New Hampshire

Highlights

• #5 of 50: Innovation and patents
• #7 of 50: Talent
• #11 of 50: Economic output and wealth

The seven inputs

Each input is a z-score against the other states: 0 is the average state, and each step is one standard deviation (capped at ±3). Ranks are among the 50 states.

• Venture capital 0.0 #22 of 50
• Startup formation -0.2 #30 of 50
• Scale-ups -0.5 #36 of 50
• Economic output and wealth +0.7 #11 of 50
• Innovation and patents +1.0 #5 of 50
• Talent +0.8 #7 of 50
• Momentum +0.5 #12 of 50

Top companies

The largest companies headquartered in New Hampshire, by latest annual revenue.

1. PC Connection Inc. CNXN · Technology · Merrimack · Manchester–Nashua, NH metro $2.9B
2. Allegro MicroSystems Inc. ALGM · Technology · Manchester–Nashua, NH $890M
3. Skillsoft Corp. SKIL · Technology · Nashua · Manchester–Nashua, NH metro $513M

Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.

Metros in New Hampshire

• Boston, MA-NH #2 of 109 metros 85
• Manchester–Nashua, NH #70 of 109 metros 35