World’s 50 Best Cities For Women Entrepreneurs, 2019

The San Francisco Bay Area has overtaken its East Coast rival New York as the most accommodative place in the world to be a women entrepreneur, according to the recent study by DELL Technologies.

The San Francisco Bay Area’s progress this year saw New York to drop to second place, followed by London (third), Boston (fourth) and Los Angeles (fifth). The top 10 was rounded out by Washington D.C. (sixth), Seattle (seventh), Paris (eighth), Toronto (ninth) and Stockholm (tenth).

Sydney and Melbourne were the two Australian cities included in this year’s ranking of the top 50 global cities for female entrepreneurs, with Sydney making number 12 on the list, and Melbourne coming in at number 13.

The study ranks 50 cities across the world according to their ability to foster the growth of women-owned businesses, based on five main metrics including markets, talent, capital, culture, and technology.

1. San Francisco Bay Area, US
2. New York, US
3. London, UK
4. Boston, US
5. Los Angeles, US
6. Washington DC, US
7. Seattle, US
8. Paris, France
9. Toronto, Canada
10. Stockholm, Sweden
11. Vancouver, Canada
12. Sydney, Australia
13. Melbourne, Australia
14. Austin, US
15. Chicago, US
16. Amsterdam, Netherlands
17. Portland, US
18. Barcelona, Spain
19. Berlin, Germany
20. Atlanta, US
21. Singapore
22. Houston, US
23. Hong Kong
24. Copenhagen, Denmark
25. Minneapolis, US
26. Taipei, Taiwan
27. Munich, Germany
28. Belfast, UK
29. Mexico City, Mexico
30. Dublin, Ireland
31. Miami, US
32. Tel Aviv, Israel
33. Pittsburgh, US
34. Tokyo, Japan
35. Milan, Italy
36. Johannesburg, South Africa
37. Dubai, UAE
38. Beijing, China
39. Warsaw, Poland
40. Nairobi, Kenya
41. Seoul, South Korea
42. Lima, Peru
43. Bangalore, India
44. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
45. Sao Paulo, Brazil
46. Guadalajara, Mexico
47. Shanghai, China
48. Istanbul, Turkey
49. Jakarta, Indonesia
50. Delhi, India.

Source: Dell Technologies | CEO Magazine