Metro · Density Score
Washington, DC-VA-MD
Metro area in District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland
72 Combined score #6 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 79 #5 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 66 #11 of 109
Washington ranks #6 overall, #11 in Startup & VC and #5 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #2 of 109: Tech share of jobs: 7.4%
- #8 of 109: $116K GDP per person
- #11 of 102: 0.51 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
- $35M #14 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 2.3 #15 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.29 #14 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.51 #11 of 102
- GDP per person
- $116K #8 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 45 #27 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 286 #24 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 7.4% #2 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- -145 #75 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- The Boeing Company $89.5B
- RTX Corporation $88.6B
- Lockheed Martin Corporation $75.0B
- Mars $55.0B
- Capital One Financial Corporation $53.4B
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
