Metro · Density Score
San Francisco–Oakland, CA
Metro area in California
100 Combined score #1 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 98 #3 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 100 #1 of 109
San Francisco–Oakland ranks #1 overall, #1 in Startup & VC and #3 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #1 of 109: $2.5B in VC per year per 100k people
- #1 of 109: 47 early-stage rounds per year per 100k people
- #1 of 109: 6.1 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
- $2.5B #1 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 47 #1 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 6.1 #1 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 4.6 #1 of 102
- GDP per person
- $173K #1 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 219 #1 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 214 #37 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 6.6% #4 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -400 #95 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Meta Platforms Inc. $201B
- Wells Fargo & Company $83.7B
- Uber Technologies Inc. $52.0B
- Salesforce Inc. $41.5B
- Visa Inc. $40.0B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
