Metro · Density Score
Portland, ME
Metro area in Maine
35 Combined score #72 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 35 #81 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 35 #64 of 109
Portland ranks #72 overall, #64 in Startup & VC and #81 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #26 of 102: 0.29 startup exits per year per 100k people
- #33 of 109: $89K GDP per person
- #52 of 109: 1.00 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
- $2.3M #75 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.00 #52 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #72 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.29 #26 of 102
- GDP per person
- $89K #33 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 23 #64 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 124 #69 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 2.5% #63 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +35 #57 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- IDEXX Laboratories Inc. $4.3B
- WEX Inc. $2.7B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
