Metro · Density Score
Chicago, IL-IN
Metro area in Illinois and Indiana
59 Combined score #24 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 59 #31 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 59 #18 of 109
Chicago ranks #24 overall, #18 in Startup & VC and #31 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #17 of 102: 0.42 startup exits per year per 100k people
- #18 of 109: $98K GDP per person
- #19 of 109: 1.8 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
- $20M #24 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.8 #19 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.19 #27 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.42 #17 of 102
- GDP per person
- $98K #18 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 32 #41 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 153 #59 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 2.9% #47 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -142 #74 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Archer-Daniels-Midland Company $80.3B
- Allstate Corporation $67.7B
- AbbVie Inc. $61.2B
- United Airlines Holdings Inc. $59.1B
- Abbott Laboratories $44.3B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
