The Tennessee Municipal Benchmarking Project (TMBP) began in 2002 with nine inaugural cities, including current participants Brentwood, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Germantown, and Kingsport. Initial service areas measured were fire, police, and residential refuse collection. Today the project measures performance in these three areas as well as human resources, employment benefits, finance, building code enforcement, property maintenance code enforcement, and planning and zoning.

The TMBP annual report provides a performance analysis of the service areas measured. Of particular value to participants in the project is the historical comparisons and trend analysis for targeted service areas provided in the annual report which are possible due to the long term commitment from our forward-thinking member cities. Complete data collected by participating cities is provided only to members of the project while the annual report is available on Trace and on the MTAS website.