Metro · Density Score
Dallas–Fort Worth, TX
Metro area in Texas
60 Combined score #20 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 65 #18 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 57 #20 of 109
Dallas–Fort Worth ranks #20 overall, #20 in Startup & VC and #18 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #12 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 4.8%
- #23 of 109: $21M in VC per year per 100k people
- #23 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
- $21M #23 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.3 #35 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.23 #25 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.30 #25 of 102
- GDP per person
- $94K #23 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 39 #31 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 173 #49 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 4.8% #12 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +116 #45 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- McKesson Corporation $403B
- AT&T Inc. $126B
- Energy Transfer LP $85.5B
- Caterpillar Inc. $67.6B
- American Airlines Group Inc. $54.6B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
