Metro · Density Score
New York, NY-NJ
Metro area in New York and New Jersey
74 Combined score #4 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 69 #16 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 78 #3 of 109
New York ranks #4 overall, #3 in Startup & VC and #16 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #2 of 109: 7.4 early-stage rounds per year per 100k people
- #3 of 109: 1.0 Series B+ rounds per year per 100k people
- #3 of 102: 0.93 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
- $143M #4 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 7.4 #2 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.0 #3 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.93 #3 of 102
- GDP per person
- $121K #5 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 31 #48 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 189 #46 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 3.5% #28 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -241 #83 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- JPMorgan Chase & Co. $182B
- Verizon Communications Inc. $138B
- Johnson & Johnson $94.2B
- PepsiCo Inc. $93.9B
- Citigroup Inc. $85.2B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
