Best Cities For Working in Animation

Looking for the top cities in the Animation industry? The following list is ranked based on the estimated industry size in each location, offering the most opportunities. Click on the location name/flag to visit that location and browse all the studios.

Estimated Number of Studios: 266

Estimated Industry Size: 18,346 - 57,788

Rank	Cities	Studios	Industry Size
1	Los Angeles	28	4628 - 16393
2	Emeryville	1	1001 - 5000
3	Toronto	19	1306 - 3521
4	Vancouver	9	1512 - 3249
5	Paris	6	809 - 1925
6	Montreal	13	627 - 1916
7	London	8	516 - 1276
8	Mumbai	4	452 - 1100
9	Ottawa	3	468 - 1083
10	Singapore	9	343 - 1036
11	Portland	1	501 - 1000
12	Petaling Jaya	7	243 - 966
13	Madrid	8	288 - 871
14	Dublin	5	349 - 860
15	Budapest	3	263 - 750
16	Bristol	2	268 - 666
17	Tokyo	6	146 - 600
18	Taipei	3	153 - 600
19	Brussels	5	139 - 560
20	Sydney	5	135 - 550
21	Cape Town	5	135 - 550
22	Montpellier	1	201 - 500
23	New York	5	196 - 493
24	Bangkok	5	115 - 470
25	Manchester	2	176 - 450
26	Kelowna	2	151 - 450
27	Hyderabad	3	152 - 410
28	Mexico City	3	102 - 405
29	Bangalore	2	184 - 400
30	Cyberjaya	2	102 - 400
31	Berlin	7	136 - 380
32	Munich	5	138 - 375
33	Beijing	3	93 - 366
34	Kerala	1	167 - 333
35	Makati City	1	167 - 333
36	Atlanta	4	113 - 320
37	Pune	6	56 - 260
38	Copenhagen	3	63 - 260
39	Batam	1	100 - 250
40	Bali	1	125 - 250
41	Oslo	3	53 - 220
42	Dallas	2	78 - 216
43	Milan	2	52 - 210
44	Chennai	1	100 - 200
45	Roma	1	51 - 200
46	Auckland	1	51 - 200
47	Snells Beach	1	51 - 200
48	Antwerp	1	51 - 200
49	Charleroi	1	51 - 200
50	Nanjing	1	51 - 200
51	Prague	1	51 - 200
52	Alexandria	1	51 - 200
53	Glasgow	1	67 - 166
54	Sao Paulo	4	34 - 160
55	Halifax	2	31 - 125
56	Shanghai	2	28 - 116
57	Hamburg	4	23 - 110
58	Skopje	3	23 - 110
59	Valencia	3	23 - 110
60	Austin	2	26 - 110
61	San Francisco	3	24 - 110
62	Delhi	2	22 - 100
63	Jakarta	2	22 - 100
64	Kuala Lumpur	1	25 - 100
65	Quebec City	1	25 - 100
66	Lille	1	25 - 100
67	Tel Aviv	4	20 - 96
68	Melbourne	3	17 - 85
69	Seoul	4	14 - 80
70	Orlando	2	16 - 75
71	Chicago	3	13 - 70
72	Ghent	3	13 - 70
73	Jerusalem	1	17 - 66
74	Seville	1	17 - 66
75	Guadalajara	2	12 - 60
76	Adelaide	2	12 - 60
77	Viborg	2	12 - 60
78	Minsk	2	12 - 60
79	Kyiv	2	12 - 60
80	Hong Kong	1	11 - 50
81	Bengaluru	1	11 - 50
82	Navi Mumbai	1	11 - 50
83	Bandung	1	11 - 50
84	Denpasar	1	11 - 50
85	Wellington	1	11 - 50
86	Tenerife	1	11 - 50
87	Sandy	1	11 - 50
88	Detroit	1	12 - 50
89	Ann Arbor	1	12 - 50
90	Brisbane	1	11 - 50
91	Billund	1	11 - 50
92	Ankara	1	11 - 50
93	Reykjavik	1	11 - 50
94	Vienna	1	11 - 50
95	Helsinki	1	11 - 50
96	St Petersburg	1	11 - 50
97	Yerevan	1	11 - 50
98	Warnemünde	1	5 - 25
99	Coimbatore	1	5 - 25
100	Barcelona	1	5 - 25
101	Lincoln	1	5 - 25
102	Calgary	1	5 - 25
103	Houston	1	5 - 25
104	Lisbon	1	5 - 25
105	Amman	2	2 - 20
106	Frankfurt	1	1 - 10
107	Athens	1	1 - 10
108	Ahmedabad	1	1 - 10
109	Cork	1	1 - 10
110	Gothenburg	1	1 - 10
111	Edmonton	1	1 - 10
112	Sudbury	1	1 - 10
113	Miami	1	1 - 10
114	Liege	1	1 - 10
115	Genk	1	1 - 10
116	Suzhou	1	1 - 10
117	Aarhus	1	1 - 10
118	Kaohsiung City	1	1 - 10
119	Tunis	1	1 - 10
120	London	1	0 - 5
121	Stuttgart	0	0 - 0
122	Bonn	0	0 - 0
123	Cologne	0	0 - 0
124	Munster	0	0 - 0
125	Dusseldorf	0	0 - 0
126	Leipzig	0	0 - 0
127	Würselen	0	0 - 0
128	Essen	0	0 - 0
129	Offenburg	0	0 - 0
130	Karlsruhe	0	0 - 0
131	Wurzburg	0	0 - 0
132	Birkesdorf	0	0 - 0
133	Regensburg	0	0 - 0
134	Larissa	0	0 - 0
135	Heraklion	0	0 - 0
136	Goa	0	0 - 0
137	Chandigarh	0	0 - 0
138	New Delhi	0	0 - 0
139	Namakkal	0	0 - 0
140	Tangerang	0	0 - 0
141	Yogyakarta	0	0 - 0
142	Florence	0	0 - 0
143	Meran	0	0 - 0
144	Fukuoka	0	0 - 0
145	Sendai	0	0 - 0
146	Osaka	0	0 - 0
147	Nagoya	0	0 - 0
148	Monterrey	0	0 - 0
149	Tijuana	0	0 - 0
150	Ensenada	0	0 - 0
151	Amsterdam	0	0 - 0
152	Badhoevedorp	0	0 - 0
153	The Hague	0	0 - 0
154	Rotterdam	0	0 - 0
155	Eindhoven	0	0 - 0
156	Leeuwarden	0	0 - 0
157	Utrecht	0	0 - 0
158	Volda	0	0 - 0
159	Bergen	0	0 - 0
160	Busan	0	0 - 0
161	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	0	0 - 0
162	Zaragoza	0	0 - 0
163	Stockholm	0	0 - 0
164	Uppsala	0	0 - 0
165	Malmo	0	0 - 0
166	Skövde	0	0 - 0
167	Lidköping	0	0 - 0
168	Karlsborg	0	0 - 0
169	Karlskrona	0	0 - 0
170	Chiang Mai	0	0 - 0
171	Birmingham	0	0 - 0
172	Cardiff	0	0 - 0
173	Bournemouth	0	0 - 0
174	Leeds	0	0 - 0
175	Edinburgh	0	0 - 0
176	Derby	0	0 - 0
177	Brighton	0	0 - 0
178	Liverpool	0	0 - 0
179	Cambridge	0	0 - 0
180	Newcastle	0	0 - 0
181	Oxford	0	0 - 0
182	Sheffield	0	0 - 0
183	Nottingham	0	0 - 0
184	Leamington Spa	0	0 - 0
185	Falmouth	0	0 - 0
186	Sunderland	0	0 - 0
187	Hitchin	0	0 - 0
188	Chatham	0	0 - 0
189	Penryn	0	0 - 0
190	Milton Keynes	0	0 - 0
191	Dundee	0	0 - 0
192	Middlesbrough	0	0 - 0
193	Guildford	0	0 - 0
194	Farnborough	0	0 - 0
195	York	0	0 - 0
196	Newport	0	0 - 0
197	Wakefield	0	0 - 0
198	Piedmont	0	0 - 0
199	Lunenberg	0	0 - 0
200	Charlottetown	0	0 - 0
201	Regina	0	0 - 0
202	Saskatoon	0	0 - 0
203	Winnipeg	0	0 - 0
204	Moncton	0	0 - 0
205	St. Johns	0	0 - 0
206	Saint John	0	0 - 0
207	Boston	0	0 - 0
208	Greenwich	0	0 - 0
209	Savannah	0	0 - 0
210	Novato	0	0 - 0
211	Seattle	0	0 - 0
212	San Diego	0	0 - 0
213	Andover	0	0 - 0
214	Redmond	0	0 - 0
215	Madison	0	0 - 0
216	Rockville	0	0 - 0
217	Maui	0	0 - 0
218	Cedar Falls	0	0 - 0
219	San Jose	0	0 - 0
220	Durham	0	0 - 0
221	Tallahassee	0	0 - 0
222	Cambridge	0	0 - 0
223	Cary	0	0 - 0
224	New Orleans	0	0 - 0
225	Las Vegas	0	0 - 0
226	Spokane	0	0 - 0
227	Minneapolis	0	0 - 0
228	Denver	0	0 - 0
229	Washington DC	0	0 - 0
230	Indianapolis	0	0 - 0
231	Salt Lake City	0	0 - 0
232	St. Louis	0	0 - 0
233	Oklahoma City	0	0 - 0
234	Philadelphia	0	0 - 0
235	Albany	0	0 - 0
236	Raleigh	0	0 - 0
237	Baltimore	0	0 - 0
238	Grand Rapids	0	0 - 0
239	Kalamazoo	0	0 - 0
240	Troy	0	0 - 0
241	Albuquerque	0	0 - 0
242	Sacramento	0	0 - 0
243	Champaign	0	0 - 0
244	Shreveport	0	0 - 0
245	Baton Rouge	0	0 - 0
246	Portsmouth	0	0 - 0
247	Bend	0	0 - 0
248	Merritt Island	0	0 - 0
249	Canberra	0	0 - 0
250	Perth	0	0 - 0
251	Namur	0	0 - 0
252	Wuxi	0	0 - 0
253	Xiamen	0	0 - 0
254	Dachang	0	0 - 0
255	ShenZhen	0	0 - 0
256	Chengdu	0	0 - 0
257	Wuhan	0	0 - 0
258	Hangzhou	0	0 - 0
259	Guangzhou	0	0 - 0
260	Luoyang	0	0 - 0
261	Fuzhou	0	0 - 0
262	Xi'an	0	0 - 0
263	Aalborg	0	0 - 0
264	Lyon	0	0 - 0
265	Salon de Provence	0	0 - 0
266	Bordeaux	0	0 - 0
267	Rio de Janeiro	0	0 - 0
268	Curitiba	0	0 - 0
269	Lviv	0	0 - 0
270	Kharkiv	0	0 - 0
271	Odesa	0	0 - 0
272	Dnipro	0	0 - 0
273	Johannesburg	0	0 - 0
274	San Salvador	0	0 - 0
275	Istanbul	0	0 - 0
276	Brno	0	0 - 0
277	Montevideo	0	0 - 0
278	Lucerne	0	0 - 0
279	Basel	0	0 - 0
280	Bratislava	0	0 - 0
281	Warsaw	0	0 - 0
282	Kraków	0	0 - 0
283	Rzeszow	0	0 - 0
284	Lodz	0	0 - 0
285	Katowice	0	0 - 0
286	Gliwice	0	0 - 0
287	Kathmandu	0	0 - 0
288	Sousse	0	0 - 0
289	Cluj-Napoca	0	0 - 0
290	Bucharest	0	0 - 0
291	Hanoi	0	0 - 0
292	Da Nang	0	0 - 0
293	Saigon	0	0 - 0
294	Ho Chi Minh City	0	0 - 0
295	Novi Sad	0	0 - 0
296	Belgrade	0	0 - 0
297	Almaty	0	0 - 0
298	Graz	0	0 - 0
299	Innsbruck	0	0 - 0
300	Manila	0	0 - 0
301	Quezon City	0	0 - 0
302	Tampere	0	0 - 0
303	Malta	0	0 - 0
304	Ramallah	0	0 - 0
305	Dubai	0	0 - 0
306	Moscow	0	0 - 0
307	Novosibirsk	0	0 - 0
308	Nizhny Novgorod	0	0 - 0
309	Taganrog	0	0 - 0
310	Krasnodar	0	0 - 0
311	Nicosia	0	0 - 0
312	Limassol	0	0 - 0
313	Vilnius	0	0 - 0
314	Sofia	0	0 - 0
315	Santiago	0	0 - 0
316	Cairo	0	0 - 0
317	Tbilisi	0	0 - 0
318	Buenos Aires	0	0 - 0
319	Riyadh	0	0 - 0

Studios are added daily, rank is subject to change as new studios are found and added to the database.

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