Key findings
- The 100 metros are home to 229.53 million people, produce $21.87 trillion of GDP (2024) and hold 5,748,916 business establishments (2023).
- Manufacturing is the largest private sector by output in 35 of the 100 metros, followed by health care and social assistance in 20.
- Highest finance and insurance share: Des Moines (30.8% of metro GDP).
- Highest manufacturing share: Baton Rouge (at least 23.7% of metro GDP).
- Highest health care and social assistance share: McAllen (13.8% of metro GDP).
- Highest professional, scientific, and technical services share: Washington, DC (at least 17.8% of metro GDP).
- Highest wholesale trade share: Houston (at least 11.9% of metro GDP).
Shares are of private-sector GDP by industry from BEA's 2024 county data summed to each metro, excluding real estate and government. "At least" marks metros where BEA suppresses some county figures, so the true share may be higher.
Top metros for finance and insurance
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| Rank | Metro | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Moines | 30.8% |
| 2 | New York | at least 19.3% |
| 3 | Charlotte | 18.1% |
| 4 | Stamford | 17.6% |
| 5 | Omaha | 17.5% |
| 6 | Hartford | 16.5% |
| 7 | Cincinnati | at least 14.8% |
| 8 | Cleveland | 14.5% |
| 9 | Salt Lake City | 14.5% |
| 10 | Buffalo | 12.9% |
Top metros for manufacturing
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| Rank | Metro | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baton Rouge | at least 23.7% |
| 2 | Wichita | 23.1% |
| 3 | Winston-Salem | 21.7% |
| 4 | Toledo | 21.7% |
| 5 | Grand Rapids | 20.7% |
| 6 | Durham | 20.6% |
| 7 | New Orleans | 20.1% |
| 8 | Melbourne | 19.5% |
| 9 | El Paso | at least 19.4% |
| 10 | Ogden | 17.8% |
Top metros for health care and social assistance
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| Rank | Metro | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | McAllen | 13.8% |
| 2 | Allentown | 12.9% |
| 3 | Harrisburg | 12.9% |
| 4 | Worcester | 11.8% |
| 5 | Spokane | 11.8% |
| 6 | Winston-Salem | 11.7% |
| 7 | Fresno | 11.4% |
| 8 | New Haven | 11.3% |
| 9 | Daytona Beach | 10.8% |
| 10 | Dayton | 10.7% |
Top metros for professional, scientific, and technical services
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| Rank | Metro | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington, DC | at least 17.8% |
| 2 | Boston | 16.7% |
| 3 | San Jose | at least 16.0% |
| 4 | Austin | 14.7% |
| 5 | San Francisco Bay Area | 14.6% |
| 6 | Durham | 12.8% |
| 7 | San Diego | 12.3% |
| 8 | Denver | 12.2% |
| 9 | Raleigh | at least 12.2% |
| 10 | Detroit | 11.5% |
Top metros for wholesale trade
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| Rank | Metro | Share of GDP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston | at least 11.9% |
| 2 | Lakeland | 11.3% |
| 3 | Fayetteville | 11.2% |
| 4 | Memphis | at least 10.3% |
| 5 | Austin | 10.1% |
| 6 | Cincinnati | at least 9.1% |
| 7 | Miami | 9.0% |
| 8 | Raleigh | 9.0% |
| 9 | Greenville | at least 9.0% |
| 10 | Birmingham | at least 8.9% |
The largest metros by output and business count
| Rank | Metro | GDP, 2024 | Population, 2025 | Establishments, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | $2.44 trillion | 20.11 million | 562,802 |
| 2 | Los Angeles | $1.35 trillion | 12.84 million | 411,949 |
| 3 | Chicago | $923 billion | 9.43 million | 248,519 |
| 4 | San Francisco Bay Area | $801 billion | 4.63 million | 133,246 |
| 5 | Dallas–Fort Worth | $801 billion | 8.48 million | 189,739 |
| 6 | Houston | $758 billion | 7.90 million | 162,055 |
| 7 | Washington, DC | $749 billion | 6.47 million | 159,002 |
| 8 | Boston | $645 billion | 5.03 million | 133,807 |
| 9 | Atlanta | $604 billion | 6.48 million | 163,103 |
| 10 | Seattle | $604 billion | 4.16 million | 110,685 |
| 11 | Philadelphia | $582 billion | 6.33 million | 153,791 |
| 12 | Miami | $575 billion | 6.39 million | 222,388 |
| 13 | San Jose | $442 billion | 1.98 million | 50,322 |
| 14 | Phoenix | $436 billion | 5.23 million | 114,586 |
| 15 | Minneapolis–St. Paul | $369 billion | 3.79 million | 99,443 |
Method and sources
- Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 metro totals (July 1, 2025).
- GDP and sector shares: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP2 GDP by county, 2024, summed to Census Vintage 2025 metro definitions; private sectors only, excluding real estate and government.
- Business establishments: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023, metro file.
- Rankings list a metro only when its share provably exceeds every unlisted metro's possible share for that sector, because each market records its leading sectors rather than all of them.
Cite as: Abstrakt Solutions, U.S. Salesforce Market Report (2026), abstraktsolutions.com, data from U.S. Census Bureau and BEA. Last reviewed October 6, 2026.