Metro · Density Score
Hartford, CT
Metro area in Connecticut
50 Combined score #38 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 77 #7 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 30 #73 of 109
Hartford ranks #38 overall, #73 in Startup & VC and #7 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #9 of 103: 72 patents per 100k people
- #10 of 109: $108K GDP per person
- #25 of 109: 273 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
- $0.71M #89 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.40 #82 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #72 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.20 #43 of 102
- GDP per person
- $108K #10 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 72 #9 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 273 #25 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 3.5% #27 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +74 #53 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- The Cigna Group $275B
- The Hartford Insurance Group Inc. $28.4B
- Stanley Black & Decker Inc. $15.1B
- Otis Worldwide Corporation $14.4B
- SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. $6.3B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
