Cologne - Bonn
Metro area · Germany · Pop. 2.4M
Enterprise value · 2015–2025
Cologne - Bonn grew 10.9× since 2015
Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in Cologne - Bonn that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.
Adjacent cities by EV
Startup funnel
Cologne - Bonn's power-law funnel
From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.
* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Cologne - Bonn
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Cologne - Bonn's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Cologne - Bonn.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Cologne - Bonn stacks up
Peers chosen from the same country (Germany), sized closest to Cologne - Bonn by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
Germany — top cities
Top cities in Germany ranked by combined EV. Cologne - Bonn's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berlin/Brandenburg | $186B | 3.6× | 33 | $2.8B | 3,039 |
| 2 | Munich | $108B | 7.1× | 22 | $3.2B | 1,298 |
| 3 | Frankfurt | $19.9B | 3.4× | 5 | $105.2M | 447 |
| 4 | Hamburg | $16.8B | 5.2× | 5 | $168.5M | 692 |
| 5 | Stuttgart | $16.3B | 3.9× | 4 | $672.5M | 366 |
| 6 | Cologne - Bonn | $14.2B | 4.5× | 3 | $430.4M | 403 |
| 7 | Düsseldorf | $6.6B | 1.5× | 4 | $16.2M | 194 |
| 8 | Hanover | $5.8B | 5.2× | 3 | $39.2M | 108 |
| 9 | Mannheim | $5.2B | 3.5× | 1 | $21.4M | 120 |
| 10 | Leipzig-Halle | $4.2B | 3.0× | 0 | $65.5M | 127 |
| 11 | Dresden | $3.8B | 5.2× | 0 | $19.8M | 112 |
| 12 | Aachen | $2.2B | 7.1× | 0 | $70M | 120 |
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