Metro · Density Score
Seattle–Tacoma, WA
Metro area in Washington
84 Combined score #3 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 98 #2 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 72 #6 of 109
Seattle–Tacoma ranks #3 overall, #6 in Startup & VC and #2 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #1 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 9.3%
- #2 of 109: $145K GDP per person
- #4 of 109: 0.75 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
- $117M #6 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 4.5 #5 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.75 #4 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.84 #4 of 102
- GDP per person
- $145K #2 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 116 #4 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 199 #43 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 9.3% #1 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +302 #21 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Amazon.com, Inc. $717B
- Microsoft Corporation $332B
- Costco Wholesale Corporation $303B
- T-Mobile US, Inc. $88.3B
- Starbucks Corporation $37.2B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
