Eilat has 11 startups in our sample database. This represents about 1% of Israel’s startups. Eilat is the 10th best startup ecosystem in Israel.
While Eilat decreased by 7 spots in its global rank in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index of 2023, its ranking in Israel increased by 1 spot.
Eilat is best known as a resort town with access to incredible beaches, snorkeling and diving in the Red Sea. Israel’s southernmost city is primarily focused on agro-tourism and has managed to create an interesting hub in the desert, far away from the other Israeli cities.
Although a much smaller city than most on the StartupBlink Startup Ecosystem Ranking Report, Eilat shows promising verticals and development towards transforming itself into a successful and supportive startup ecosystem. With a strong tourism market and lots of international tourism attracting a variety of people to the area Eilat is seizing this opportunity to develop international partnerships and programmes designed to attract a young and entrepreneurial population.
Tourism is by far the most important strength of the city within this seaside city. With a focus on attracting tourists to the pristine beaches and desert setting, Eilat has many innovations in startups focused on improving social life and leisure. With startups like Farm Guests and Uppsale innovating in the tourism and hospitality space, entrepreneurs and startups that are developing tourist innovations will surely find themselves at home in this city.
As a busy tourist center this small southern city has a big focus on providing a variety of initiatives and programmes to support entrepreneurs looking to establish startups. Strong connections to France, startup accelerators and public initiatives like CEEINCA, MAOFTech, give this city a large competitive advantage. There is also a focus on attracting younger generations to establish businesses in the Eilat area.
Eilat’s unique ecosystem shows promising initiatives and programs dedicated to growing the startup environment and supporting small and medium-size businesses. The tourism industry especially shows promising ventures and a variety of international initiatives are encouraging a more global view for entrepreneurship and startups.
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The health check tables allow you to look at the performance Eilat 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...
Eilat is ranked within the top 1000 startup ecosystems globally.
Eilat’s startups excel particularly in Social & Leisure where it ranks 286 and in Software & Data, and Healthtech. 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 | 10th - 1 | 56.774 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
2nd 0 | 79th + 7 | 8.476 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
3rd 0 | 133rd + 11 | 5.255 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
4th 0 | 295th + 13 | 1.394 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
5th 0 | 324th - 13 | 1.164 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
6th 0 | 378th - 38 | 0.912 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
7th + 1 | 484th + 30 | 0.525 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
8th - 1 | 499th + 12 | 0.500 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
9th 0 | 543rd - 20 | 0.427 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
10th + 1 | 617th - 7 | 0.338 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 |
Within Eilat there is an increased attraction for entrepreneurs to set up their startups in industries such as Social & Leisure, Software & Data, Healthtech. These three industries represent about 73% of the startups represented on the Startup Ecosystem Map of Eilat.
Eilat is Israel's 10th best startup ecosystem and is ranked 21st in Middle East. With a population of <0.1M people, Eilat is ranked 617th in the world. The city has some notable startup success stories including New fulfillment.
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