> ## Documentation Index
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# HQ Country Change

> The headquarters country specifically changed.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `hq_country_change`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    Location
  </Card>

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Company Professional Network page (HQ country field).
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

The headquarters country specifically changed.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `hq_country` changed specifically (flagged higher priority).
</Card>

## Magnitude

Hyper-priority, country-level HQ moves are rare and consequential.

<Note>
  For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see [Magnitude buckets](/buying-signals/concepts/magnitude-buckets).
</Note>

## Why it matters

A country-level HQ move often signals re-domiciling or a regulatory shift, both of which carry big implications. Companies re-domicile for tax, regulatory, IPO-readiness, or major investor reasons, this is among the most consequential location signals.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Re-domiciling">
    Country moves often relate to tax or regulatory strategy.
  </Card>

  <Card title="IPO readiness">
    Some moves precede listing in a new jurisdiction.
  </Card>

  <Card title="High priority">
    Escalated above ordinary HQ changes.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  High-priority. Investigate the regulatory or IPO motivation behind the move.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="HQ Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/location/hq-change">
    The headquarters city or country changed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Country Expansion" href="/buying-signals/signals/location/country-expansion">
    A company opened its first location in a new country.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Company Type Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/structure/company-type-change">
    The company's entity type changed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="IPO Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/composite/ipo-signal">
    A company went from private to public.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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