Metro · Density Score
St. Louis, MO-IL
Metro area in Missouri and Illinois
54 Combined score #31 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 59 #32 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 50 #31 of 109
St. Louis ranks #31 overall, #31 in Startup & VC and #32 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #32 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 3.3%
- #33 of 109: 0.15 Series B+ rounds per year per 100k people
- #33 of 102: 0.25 startup exits 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
- $8.9M #48 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.1 #49 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.15 #33 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.25 #33 of 102
- GDP per person
- $84K #48 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 28 #52 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 183 #48 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 3.3% #32 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -119 #72 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Centene Corporation $195B
- Bunge Global SA $70.3B
- Enterprise Mobility $38.0B
- Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. $23.7B
- World Wide Technology $20.0B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
