Metro · Density Score
Fort Wayne, IN
Metro area in Indiana
21 Combined score #89 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 29 #87 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 17 #91 of 109
Fort Wayne ranks #89 overall, #91 in Startup & VC and #87 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #29 of 102: 0.28 startup exits per year per 100k people
- #57 of 109: 157 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #65 of 103: 21 patents 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
- $3.6M #70 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.15 #99 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #72 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.28 #29 of 102
- GDP per person
- $71K #83 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 21 #65 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 157 #57 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 1.9% #89 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -451 #99 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Steel Dynamics, Inc. $18.2B
- Franklin Electric Co., Inc. $2.1B
- Vera Bradley, Inc. $270M
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
