Metro · Density Score
Los Angeles, CA
Metro area in California
67 Combined score #9 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 60 #28 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 71 #7 of 109
Los Angeles ranks #9 overall, #7 in Startup & VC and #28 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #4 of 109: 4.5 early-stage rounds per year per 100k people
- #6 of 109: 0.60 Series B+ rounds per year per 100k people
- #7 of 109: $112M 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
- $112M #7 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 4.5 #4 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.60 #6 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.62 #9 of 102
- GDP per person
- $105K #13 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 49 #22 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 209 #39 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 2.8% #52 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -334 #92 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Walt Disney Company $94.4B
- Ingram Micro Holding Corporation $52.6B
- Molina Healthcare Inc $45.4B
- Gold.com Inc. $25.5B
- Live Nation Entertainment Inc. $25.2B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
