Metro · Density Score
Charlotte, NC-SC
Metro area in North Carolina and South Carolina
50 Combined score #37 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 56 #39 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 46 #43 of 109
Charlotte ranks #37 overall, #43 in Startup & VC and #39 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #15 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 4.6%
- #20 of 109: +329 net migration of 25–44 year olds per 100k people
- #24 of 109: $94K GDP per person
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $9.0M #47 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.1 #45 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.10 #48 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.20 #41 of 102
- GDP per person
- $94K #24 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 30 #50 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 117 #76 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 4.6% #15 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +329 #20 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Bank of America Corporation $113B
- Lowe's Companies, Inc. $86.3B
- Honeywell International Inc. $37.4B
- Nucor Corporation $32.5B
- Duke Energy Corporation $32.2B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
