YC Global Footprint
Map the YC company ecosystem across countries and cities.
See where YC companies are founded, which regions have the most active startups, and the cities that anchor each country.
Countries represented
78
Companies tracked
5,579
Active companies
3,853
Top country
US
| Country | Companies | Active rate | Top cities |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | 3,809 | 65% | San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles |
| Unknown | 579 | 81% | N/A |
| IN | 193 | 70% | Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad |
| GB | 151 | 75% | London, Cambridge, Oxford |
| CA | 138 | 69% | Toronto, Kitchener, Montreal |
| MX | 80 | 71% | Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara |
| FR | 56 | 64% | Paris, Nantes |
| NG | 55 | 87% | Lagos, Abuja, Ibadan |
| SG | 52 | 73% | Singapore |
| BR | 49 | 73% | São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Maringá |
| DE | 47 | 77% | Berlin, Munich, Mannheim |
| ID | 30 | 93% | Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya |
| CO | 29 | 79% | Bogotá, Medellín, Cali |
| IL | 28 | 46% | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Haifa |
| AR | 17 | 94% | Buenos Aires, Córdoba |
| CL | 16 | 100% | Santiago, Providencia |
| ES | 16 | 75% | Barcelona, Madrid, A Coruña |
| DK | 14 | 50% | Copenhagen, Aarhus |
| EG | 11 | 100% | Cairo |
| NL | 11 | 73% | Amsterdam, Utrecht, Maastricht |
| PK | 10 | 80% | Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore |
| CH | 10 | 90% | Zürich, Lausanne, Ecublens |
| AE | 10 | 90% | Dubai |
| AU | 10 | 100% | Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast |
| KE | 10 | 90% | Nairobi |
| SE | 9 | 78% | Stockholm, Gothenburg |
| HK | 8 | 88% | Hong Kong |
| IE | 8 | 88% | Limerick, Galway, Dublin |
| PH | 8 | 63% | Makati, Manila, Taguig |
| CN | 7 | 71% | Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai |
| PE | 7 | 86% | Lima, Barranco |
| VN | 6 | 100% | Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi |
| MY | 6 | 100% | Kuala Lumpur, Cyberjaya |
| PL | 5 | 100% | Kraków, Warsaw |
| KR | 5 | 80% | N/A |
| PA | 5 | 100% | Panama City |
| NO | 5 | 80% | Oslo |
| GH | 5 | 80% | Accra |
| SI | 4 | 75% | Ljubljana |
| SA | 4 | 100% | Riyadh, Jeddah |
| AT | 4 | 75% | Vienna, Graz |
| MA | 3 | 67% | Casablanca |
| TR | 3 | 100% | Istanbul |
| BE | 3 | 67% | Brussels, Antwerp |
| EE | 3 | 33% | Tallinn |
| IT | 2 | 50% | Padua, Milan |
| UA | 2 | 50% | Kyiv |
| NZ | 2 | 50% | Auckland |
| ZA | 2 | 50% | Cape Town, Johannesburg |
| FI | 2 | 0% | Helsinki |
| SN | 2 | 50% | Dakar |
| VE | 2 | 100% | Maracaibo, Caracas |
| LV | 1 | 100% | Riga |
| BH | 1 | 100% | Manama |
| RO | 1 | 100% | Bucharest |
| ET | 1 | 100% | Addis Ababa |
| HU | 1 | 100% | Budapest |
| CR | 1 | 0% | San José |
| PR | 1 | 100% | San Juan |
| BD | 1 | 100% | Dhaka |
| RU | 1 | 0% | Moscow |
| CI | 1 | 100% | Abidjan |
| EC | 1 | 0% | Quito |
| SC | 1 | 100% | N/A |
| IQ | 1 | 100% | Erbil |
| CY | 1 | 100% | Nicosia |
| UG | 1 | 100% | Kampala |
| GE | 1 | 100% | Tbilisi |
| GR | 1 | 100% | Athens |
| TZ | 1 | 100% | Dar es Salaam |
| NP | 1 | 100% | Kathmandu |
| CZ | 1 | 100% | Prague |
| JP | 1 | 100% | Tokyo |
| LT | 1 | 100% | Vilnius |
| ZM | 1 | 100% | Lusaka |
| CD | 1 | 100% | Kinshasa |
| HR | 1 | 100% | Zagreb |
| DZ | 1 | 100% | N/A |