For the second year in a row, D.C. came out on top of the Kauffmann Index of Growth Entrepreneurship.

The report, prepared by the Kansas City–based Kaufmann Foundation, looks across industries to compare how cities are fostering entrepreneurial businesses. It’s measured on three criteria, including rate of startup growth, “scale-ups” (or firms younger than 10 years old that went from startup to growth company) and density of high-growth companies.

While D.C. (and Northern Virginia) did well enough on each of those criteria to maintain its top ranking, the performance on the latter category stands out. The District’s density of high-growth companies is far above that of other cities. D.C. has 306.8 such companies per 100,000 employer businesses. The only other company within 100 of that is Austin, with 238.1, and no others fall above 200.

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