A unicorn company, or unicorn startup, is a private company with a valuation over $1 billion. CBInsights regularly releases a list of unicorns. As of May 2021, there are 654 companies in total on the list. We look at their naming and domain name choices.
Over 80% of all unicorns operate on a domain name with the .com extension. It is very common for startups to launch on compromise names and later on upgrade their domain name to match their brand name, often on the .com extension. There are many reasons for that but very shortly put – customers in pretty much any sector, any country love simplicity. It is interesting to note some companies that are focused on more local markets (like Doctolib in France), are listed with their local domain extensions – so doctolib.fr. A quick check will show you that the business owns the .com for their brand as well, so the statistics below are likely even more favorable to the .com extension.
Let’s have a look at how valuation spreads depending on the domain extension. The 87.3% of unicorns operating on .com domain names account for $1,954 Billion in valuation, or over 91% of the total valuation of all businesses put together.
And here is all the data for you to explore.
type
domain
status
company
country
valuation ($B)
position
4
bytedance.com
no
Bytedance
China
$425
1
4
stripe.com
no
Stripe
United States
$95
2
4
spacex.com
no
SpaceX
United States
$74
3
4
didiglobal.com
no
Didi Chuxing
China
$62
4
4
instacart.com
no
Instacart
United States
$39
5
4
klarna.com
no
Klarna
Sweden
$31
6
4
epicgames.com
no
Epic Games
United States
$29
7
4
rivian.com
no
Rivian
United States
$28
9
4
nubank.com.br
no
Nubank
Brazil
$25
10
4
one97.com
no
One97 Communications
India
$16
11
4
yuanfudao.com
no
Yuanfudao
China
$16
12
4
dji.com
no
DJI Innovations
China
$15
13
4
canva.com
no
Canva
Australia
$15
14
4
shein.com
no
SHEIN
China
$15
15
4
chime.com
no
Chime
United States
$15
17
4
grab.com
no
Grab
Singapore
$14
18
4
byjus.com
no
BYJU's
India
$13
20
4
fanatics.com
no
Fanatics
United States
$13
21
4
sensetime.com
no
SenseTime
China
$12
22
4
juul.com
no
JUUL Labs
United States
$12
23
4
huochebang.cn
no
Manbang Group
China
$12
24
4
bitmain.com
no
Bitmain Technologies
China
$12
25
4
biosplice.com
no
Robinhood
United States
$12
27
4
globalswitch.com
no
Global Switch
United Kingdom
$11
28
4
squarespace.com
no
Squarespace
United States
$10
29
4
aurora.tech
no
Aurora
United States
$10
30
4
lalamove.com
no
Lalamove
Hong Kong
$10
31
4
outsystems.com
no
OutSystems
United States
$10
33
4
roivant.com
no
Roivant Sciences
United States
$9
34
4
tanium.com
no
Tanium
United States
$9
35
4
guazi.com
no
Chehaoduo
China
$9
36
4
oyorooms.com
no
OYO Rooms
India
$9
37
4
gopuff.com
no
GoPuff
United States
$9
38
4
servicetitan.com
no
ServiceTitan
United States
$8
39
4
tempus.com
no
Tempus
United States
$8
40
4
xsyxsc.com
no
Xingsheng Selected
China
$8
41
4
jet.co.id
no
J&T Express
Indonesia
$8
42
4
argo.ai
no
Argo AI
United States
$7
43
4
guahao.com
no
We Doctor
China
$7
44
4
scale.com
no
Scale AI
United States
$7
46
4
automationanywhere.com
no
Automation Anywhere
United States
$7
47
4
ziroom.com
no
Ziroom
China
$7
48
4
nseindia.com
no
National Stock Exchange of India
India
$7
49
4
compass.com
no
Compass
United States
$6
50
4
olacabs.com
no
Ola Cabs
India
$6
51
4
samsara.com
no
Samsara Networks
United States
$6
52
4
royole.com
no
Royole Corporation
China
$6
53
4
reddit.com
no
reddit
United States
$6
54
4
gitlab.com
no
GitLab
United States
$6
55
4
yuanqisenlin.com
no
Yuanqi Senlin
China
$6
56
domain
company
country
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