The Startup Ecosystem of Nashville

Nashville has 172 startups in our sample database.

CITY RANKING

While Nashville decreased by 10 spot in its global rank in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index of 2023, its ranking in The United States remained stable at 27 nationally since 2022.

National Ranking

27th
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Regional Ranking

32nd
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2
In North America

Global Ranking

84th
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10
Worldwide

Startups

Nashville Top Startup Industries

Healthtech icon
Healthtech
#24 worldwide

50 startups

Edtech icon
Edtech
#52 worldwide

6 startups

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Social & Leisure
#73 worldwide

28 startups

Ecosystem HealthCheck

Nashville Ecosystem Health Check

The health check tables allow you to look at the performance Nashville 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
ParameterParameter Global rankParameter rank change since 2022ResultContribution to total scoreRank gain / loss due to parameter
Total Score84-108.171100%0
Quantity Score10000.94611.58%-4
Sample size of startups101-121566.36%-9
Sample size of accelerators107-118-2870.86%-1
Sample size of coworking spaces157-16122312.28%-4
Community Score88-99-110.151.84%-2

ECOSYSTEM

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The Startup Ecosystem in Nashville

Our startup ecosystem map for Nashville includes a sample of 172 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

Nashville is ranked within the top 100 startup ecosystems globally.

Top Industries

Nashville’s startups excel particularly in Healthtech where it ranks 24 and in Edtech, and Social & Leisure. Find out more

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Startups

Notable Startups in Nashville
Built Technologies startup icon
Built Technologies
Tithe.ly startup icon
Tithe.ly
Digital Reasoning startup icon
Digital Reasoning

Startups

Successful Healthtech startups in Nashville
Monogram Health startup icon
Monogram Health
Urgent Team Holdings, Inc. startup icon
Urgent Team Holdings, Inc.
August Bioservices startup icon
August Bioservices

ECOSYSTEM

Why should you join Nashville's Startup Ecosystem?

Overview

Within Nashville there is an increased attraction for entrepreneurs to set up their startups in industries such as Healthtech, Edtech, Social & Leisure. These three industries represent about 49% of the startups represented on the Startup Ecosystem Map of Nashville.

27th

National Rank

32nd

Regional Rank

Overview

Nashville is The United States' 27th best startup ecosystem and is ranked 32nd in North America. With a population of 1M - 2M people, Nashville is ranked 84th in the world. The city has some notable startup success stories including Built Technologies.

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