Metro · Density Score
Kansas City, MO-KS
Metro area in Missouri and Kansas
43 Combined score #55 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 37 #78 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 48 #37 of 109
Kansas City ranks #55 overall, #37 in Startup & VC and #78 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #14 of 109: +393 net migration of 25–44 year olds per 100k people
- #24 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 3.6%
- #39 of 102: 0.22 startup exits 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
- $8.2M #51 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.87 #58 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.06 #59 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.22 #39 of 102
- GDP per person
- $83K #53 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 24 #59 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 79 #89 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 3.6% #24 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +393 #14 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Seaboard Corporation $9.7B
- JE Dunn Construction Group $7.4B
- Garmin Ltd. $7.3B
- Burns & McDonnell $7.2B
- Evergy, Inc. $6.0B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
