As of April 2021, unicorns operating in the finance and insurance sector had the largest market valuation when compared with other sectors. They had a cumulative market valuation of 526 billion U.S. dollars, which put them ahead of both the transportation and logistics, and technology and telecommunications unicorns. A unicorn is a privately held company worth one billion U.S. dollars or more.
Market valuation of unicorns worldwide as of April 2021, by industry
(in billion U.S. dollars)
A unicorn company is a privately owned startup that has a current valuation of one billion U.S. dollars or over. Once a company has gone public (IPO) or has been acquired it is no longer termed as a unicorn. All published figures are best estimations based on latest publications of sources. Figures are correct as of April 2021. Figures and valuations are rounded as some company valuations have not externally verified and are self-published. Latest valuations used. As multiple sources were used and valuations vary between sources, the most recent valuation was used. Where valuations differed but the reporting date was the same, mean averages were used. Industries were assigned by the sources. Where companies crossed industries, the major category was used as determined by the source. Where companies have multiple countries listed the country of headquarters has been used.
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