Metro · Density Score
Louisville, KY-IN
Metro area in Kentucky and Indiana
44 Combined score #52 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 44 #63 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 46 #45 of 109
Louisville ranks #52 overall, #45 in Startup & VC and #63 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #21 of 109: $22M in VC per year per 100k people
- #30 of 109: 0.18 Series B+ rounds per year per 100k people
- #49 of 103: 30 patents 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
- $22M #21 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.62 #71 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.18 #30 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.14 #54 of 102
- GDP per person
- $77K #70 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 30 #49 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 88 #86 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 2.1% #78 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -28 #65 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Humana Inc. $130B
- BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. $12.9B
- Yum! Brands, Inc. $8.2B
- Texas Roadhouse, Inc. $5.9B
- Brown-Forman Corporation $3.9B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
