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.
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In United States
Regional Ranking
In North America
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Worldwide
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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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The Startup Ecosystem in San Francisco
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
Top Cities for Startups in United States - Ranked by StartupBlink
| 2023 National Rank & Change | City | Global Rank & Change | Total Score | Quantity Score | Quality Score | Business Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st 0 | 1st 0 | 546.427 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
2nd 0 | 2nd 0 | 223.407 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
3rd 0 | 4th 0 | 116.943 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
4th 0 | 5th 0 | 103.337 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
5th 0 | 12th - 1 | 48.190 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
6th 0 | 15th - 1 | 38.352 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
7th 0 | 18th + 1 | 34.200 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
8th 0 | 21st - 1 | 33.444 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
9th 0 | 22nd - 1 | 33.148 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
10th 0 | 26th 0 | 29.255 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 |
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Successful Ecommerce & Retail startups in San Francisco
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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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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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