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The cities that produce the most founders (2026)

Every city in the graph, ranked by the number of distinct people who founded a company headquartered there.

Refreshed 2026-09-13 · updates nightly
Founders by cityDistinct founders of companies headquartered thereSan Francisco, USA: 7,613 foundersSan Francisco, USA7,613New York City, USA: 1,921 foundersNew York City, USA1,921London, United Kingdom: 502 foundersLondon, United Kingdom502Los Angeles, USA: 465 foundersLos Angeles, USA465Bengaluru, India: 407 foundersBengaluru, India407Boston, USA: 306 foundersBoston, USA306Paris, France: 303 foundersParis, France303Seattle, USA: 231 foundersSeattle, USA231Toronto, Canada: 192 foundersToronto, Canada192Austin, USA: 187 foundersAustin, USA187Singapore, Singapore: 170 foundersSingapore, Singapore170Mexico City, Mexico: 167 foundersMexico City, Mexico167Berlin, Germany: 163 foundersBerlin, Germany163Mountain View, USA: 110 foundersMountain View, USA110Lagos, Nigeria: 108 foundersLagos, Nigeria108
# City Country Founders Companies
1 San Francisco USA 7,613 3,419
2 New York City USA 1,921 823
3 London United Kingdom 502 222
4 Los Angeles USA 465 210
5 Bengaluru India 407 162
6 Boston USA 306 140
7 Paris France 303 110
8 Seattle USA 231 99
9 Toronto Canada 192 91
10 Austin USA 187 82
11 Singapore Singapore 170 75
12 Mexico City Mexico 167 59
13 Berlin Germany 163 60
14 Mountain View USA 110 45
15 Lagos Nigeria 108 41
16 Atlanta USA 99 39
17 London UK 92 39
18 São Paulo Brazil 92 37
19 Palo Alto USA 90 30
20 Stockholm Sweden 88 30
21 Gurugram India 87 36
22 Chicago USA 86 40
23 Tel Aviv-Yafo Israel 75 29
24 Miami USA 73 29
25 Jakarta Indonesia 72 29
26 San Diego USA 59 30
27 Denver USA 56 21
28 Oslo Norway 53 16
29 Mumbai India 52 21
30 Munich Germany 52 17
31 Monterrey Mexico 50 18
32 Bogotá Colombia 47 20
33 Tel Aviv Israel 46 22
34 Amsterdam Netherlands 45 21
35 Buenos Aires Argentina 45 19
36 Philadelphia USA 41 16
37 Santiago Chile 40 15
38 Vancouver Canada 38 19
39 Portland USA 38 17
40 Barcelona Spain 37 14
41 Copenhagen Denmark 36 13
42 Sunnyvale USA 36 12
43 Dubai United Arab Emirates 35 17
44 Washington, D.C. USA 35 15
45 Sydney Australia 34 16
46 Salt Lake City USA 34 16
47 New Delhi India 33 16
48 Houston USA 33 16
49 San Francisco United States 32 14
50 Santa Clara USA 32 12
How this is counted. Founders are attributed to the HQ city of each company they founded, so a founder with companies in two cities counts once in each. Data is community-corrected — fix something.