50 Best Cities for Women Entrepreneurs Around the World, Ranked

Diversity in the workplace has been proven to be good for business. Yes, your little boys club might feel comfortable, but stepping outside of it and hiring women and minorities is the best way to make sure your company is headed for success. And if you want to set up shop in a city that supports these ideals, we’ve got the perfect list for you.

Thanks to data from Dell announced at the Dell Women Entrepreneur Network Summit, there’s now a comprehensive list of the top 50 cities for women entrepreneurs around the world. However, with infamous tech hubs like New York, London, and the Bay Area rounding out the top of the list, it’s easy to wonder what the metrics were to reach this conclusion.

The Dell study focused on opportunities for women in these cities, citing factors like the operating environment, which includes market chance for women, available capital, and the size of the women talent pool. It also measured the enabling environment, which included culture, measured by the prevalence of relevant mentors, networks, and role models, along with the predominant attitudes and expectations of that society toward women entrepreneurs. And this is where the top US cities struggle, as you can see from the comparative list of US cities from the study.

Culture is what we should be focused on. Culture is what prevents companies like Uber from carrying on in ways that make dozens of women employees feel undervalued, unappreciated, and down right disrespected in the work place. Promoting the prevalence of relevant women in the tech and entrepreneurial world is the key to taking diversity to the next level.

“Diversity plays a critical role in everything that we do, including the diversity of thought that we bring to serve our clients,” said Jorge Caballero,a tax partner at Deloitte Tax, in a Forbes post. “The continued shift in the population means that more and more minorities must take on leadership roles and emerge as leaders within the organization.

If you’re interested in what cities got the highest score for women entrepreneurs, take a look at the full list below and check out the full report here:

1. New York
2. Bay Area
3. London
4. Boston
5. Stockholm
6. Los Angeles
7. Washington, D.C.
8. Singapore
9. Toronto
10. Seattle
11. Sydney
12. Paris
13. Chicago
14. Minneapolis
15. Austin
16. Hong Kong
17. Melbourne
18. Atlanta
19. Amsterdam
20. Portland (OR)
21. Berlin
22. Taipei
23. Pittsburgh
24. Tel Aviv
25. Copenhagen
26. Vancouver
27. Houston
28. Johannesburg
29. Barcelona
30. Seoul
31. Munich
32. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
33. Nairobi
34. Dublin
35. Warsaw
36. Belfast
37. Milan
38. Beijing
39. Tokyo
40. Bangalore
41. Kuala Lumpur
42. Sao Paulo
43. Dubai
44. Shanghai
45. Mexico City
46. Lima
47. Guadalajara
48. Istanbul
49. Delhi
50. Jakarta