In 2024, the top city for startups in Italy is Milan, with a total score of 13.21, surpassing Rome by triple the score. Milan ranked twelfth in the European Union and is the sole Italian city included in the global top-100. Other leading Italian cities for startups are Rome, Turin, and Florence.
Leading cities for startups in Italy in 2024, by total score
The source states that the total score of the rankings is a sum of the quantity, quality, and business environment individual scores. The score ranges from 0 to 710.97 points (maximum score awarded to San Francisco, U.S., the best ranked city in the world according to the Startup Ecosystem Rankings 2024 report).
Quantity Score: considers different metrics, such as number of startups, number of coworking spaces, and number of accelerators, to establish the activity level of the startup ecosystem
Quality Score: studies parameters that indicate qualitative results achieved by the ecosystem. These parameters include analyzing the traction of the ecosystem’s top startups, as well as reviewing “special entities” the ecosystem has produced: Unicorns, Exits, and Pantheon.
Business Score: it is a mix of business and economic indicators at the national level, discounted for cities that haven't reached a critical mass either for Quantity or Quality
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StartupBlink. (August 1, 2024). Leading cities for startups in Italy in 2024, by total score [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275274/top-cities-for-startups-in-italy/
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StartupBlink. (2024). Leading cities for startups in Italy in 2024, by total score. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275274/top-cities-for-startups-in-italy/
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Leading cities for startups in Italy in 2024, by total score [Graph], StartupBlink, August 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1275274/top-cities-for-startups-in-italy/