This is a list of unicorn startup companies:
In finance, a unicorn is a privately held startup company with a current valuation of US$1 billion or more. Notable lists of unicorn companies are maintained by The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, CNNMoney/CB Insights, TechCrunch, PitchBook/Morningstar, Traxcn and Tech in Asia.
History +Historical progress of unicorns# UnicornsTotal valuation(US$ billions)DateReported by39Late October/early November 2013TechCrunch82Late January 2015Forbes, CB Insights2291,300January 2016VentureBeat208761December 2016TechCrunch224771.9April 2017TechCrunch193665April 2017Inc magazine266861August 2018CB Insights3941,200August 2018CB Insights4951,566November 2020CB Insights9633,140January 2022CB Insights1,1703,854June 2022CB Insights1,2604,386April 2025CB Insights1,2904,661July 2025CB Insights1,3345,443November 2025CB Insights
Countries 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:
+ 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 1126 3.31 279 0.20 131 0.10 941.35 47 0.55 42 4.20 33 0.64 33 5.46 31 0.45 30 0.75 25 0.12 15 0.83 12 0.44 11 0.09 10 0.03 10 1.33 10 0.08 9 1.66 9 1.00 8 0.23 8 0.75 8 0.77 6 0.54 5 0.06 5 0.89 5 0.88 4 0.02 4 0.04 4 3.50 4 0.08 4 5.95 5 1.75 3 0.29 3 0.04 3 0.03 3 0.02 3 0.02 3 33.77 7 0.59 2 0.09 2 0.03 2 0.01 2 0.06 2 0.10 2 0.31 2 0.22 2 0.03 2 0.33 2 0.06 2 0.11 1 0.05 1 0.02 1 2.48 1 15.64 1 67.49 1 0.02 1 1.74 1 8.24 2 0.52 1 0.73 1 0.16 2 0.59 1 0.03 1 0.06 1 0.36 1 0.10 1 0.10 1 2.54 1 0.03 1 25 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.