Metro · Density Score
Honolulu, HI
Metro area in Hawaii
36 Combined score #67 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 32 #86 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 40 #53 of 109
Honolulu ranks #67 overall, #53 in Startup & VC and #86 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #29 of 109: 0.18 Series B+ rounds per year per 100k people
- #36 of 109: $88K GDP per person
- #38 of 109: $11M in VC per year 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
- $11M #38 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.15 #100 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.18 #29 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.07 #69 of 102
- GDP per person
- $88K #36 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 7.5 #95 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 109 #78 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 2.3% #71 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -199 #79 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Matson Inc. $3.3B
- Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. $3.1B
- First Hawaiian Inc. $881M
- Bank of Hawaii Corporation $717M
- Central Pacific Financial Corp. $293M
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
