Metro · Density Score
Philadelphia, PA-NJ
Metro area in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
58 Combined score #25 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 63 #20 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 54 #22 of 109
Philadelphia ranks #25 overall, #22 in Startup & VC and #20 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #20 of 102: 0.36 startup exits per year per 100k people
- #22 of 109: $21M in VC per year per 100k people
- #31 of 109: 0.17 Series B+ rounds 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
- $21M #22 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.0 #50 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.17 #31 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.36 #20 of 102
- GDP per person
- $88K #35 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 36 #34 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 199 #44 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 3.1% #41 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +111 #47 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Cencora, Inc. $321B
- Comcast Corporation $124B
- Wawa $18.6B
- Aramark $18.5B
- Lincoln National Corporation $18.3B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
