The Startup Ecosystem of New Orleans

New Orleans has 75 startups in our sample database.

CITY RANKING

While New Orleans decreased by 1 spot in its global rank in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index of 2023, its ranking in The United States increased by 2 spots.

National Ranking

46th
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2
In United States

Regional Ranking

53rd
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1
In North America

Global Ranking

130th
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1
Worldwide

Startups

New Orleans Top Startup Industries

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Software & Data
#82 worldwide

17 startups

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Social & Leisure
#103 worldwide

10 startups

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Edtech
#133 worldwide

6 startups

Ecosystem HealthCheck

New Orleans Ecosystem Health Check

The health check tables allow you to look at the performance New Orleans 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
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The Startup Ecosystem in New Orleans

Our startup ecosystem map for New Orleans includes a sample of 75 tech companies. We have identified as unicorns 1 startups that have passed the USD 1 billion valuations. Get the Pro account for unrestricted insights on this ecosystem.

Global Rank

New Orleans is ranked within the top 150 startup ecosystems globally.

Top Industries

New Orleans’s startups excel particularly in Software & Data where it ranks 82 and in Social & Leisure, and Edtech. Find out more

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Startups

Notable Startups in New Orleans
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Resilia
Anedot startup icon
Anedot
Advano startup icon
Advano

Startups

Successful Software & Data startups in New Orleans
Resilia startup icon
Resilia
Align Today startup icon
Align Today
Pine Biotech startup icon
Pine Biotech

ECOSYSTEM

Why should you join New Orleans's Startup Ecosystem?

Overview

Within New Orleans there is an increased attraction for entrepreneurs to set up their startups in industries such as Software & Data, Social & Leisure, Edtech. These three industries represent about 44% of the startups represented on the Startup Ecosystem Map of New Orleans.

46th

National Rank

53rd

Regional Rank

Overview

New Orleans is The United States' 46th best startup ecosystem and is ranked 53rd in North America. With a population of 1M - 2M people, New Orleans is ranked 130th in the world. The city has some notable startup success stories including Resilia.

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