Metro · Density Score
Greenville, SC
Metro area in South Carolina
30 Combined score #76 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 44 #61 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 21 #84 of 109
Greenville ranks #76 overall, #84 in Startup & VC and #61 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #22 of 109: 308 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #27 of 109: +258 net migration of 25–44 year olds per 100k people
- #39 of 103: 33 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
- $0.66M #91 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.39 #83 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #72 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.10 #63 of 102
- GDP per person
- $67K #95 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 33 #39 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 308 #22 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 2.1% #79 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +258 #27 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- ScanSource Inc. $3.2B
- United Community Banks Inc. $1.1B
- Regional Management Corp. $646M
- World Acceptance Corporation $585M
- Southern First Bancshares Inc. $118M
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
