In-N-Out Burger’s expansion into Tennessee is coming into clearer focus with the recent approval of a new location just north of Nashville.
Last week, a regional transportation committee approved two resolutions for an In-N-Out at RiverGate Mall, a shopping center undergoing renovation in Goodlettsville and Madison, according to Fox 17.
Two years ago, the beloved Southern California-based burger chain announced its plans to expand into the Volunteer State with, at the time, an unspecified number of restaurants.
“I’ve fallen in love with really the whole state,” President Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson said at the time.
Now, according to the Nashville Business Journal, In-N-Out is eyeing 35 possible Tennessee locations, in addition to a new regional headquarters in Franklin. They’re expected to begin opening in 2026.
Besides the RiverGate Mall site, other planned Tennessee locations include Lebanon, Mt. Juliet, Madison, Antioch, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Clarksville, Cookeville, Jackson, Morristown and the Tri-Cities area, which includes Bristol, Johnson City and Kingsport.
Tennessee will mark In-N-Out’s farthest expansion eastward to date. The chain currently operates over 400 locations across eight states: California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oregon and Idaho.
Its first Washington state location is expected to open this summer.
In-N-Out Burger was founded by Harry and Esther Snyder in Baldwin Park, California, in 1948. Their granddaughter, Lynsi Snyder, took over the family business in 2010, and it remains a family-owned operation with no franchises.
Earlier this year, the company announced plans to relocate its home office from Irvine, in Orange County, back to Baldwin Park by 2029.