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The Startup Ecosystem of Johor Bahru

Johor Bahru has 7 startups in our sample database. This represents about 2% of Malaysia’s startups. Johor Bahru is the 3rd best startup ecosystem in Malaysia.

CITY RANKING

In 2023, the startup scene of Johor Bahru developed considerably and increased in the Global Ecosystem Index by 404 spots.

National Ranking

3rd⁰

In Malaysia

Regional Ranking

13th⁺⁹

In South East Asia

Global Ranking

594th⁺⁴⁰⁴

Worldwide

Startups

Johor Bahru Top Startup Industries

Ecommerce & Retail

1 startups

Software & Data

1 startups

Foodtech

1 startups

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Johor Bahru Ecosystem Health Check

The health check tables allow you to look at the performance Johor Bahru 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...

Overperformance
Performance equal to global ranking
Underperformance

Parameter	Parameter Global rank	Parameter rank change since 2022	Result	Contribution to total score	Rank gain / loss due to parameter
Total Score	594	404	0.36	100%	0
Quantity Score	530-554	338	0.077	21.28%	17
Sample size of startups	615-674	371	7	12.95%	-80
Sample size of accelerators	487-1139	-146	0	0%	-5
Sample size of coworking spaces	155-156	-10	32	0%	13
Community Score	258-632	69	0.03	8.33%	37

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The Startup Ecosystem in Johor Bahru

Startups in Johor Bahru excel in Ecommerce & Retail, Software & Data, and and Foodtech. There are some notable success stories contributing to the city’s growing Ecommerce & Retail industry. One of the most promising startups in Johor Bahru in 2023 is Nutrition Technologies, The Red Warriors FC Berhad, and Dreamztech.

Global Rank

Johor Bahru is ranked within the top 1000 startup ecosystems globally.

Top Industries

Johor Bahru’s startups excel particularly in Ecommerce & Retail and in Software & Data, and Foodtech. Find out more

Top Cities for Startups in Malaysia - Ranked by StartupBlink

StartupBlink ranks the startup ecosystems of 100 countries and 1,000 cities. Download our latest Global Startup Ecosystem Report.

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2023 National Rank & Change ▲

2023 National Rank & Change	City	Global Rank & Change	Total Score
1st⁰	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	87th⁺¹	8.095
2nd⁰	George Town, Malaysia	329th⁺¹²	1.144
3rd⁰	Johor Bahru, Malaysia	594th⁺⁴⁰⁴	0.360

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Startups

Notable Startups in Johor Bahru

Nutrition Technologies

The Red Warriors FC Berhad

Dreamztech

Startups

Successful Ecommerce & Retail startups in Johor Bahru

Dreamztech

ECOSYSTEM

Why should you join Johor Bahru's Startup Ecosystem?

Overview

3rd

National Rank

13th

Regional Rank

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