.0% | Tennessee | Education |
| 12 | Stratas Foods | 27 | 501 | 5.4% | Tennessee | Manufacturing |
| 13 | Delek US Holdings Inc | 25 | 296 | 8.4% | Tennessee | Manufacturing |
| 14 | Middle Tennessee State University | 19 | 364 | 5.2% | Tennessee | Education |
| 15 | Binswanger Enterprises LLC | 19 | 207 | 9.2% | Tennessee | Construction |
| 16 | Bryce Corporation | 18 | 300 | 6.0% | Tennessee | Manufacturing |
| 17 | Transcore LP | 16 | 262 | 6.1% | Tennessee | Transportation & Logistics |
| 18 | RSI EnTech LLC | 16 | 195 | 8.2% | Tennessee | Administrative & Support Services |
| 19 | Protection Strategies Inc. | 15 | 87 | 17.2% | Tennessee | Administrative & Support Services |
| 20 | Lawson Electric Company Inc | 14 | 148 | 9.5% | Tennessee | Construction |
| 21 | Thompson Machinery | 13 | 144 | 9.0% | Tennessee | Wholesale Trade |
| 22 | Entrans International LLC | 13 | 106 | 12.3% | Tennessee | Manufacturing |
| 23 | SIMS Inc | 12 | 29 | 41.4% | Tennessee | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 24 | CGS | 8 | 145 | 5.5% | Tennessee | Finance & Insurance |
| 25 | Designed Conveyor Systems | 8 | 81 | 9.9% | Tennessee | Manufacturing |
| 26 | BryMak & Associates Inc | 8 | 65 | 12.3% | Tennessee | Construction |
| 27 | Perimeter Security Partners LLC | 8 | 60 | 13.3% | Tennessee | Construction |
| 28 | Barrett Firearms MFG Inc | 8 | 42 | 19.1% | Tennessee | Manufacturing |
| 29 | SSR | 7 | 121 | 5.8% | Tennessee | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 30 | Boston Government Services LLC | 6 | 107 | 5.6% | Tennessee | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 31 | Transcore ITS LLC | 6 | 58 | 10.3% | Tennessee | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 32 | Strata-G | 6 | 36 | 16.7% | Tennessee | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 33 | Cadre 5 | 6 | 27 | 22.2% | Tennessee | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 34 | Accurate Energetic Systems | 5 | 71 | 7.0% | Tennessee | Manufacturing |
| 35 | The EOSYS Group Inc. | 5 | 37 | 13.5% | Tennessee | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 36 | Oak Ridge Associated Universities | 5 | 29 | 17.2% | Tennessee | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 37 | Heavy Machines LLC | 4 | 64 | 6.2% | Tennessee | Other Services |
| 38 | Enterprise Technical Assistance Services Inc | 4 | 59 | 6.8% | Tennessee | Administrative & Support Services |
| 39 | GEM Technologies | 4 | 55 | 7.3% | Tennessee | Administrative & Support Services |
| 40 | Memphis Goodwill Industries Inc. | 4 | 28 | 14.3% | Tennessee | Other |
| 41 | CG Model Tek LLC | 4 | 25 | 16.0% | Tennessee | Manufacturing |
| 42 | Maymead Inc. | 3 | 44 | 6.8% | Tennessee | Construction |
| 43 | Power & Telephone Supply Company | 3 | 35 | 8.6% | Tennessee | Wholesale Trade |
| 44 | Flexial Corporation | 3 | 35 | 8.6% | Tennessee | Manufacturing |
| 45 | Omega Technical Services | 2 | 34 | 5.9% | Tennessee | Administrative & Support Services |
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What this list is not. It is a track record, not a job board — the data describes a past filing cycle, so an employer here may or may not be hiring today. Check their careers page. It is also not a ranking of who treats veterans best; it counts hires, which is one honest signal among several.
Self-identification is voluntary. Employees choose whether to disclose protected-veteran status, so these figures generally understate how many veterans an employer really has. That cuts one way only: everyone on this list is at least as good as the number shown.
We filtered out obvious filing errors. Some filings report a veteran hire rate wildly out of step with the same employer's overall veteran workforce — a column filled in wrong, not a recruiting record. Those are excluded rather than celebrated.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor VETS-4212 filings, cycle 2025, and the OFCCP national hiring benchmark of 5.1% effective 30 July 2025. LockLeed International is not affiliated with the Department of Labor or OFCCP.
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