The Startup Ecosystem of San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Bay has 8984 startups in our sample database. This represents about 23% of The United States’s startups. San Francisco Bay is the highest-ranked startup ecosystem in The United States.

CITY RANKING

San Francisco Bay kept its position stable in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index of 2023, ranking 1st.

National Ranking

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Regional Ranking

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Global Ranking

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Startups

San Francisco Top Startup Industries

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Ecommerce & Retail
#1 worldwide

443 startups

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Edtech
#1 worldwide

158 startups

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Energy & Environment
#1 worldwide

58 startups

Ecosystem HealthCheck

San Francisco Ecosystem Health Check

The health check tables allow you to look at the performance San Francisco 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...

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  • Performance equal to global ranking
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The Startup Ecosystem in San Francisco

Our startup ecosystem map for San Francisco Bay includes a sample of 8984 tech companies. We have identified as unicorns 265 startups that have passed the USD 1 billion valuations. Contributing to the vitality of this startup ecosystem are the 83 pantheon member entities. Get the Pro account for unrestricted insights on this ecosystem.

Global Rank

San Francisco Bay is ranked within the top 10 startup ecosystems globally.

Top Industries

San Francisco Bay’s startups excel particularly in Ecommerce & Retail where it ranks 1 and in Edtech, and Energy & Environment. Find out more

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Startups

Notable Startups in San Francisco
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Medium
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JUUL
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Cruise Automation

Startups

Successful Ecommerce & Retail startups in San Francisco
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Cruise Automation
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Narvar
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Printify

ECOSYSTEM

Why should you join San Francisco's Startup Ecosystem?

Overview

Within San Francisco Bay there is an increased attraction for entrepreneurs to set up their startups in industries such as Ecommerce & Retail, Edtech, Energy & Environment. These three industries represent about 7% of the startups represented on the Startup Ecosystem Map of San Francisco Bay.

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National Rank

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Regional Rank

Overview

With a population within 0.1M - 0.5M people, San Francisco Bay is The United States' top startup ecosystem and is ranked 1st in North America. The city has some notable startup success stories including Medium and its startup ecosystem infrastructure is strengthened by organizations such as Google Pay and Spaces - California, South San Francisco - Oyster Point.

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