Metro · Density Score
Providence, RI-MA
Metro area in Rhode Island and Massachusetts
47 Combined score #47 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 59 #35 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 39 #55 of 109
Providence ranks #47 overall, #55 in Startup & VC and #35 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #12 of 109: +435 net migration of 25–44 year olds per 100k people
- #36 of 109: 219 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #41 of 109: $11M in VC 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
- $11M #41 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.53 #77 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.04 #65 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.10 #62 of 102
- GDP per person
- $68K #91 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 31 #44 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 219 #36 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 2.5% #64 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +435 #12 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- CVS Health Corporation $402B
- United Natural Foods Inc. $31.2B
- Textron Inc. $14.8B
- Citizens Financial Group Inc. $8.2B
- Gilbane $7.7B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
