Editing Kingsport, Tennessee (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Aerial view of the Eastman Chemical plant in Kingsport, TN.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the [[Eastman Chemical Company]] plant in Kingsport]]

[[Eastman Chemical Company]]'s first chemical plant along with its world headquarters are located in Kingsport.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eastman.com/Company/About_Eastman/Pages/Introduction.aspx |title=About Eastman Chemical Company |website=www.eastman.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline {{!}} History |url=https://www.eastman.com/en/who-we-are/history/timeline |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=Eastman |language=en}}</ref> Eastman also operates a molecular recycling plant in Kingsport.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 21, 2024 |title=Eastman starts production at new molecular recycling plant in Kingsport |url=https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/eastman-starts-production-at-new-molecular-recycling-plant-in-kingsport/ |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=WJHL {{!}} Tri-Cities News & Weather |language=en-US}}</ref> Accsys Technologies, through a joint venture with Eastman, operates an [[acetylated wood]] manufacturing plant in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 4, 2024 |title=PRODUCTION UNDERWAY AT NEW ACCOYA PLANT |url=https://www.building-products.com/production-underway-at-new-accoya-plant/ |access-date=November 12, 2024 |website=Building Products Digest {{!}} The Merchant Magazine - A 526 Media Group Publication |language=en}}</ref>

[[Domtar]] operates a recycled containerboard facility in Kingsport that formerly was a paper mill established in 1916. Domtar converted the production of uncoated freesheet paper to containerboard in 2023. It is now home to one of the largest recycled containerboard machines in North America, which produces about 600,000 tons of recycled liner board and corrugated medium annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.domtar.com/kingsport-corrugated-recycling/|website=www.domtar.com |title=Kingsport Mill Reopens, Announces Corrugated Recycling Partnership |date=July 20, 2023 }}</ref>

[[Holston Army Ammunition Plant]] operated by [[BAE Systems]]' Ordnance Systems, Inc. manufactures a wide range of secondary detonating explosives for the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jmc.army.mil/Installations.aspx?id=Holston|title=The United States Army - Joint Munitions Command|website=www.jmc.army.mil|access-date=August 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317105815/http://www.jmc.army.mil/Installations.aspx?id=Holston|archive-date=March 17, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, Kingsport's [[gross metropolitan product]] was reported to be {{US$|14.1 billion}}.<ref name="forbes2019"/>

===Top employers===
According to the City of Kingsport's annual comprehensive financial report for 2021, the top employers in the city are:<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2022 |title=CITY OF KINGSPORT TENNESSEE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT |url=https://www.kingsporttn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2021-KINGSPORT-TN-ACFR.pdf |access-date=October 14, 2024 |website=www.kingsporttn.gov}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! Employees
|-
|1
|[[Eastman Chemical Company]]
|6,500
|-
|2
|Partner Industrial
|2,000
|-
|3
|Ballad Health Holston Valley Hospital
|1,355
|-
|4
|[[Kingsport City Schools]]
|1,147
|-
|5
|[[BAE Systems]]
|948
|-
|6
|City of Kingsport
|778
|-
|7
|[[Eastman Credit Union]]
|648
|-
|8
|Holston Medical Group
|595
|-
|9
|TEC Industrial Maintenance & Construction
|394
|-
|10
|Ballad Health Indian Path Hospital
|331
|}