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Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR

Metro area in Arkansas

50 Combined score #36 of 109 metros
Economic
69 #13 of 109
Innovation (Startup & VC)
37 #60 of 109

Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers ranks #36 overall, #60 in Startup & VC and #13 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.

Highlights

  • #20 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 4.0%
  • #22 of 109: 0.23 Series B+ rounds per year per 100k people
  • #35 of 109: 224 STEM degrees 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
$7.8M #52 of 109
Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
0.70 #67 of 109
Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
0.23 #22 of 109
Startup exits per year, per 100k people
0.16 #52 of 102
GDP per person
$72K #80 of 109
Patents per 100k people
20 #68 of 103
STEM degrees per 100k people
224 #35 of 109
Tech share of jobs
4.0% #20 of 109
Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
-369 #93 of 109

Top companies

The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.

  1. Walmart Inc. WMT · Consumer Staples · Bentonville $713B
  2. Tyson Foods Inc. TSN · Consumer Staples · Springdale $54.4B
  3. J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. JBHT · Industrials · Lowell $12.0B
  4. Simmons Foods Private · Food, Drink & Tobacco · Siloam Springs $3.1B
  5. America's Car-Mart Inc CRMT · Consumer Discretionary · Rogers $1.3B

Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.

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