The Startup Ecosystem of Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City has 401 startups in our sample database. This represents about 1% of The United States’s startups. Salt Lake City is the 15th best startup ecosystem in The United States.

CITY RANKING

Since 2023, Salt Lake City lost 6 spots in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index, having now positioned itself as 37th worldwide.

National Ranking

15th
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In United States

Regional Ranking

16th
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3
In North America

Global Ranking

37th
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6
Worldwide

Startups

Salt Lake City Top Startup Industries

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Software & Data
#22 worldwide

71 startups

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Edtech
#24 worldwide

10 startups

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Marketing & Sales
#24 worldwide

10 startups

Ecosystem HealthCheck

Salt Lake City Ecosystem Health Check

The health check tables allow you to look at the performance Salt Lake City 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

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The Startup Ecosystem in Salt Lake City

Our startup ecosystem map for Salt Lake City includes a sample of 401 tech companies. We have identified as unicorns 8 startups that have passed the USD 1 billion valuations. Get the Pro account for unrestricted insights on this ecosystem.

Global Rank

Salt Lake City is ranked within the top 40 startup ecosystems globally.

Top Industries

Salt Lake City’s startups excel particularly in Software & Data where it ranks 22 and in Edtech, and Marketing & Sales. Find out more

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Startups

Notable Startups in Salt Lake City
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Pluralsight
Breeze Airways startup icon
Breeze Airways
HireVue startup icon
HireVue

Startups

Successful Software & Data startups in Salt Lake City
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HireVue
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Neighbor
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DoNotPay

ECOSYSTEM

Why should you join Salt Lake City's Startup Ecosystem?

Overview

Within Salt Lake City there is an increased attraction for entrepreneurs to set up their startups in industries such as Software & Data, Edtech, Marketing & Sales. These three industries represent about 23% of the startups represented on the Startup Ecosystem Map of Salt Lake City.

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National Rank

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Regional Rank

Overview

Salt Lake City is The United States' 15th best startup ecosystem and is ranked 16th in North America. With a population of 1M - 2M people, Salt Lake City is ranked 37th in the world. The city has some notable startup success stories including Pluralsight.

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