Edinburgh has 184 startups in our sample database. This represents about 2% of The United Kingdom’s startups. Edinburgh is the 6th best startup ecosystem in The United Kingdom.
While Edinburgh decreased by 21 spot in its global rank in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index of 2023, its ranking in The United Kingdom remained stable at 6 nationally since 2022.
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The health check tables allow you to look at the performance Edinburgh 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...
Edinburgh is ranked within the top 150 startup ecosystems globally.
Edinburgh’s startups excel particularly in Social & Leisure where it ranks 58 and in Marketing & Sales, and Hardware & IoT. 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 | 3rd 0 | 127.426 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
2nd + 1 | 63rd 0 | 10.048 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
3rd - 1 | 85th - 25 | 8.150 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
4th + 1 | 96th - 1 | 7.320 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
5th - 1 | 101st - 7 | 7.128 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
6th 0 | 117th - 21 | 5.985 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
7th + 3 | 158th - 10 | 4.005 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
8th 0 | 170th - 40 | 3.661 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
9th - 2 | 200th - 74 | 2.941 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
10th + 5 | 203rd + 23 | 2.823 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 |
Within Edinburgh there is an increased attraction for entrepreneurs to set up their startups in industries such as Social & Leisure, Marketing & Sales, Hardware & IoT. These three industries represent about 22% of the startups represented on the Startup Ecosystem Map of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh is The United Kingdom's 6th best startup ecosystem and is ranked 26th in Western Europe. With a population of 0.5M - 1M people, Edinburgh is ranked 117th in the world. The city has some notable startup success stories including Money Dashboard and its startup ecosystem infrastructure is strengthened by organizations such as Skyscanner.
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