Metro · Density Score
Springfield, MO
Metro area in Missouri
19 Combined score #91 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 20 #99 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 21 #86 of 109
Springfield ranks #91 overall, #86 in Startup & VC and #99 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #53 of 109: 163 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #57 of 109: 0.07 Series B+ rounds per year per 100k people
- #79 of 109: $2.0M 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
- $2.0M #79 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.29 #88 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.07 #57 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0 #81 of 102
- GDP per person
- $60K #105 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 6.6 #96 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 163 #53 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 1.8% #90 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -214 #81 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- O'Reilly Automotive Inc. $17.8B
- Great American Outdoors Group $8.0B
- Great Southern Bancorp Inc. $229M
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
