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.
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:
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.
These companies were formerly unicorns, but exited the list due to IPO or acquisitions by a company or by a group of companies: