Metro · Density Score
Albuquerque, NM
Metro area in New Mexico
37 Combined score #65 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 40 #69 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 36 #61 of 109
Albuquerque ranks #65 overall, #61 in Startup & VC and #69 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #18 of 109: 0.27 Series B+ rounds per year per 100k people
- #39 of 109: $11M in VC per year per 100k people
- #40 of 103: 32 patents per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $11M #39 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.97 #54 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.27 #18 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.03 #78 of 102
- GDP per person
- $69K #88 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 32 #40 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 101 #80 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 2.7% #55 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +45 #55 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- TXNM Energy Inc. $2.2B
- Array Technologies Inc. $1.3B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
