Metro · Density Score
Atlanta, GA
Metro area in Georgia
63 Combined score #14 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 67 #17 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 60 #15 of 109
Atlanta ranks #14 overall, #15 in Startup & VC and #17 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #19 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 4.1%
- #22 of 102: 0.35 startup exits per year per 100k people
- #25 of 109: 1.6 early-stage rounds per year 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
- $16M #32 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.6 #25 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.18 #28 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.35 #22 of 102
- GDP per person
- $93K #25 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 31 #45 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 257 #28 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 4.1% #19 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +225 #32 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- The Home Depot, Inc. $165B
- United Parcel Service, Inc. $88.7B
- Delta Air Lines, Inc. $63.4B
- The Coca-Cola Company $47.9B
- The Southern Company $29.6B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
