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Distribution of unicorns in North America in 2020, by industry

Published by Jennifer Rudden, Feb 11, 2020

Finance, insurance and real estate unicorns made up approximately 15 percent of all U.S. and Canadian unicorns in January 2020, a percentage higher than, for example, unicorns in health and pharmaceuticals. This according to estimates based on company valuations as provided by multiple sources. Note that the figures provided here are based on unicorns that did not go public via an IPO and were not at some point acquired by another company. This excludes, for example, Venmo, a payment company which is owned by PayPal.

Distribution of unicorns in the United States and Canada as of January 2020, by industry

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January 2020

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North America

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January 2020

Supplementary notes

A unicorn company is a privately owned startup that has a current valuation of one billion USD 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 January 2020. Figures and valuations are rounded as some company valuations have not been 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.