Metro · Density Score
Virginia Beach–Norfolk, VA-NC
Metro area in Virginia and North Carolina
30 Combined score #77 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 35 #82 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 27 #75 of 109
Virginia Beach–Norfolk ranks #77 overall, #75 in Startup & VC and #82 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #35 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 3.3%
- #45 of 109: 190 STEM degrees per 100k people
- #64 of 102: 0.09 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
- $1.0M #87 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.44 #81 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #72 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.09 #64 of 102
- GDP per person
- $75K #74 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 8.2 #94 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 190 #45 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 3.3% #35 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -50 #67 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Ferguson Enterprises Inc. $30.8B
- Dollar Tree Inc. $19.4B
- Smithfield Foods Inc. $15.5B
- Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. $12.5B
- PRA Group Inc. $1.2B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
