Metro · Density Score
Pittsburgh, PA
Metro area in Pennsylvania
56 Combined score #28 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 63 #21 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 50 #30 of 109
Pittsburgh ranks #28 overall, #30 in Startup & VC and #21 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #10 of 109: $43M in VC per year per 100k people
- #16 of 109: 355 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #18 of 109: 2.0 early-stage 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
- $43M #10 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 2.0 #18 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.13 #37 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.17 #50 of 102
- GDP per person
- $85K #45 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 40 #30 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 355 #16 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 3.1% #39 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -288 #84 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- The Kraft Heinz Company $24.9B
- WESCO International Inc. $23.5B
- PNC Financial Services Group Inc. $23.1B
- Dick's Sporting Goods Inc $17.2B
- PPG Industries Inc. $15.9B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
