The Startup Ecosystem of San Diego

San Diego has 831 startups in our sample database. This represents about 2% of The United States’s startups. San Diego is the 9th best startup ecosystem in The United States.

CITY RANKING

While San Diego decreased by 1 spot in its global rank in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index of 2023, its ranking in The United States remained stable at 9 nationally since 2022.

National Ranking

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Regional Ranking

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Global Ranking

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Startups

San Diego Top Startup Industries

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Healthtech
#4 worldwide

234 startups

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Marketing & Sales
#11 worldwide

30 startups

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Software & Data
#19 worldwide

185 startups

Ecosystem HealthCheck

San Diego Ecosystem Health Check

The health check tables allow you to look at the performance San Diego 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 Score22-133.148100%0
Quantity Score27-23.77511.39%-2
Sample size of startups2117847.88%-3
Sample size of accelerators47-48-7210.63%0
Sample size of coworking spaces57-5911971.76%-2
Community Score1-36390.30.91%0

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The Startup Ecosystem in San Diego

Our startup ecosystem map for San Diego includes a sample of 831 tech companies. We have identified as unicorns 8 startups that have passed the USD 1 billion valuations. Contributing to the vitality of this startup ecosystem are the 1 pantheon member entity. Get the Pro account for unrestricted insights on this ecosystem.

Global Rank

San Diego is ranked within the top 30 startup ecosystems globally.

Top Industries

San Diego’s startups excel particularly in Healthtech where it ranks 4 and in Marketing & Sales, and Software & Data. Find out more

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Startups

Notable Startups in San Diego
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Cloudbeds
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StockTwits
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Kandji

Startups

Successful Healthtech startups in San Diego
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Element Biosciences
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RayzeBio
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Artiva Biotherapeutics

ECOSYSTEM

Why should you join San Diego's Startup Ecosystem?

Overview

Within San Diego there is an increased attraction for entrepreneurs to set up their startups in industries such as Healthtech, Marketing & Sales, Software & Data. These three industries represent about 54% of the startups represented on the Startup Ecosystem Map of San Diego.

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Regional Rank

Overview

San Diego is The United States' 9th best startup ecosystem and is ranked 9th in North America. With a population of 2M - 10M people, San Diego is ranked 22nd in the world. The city has some notable startup success stories including Cloudbeds and its startup ecosystem infrastructure is strengthened by organizations such as Qualcomm and Regus - California, San Diego - 501 W. Broadway.

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