List of unicorn startup companies

Unicorns are concentrated in developed and some developing global regions, including a few dozen countries.

As per CB Insights, as of July 13, 2024, the number of unicorn startups in some developed and developing countries were as follows:^[18]

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Table of the number of unicorn startups by country as of March, 2026. This count includes former unicorns that is exited via IPO and acquisition.

Country	Number of unicorns	Number of unicorns per million people
USA	1126	3.31
China	279	0.20
India	131	0.10
UK	94	1.35
Germany	47	0.55
Israel	42	4.20
South Korea	33	0.64
Singapore	33	5.46
France	31	0.45
Canada	30	0.75
Brazil	25	0.12
Netherlands	15	0.83
Australia	12	0.44
Japan	11	0.09
Indonesia	10	0.03
Hong Kong	10	1.33
Mexico	10	0.08
Ireland	9	1.66
Switzerland	9	1.00
Saudi Arabia	8	0.23
Sweden	8	0.75
Portugal	8	0.77
UAE	6	0.54
Turkey	5	0.06
Finland	5	0.89
Norway	5	0.88
Nigeria	4	0.02
Vietnam	4	0.04
Estonia	4	3.50
Spain	4	0.08
Luxembourg	4	5.95
Lithuania	5	1.75
Czech Republic	3	0.29
Thailand	3	0.04
Egypt	3	0.03
Russia	3	0.02
Philippines	3	0.02
Cayman Islands	3	33.77
Belgium	7	0.59 [19]
Taiwan	2	0.09
South Africa	2	0.03
Bangladesh	2	0.01
Malaysia	2	0.06
Chile	2	0.10
Argentina	2	0.31
Austria	2	0.22
Italy	2	0.03
Denmark	2	0.33
Ukraine	2	0.06
Romania	2	0.11
Kazakhstan	1	0.05
Algeria	1	0.02
Bahamas	1	2.48
Bermuda	1	15.64
Anguilla	1	67.49
Colombia	1	0.02
Malta	1	1.74
Seychelles	1	8.24
Croatia	2	0.52
Cyprus	1	0.73
Bulgaria	1	0.16
Uruguay	2	0.59
Uzbekistan	1	0.03
Zimbabwe	1	0.06
Armenia	1	0.36
Greece	1	0.10
Hungary	1	0.10
Iceland	1	2.54
Poland	1	0.03
Liechtenstein	1	25
Latvia	1	0.53

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Note: below list does not include very-high-value private companies that are not startups (founded more than 20 years ago), such as: Huawei, Valve Corporation, Ferrero SpA, In-N-Out Burger, Chick-fil-A, Raising Cane's, Love's, Wawa, Publix, H-E-B, Aldi, Bosch and Koch.