Wilmington has 340 startups in our sample database. This represents about 1% of The United States’s startups. Wilmington is the 32nd best startup ecosystem in The United States.
Since 2023, Wilmington lost 14 spots in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index, having now positioned itself as 93rd worldwide.
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The health check tables allow you to look at the performance Wilmington has in each of the parameters that are part of StartupBlink's ranking algorithm. There are five tables, corresponding to the three subscores, the subscore analysis and industry ana...
Wilmington is ranked within the top 100 startup ecosystems globally.
Wilmington’s startups excel particularly in Hardware & IoT where it ranks 37 and in Fintech, and Social & Leisure. Find out more
2023 National Rank & Change | City | Global Rank & Change | Total Score | Quantity Score | Quality Score | Business Score |
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1st 0 | 1st 0 | 546.427 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
2nd 0 | 2nd 0 | 223.407 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
3rd 0 | 4th 0 | 116.943 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
4th 0 | 5th 0 | 103.337 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
5th 0 | 12th - 1 | 48.190 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
6th 0 | 15th - 1 | 38.352 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
7th 0 | 18th + 1 | 34.200 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
8th 0 | 21st - 1 | 33.444 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
9th 0 | 22nd - 1 | 33.148 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
10th 0 | 26th 0 | 29.255 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 |
Within Wilmington there is an increased attraction for entrepreneurs to set up their startups in industries such as Hardware & IoT, Fintech, Social & Leisure. These three industries represent about 15% of the startups represented on the Startup Ecosystem Map of Wilmington.
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