Metro · Density Score
Knoxville, TN
Metro area in Tennessee
38 Combined score #63 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 42 #66 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 37 #58 of 109
Knoxville ranks #63 overall, #58 in Startup & VC and #66 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #20 of 109: $23M in VC per year per 100k people
- #47 of 109: 189 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #51 of 109: 1.0 early-stage rounds 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
- $23M #20 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.0 #51 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.07 #55 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.03 #79 of 102
- GDP per person
- $73K #77 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 25 #56 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 189 #47 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 2.5% #67 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -120 #73 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- HT Hackney $4.1B
- Malibu Boats Inc. $915M
- Smith & Wesson Brands Inc. $524M
- SmartFinancial Inc. $200M
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
