Metro · Density Score
Boston, MA-NH
Metro area in Massachusetts and New Hampshire
85 Combined score #2 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 90 #4 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 80 #2 of 109
Boston ranks #2 overall, #2 in Startup & VC and #4 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #2 of 109: $233M in VC per year per 100k people
- #2 of 109: 1.6 Series B+ rounds per year per 100k people
- #2 of 102: 1.6 startup exits 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
- $233M #2 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 6.5 #3 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.6 #2 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 1.6 #2 of 102
- GDP per person
- $128K #4 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 129 #3 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 491 #8 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 4.7% #13 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -297 #88 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- TJX Companies Inc. $60.4B
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc $44.6B
- GE Vernova Inc. $38.1B
- Fidelity Investments $32.7B
- BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. $21.5B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
