Best Startup Cities

Best startup cities in India in 2027

43 cities in India make our ranking of 1,000 startup cities worldwide. Bangalore leads at #10 with a total score of 25.37, followed by New Delhi (#14) and Mumbai (#16).

For women founders, Goa scores highest in India on the MeanCEO Index with 73/100. Each city page covers funding, company registration, taxes, founder visas, pros and cons, and the ten MeanCEO factors.

Startup cities in India, ranked

#CityWorld rankTotalQuantityQualityBusinessMeanCEO
1 Bangalore #10 25.37 5.04 17.95 2.38 61
2 New Delhi #14 22.38 5.88 13.9 2.61 63
3 Mumbai #16 19.41 3.27 13.54 2.61 70
4 Pune #104 5.26 1.43 1.22 2.61 57
5 Hyderabad #106 5.16 1.75 0.81 2.61 57
6 Chennai #133 4.45 1.06 0.78 2.61 57
7 Ahmedabad #176 2.92 0.53 0.28 2.11 56
8 Jaipur #195 2.28 0.37 0.26 1.65 54
9 Kolkata #214 1.84 0.37 0.14 1.33 60
10 Kochi #264 1.22 0.26 0.08 0.88 66
11 Indore #279 1.11 0.21 0.1 0.8 57
12 Coimbatore #288 1.06 0.21 0.08 0.77 59
13 Chandigarh #289 1.05 0.21 0.08 0.76 57
14 Surat #362 0.67 0.13 0.05 0.48 67
15 Thiruvananthapuram #406 0.54 0.09 0.06 0.39 57
16 Vadodara #413 0.52 0.11 0.03 0.38 57
17 Ghaziabad #441 0.46 0.08 0.05 0.33 55
18 Visakhapatnam #453 0.43 0.09 0.03 0.31 66
19 Lucknow #454 0.43 0.09 0.03 0.31 58
20 Faridabad #456 0.43 0.07 0.04 0.31 57
21 Nagpur #507 0.36 0.07 0.03 0.26 57
22 Madurai #565 0.3 0.05 0.04 0.22 59
23 Vijayawada #566 0.3 0.06 0.03 0.22 58
24 Udaipur #601 0.27 0.04 0.04 0.2 57
25 Kanpur #606 0.27 0.05 0.03 0.19 57
26 Bhopal #609 0.27 0.05 0.03 0.19 54
27 Rajkot #625 0.25 0.04 0.03 0.18 61
28 Jodhpur #664 0.23 0.04 0.03 0.17 57
29 Bhubaneswar #666 0.23 0.03 0.04 0.16 56
30 Raipur #711 0.21 0.03 0.03 0.15 57
31 Dehradun #739 0.19 0.03 0.03 0.14 57
32 Patna #740 0.19 0.02 0.03 0.14 56
33 Varanasi #750 0.19 0.01 0.04 0.14 50
34 Goa #772 0.18 0.02 0.03 0.13 73
35 Jamshedpur #880 0.15 0.02 0.02 0.11 54
36 Aurangabad #885 0.15 0.01 0.03 0.1 57
37 Shikarpur #903 0.14 0.02 0.02 0.1 54
38 Puri #907 0.14 0.01 0.03 0.1 65
39 Udupi #912 0.13 0.01 0.03 0.1 60
40 Nashik #920 0.13 0.01 0.02 0.09 60
41 Agra #933 0.12 0.01 0.02 0.09 57
42 Allahabad #963 0.09 0.01 0.02 0.07 60
43 Nizamabad #964 0.09 0.01 0.02 0.07 57

Total = quantity (startups, accelerators, coworking spaces) + quality (traction of top startups, unicorns, exits) + business environment (national conditions), from the StartupBlink Global Startup Ecosystem Index (2024 edition). The MeanCEO Index (0 to 100) is our own score of how livable and welcoming a city is for women founders.

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