Metro · Density Score
Omaha, NE-IA
Metro area in Nebraska and Iowa
36 Combined score #66 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 52 #49 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 25 #76 of 109
Omaha ranks #66 overall, #76 in Startup & VC and #49 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #17 of 109: $98K GDP per person
- #24 of 109: 1.6 early-stage rounds per year per 100k people
- #29 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 3.5%
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $2.1M #77 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.6 #24 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #72 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.17 #48 of 102
- GDP per person
- $98K #17 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 13 #83 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 152 #60 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 3.5% #29 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -23 #64 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. $371B
- Union Pacific Corporation $24.5B
- Kiewit $16.8B
- Tenaska $10.2B
- Scoular $7.3B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
