founders in rhode island
rhode island founders build around boatbuilding, naval undersea research near newport, and design and jewelry making in providence, with narragansett bay at the center of it. reagent defense fits the undersea work, reagent matter the boats and fabrication, and reagent creative the design community.
talk to reagentrhode island at a glance
- new business applications
- 12,914
- filed in the twelve months to september 2026, up 13.1% on the twelve months before.
- likely employers
- 3,957
- applications the Census Bureau flags as likely to hire, over the same twelve months.
- economy
- $88.2 billion
- gross domestic product in 2025, up 6.0% on the year before in current dollars.
- population
- 1.1 million
- residents in 2025, about $79,174 of output per person.
- manufacturing jobs
- 40,500
- people employed in manufacturing, september 2026.
our companies
- reagent defense technology that protects.
- reagent matter materials and physical products.
- reagent creative the community and the craft.
- reagent logistics moving what we make.
- reagent capital funding the earliest stage.
- reagent research open science and new architectures.
also serving
all areas servedsources
- business applications, U.S. Census Bureau Business Formation Statistics
- high-propensity business applications, U.S. Census Bureau
- gross domestic product, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- resident population, U.S. Census Bureau
- manufacturing employees, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
figures retrieved 2026-11-07.