This statistic shows the metro areas in the United States where the share of startups as a percentage of all businesses in the area grew the most from 2009 to 2014. In 2014, the percentage of startups in St. Louis, MO-IL was 9.7 percent, a share 4.3 percent higher than the 2009 level.
U.S. metro areas with the largest growth rate in the share of startups between 2009 and 2014
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FiveThirtyEight. (September 12, 2016). U.S. metro areas with the largest growth rate in the share of startups between 2009 and 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/616254/us-metro-areas-with-highest-startup-share-growth-rate/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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