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: 272

Estimated Industry Size: 19,691 - 60,490

Rank	Cities	Studios	Industry Size
1	Los Angeles	29	4728 - 16593
2	Emeryville	1	1001 - 5000
3	Toronto	19	1306 - 3521
4	Vancouver	9	1559 - 3308
5	Montreal	14	843 - 2250
6	Paris	7	909 - 2125
7	Mumbai	5	953 - 2100
8	London	9	683 - 1610
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	4	274 - 800
16	Bristol	2	268 - 666
17	Bangalore	3	284 - 600
18	Tokyo	6	146 - 600
19	Quebec City	2	276 - 600
20	Taipei	3	153 - 600
21	Brussels	5	139 - 560
22	Sydney	5	135 - 550
23	Cape Town	5	135 - 550
24	Montpellier	1	201 - 500
25	New York	5	196 - 493
26	Bangkok	5	115 - 470
27	Manchester	2	176 - 450
28	Kelowna	2	151 - 450
29	Hyderabad	3	152 - 410
30	Mexico City	3	102 - 405
31	Cyberjaya	2	102 - 400
32	Kerala	1	167 - 333
33	Makati City	1	167 - 333
34	Atlanta	4	113 - 320
35	Beijing	3	73 - 291
36	Pune	6	56 - 260
37	Copenhagen	3	63 - 260
38	Batam	1	100 - 250
39	Jakarta	2	62 - 250
40	Bali	1	125 - 250
41	Dallas	2	78 - 216
42	Oslo	3	52 - 215
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	Berlin	6	36 - 180
54	Munich	4	38 - 175
55	Glasgow	1	67 - 166
56	Sao Paulo	4	34 - 160
57	Halifax	2	31 - 125
58	Shanghai	2	28 - 116
59	Hamburg	4	23 - 110
60	Skopje	3	23 - 110
61	Valencia	3	23 - 110
62	Austin	2	26 - 110
63	San Francisco	3	24 - 110
64	Delhi	2	22 - 100
65	Kuala Lumpur	1	25 - 100
66	Stockholm	2	22 - 100
67	Lille	1	25 - 100
68	Tel Aviv	4	20 - 96
69	Melbourne	3	17 - 85
70	Seoul	4	14 - 80
71	Orlando	2	16 - 75
72	Chicago	3	13 - 70
73	Ghent	3	13 - 70
74	Jerusalem	1	17 - 66
75	Seville	1	17 - 66
76	Guadalajara	2	12 - 60
77	Adelaide	2	12 - 60
78	Viborg	2	12 - 60
79	Minsk	2	12 - 60
80	Kyiv	2	12 - 60
81	Hong Kong	1	11 - 50
82	Bengaluru	1	11 - 50
83	Navi Mumbai	1	11 - 50
84	Bandung	1	11 - 50
85	Denpasar	1	11 - 50
86	Wellington	1	11 - 50
87	Tenerife	1	11 - 50
88	Sandy	1	11 - 50
89	Detroit	1	12 - 50
90	Ann Arbor	1	12 - 50
91	Brisbane	1	11 - 50
92	Billund	1	11 - 50
93	Ankara	1	11 - 50
94	Reykjavik	1	11 - 50
95	Zlín	1	11 - 50
96	Vienna	1	11 - 50
97	Helsinki	1	11 - 50
98	St Petersburg	1	11 - 50
99	Yerevan	1	11 - 50
100	Warnemünde	1	5 - 25
101	Coimbatore	1	5 - 25
102	Barcelona	1	5 - 25
103	Lincoln	1	5 - 25
104	Calgary	1	5 - 25
105	Houston	1	5 - 25
106	Lisbon	1	5 - 25
107	Amman	2	2 - 20
108	Athens	2	1 - 15
109	Frankfurt	1	1 - 10
110	Ahmedabad	1	1 - 10
111	Cork	1	1 - 10
112	Gothenburg	1	1 - 10
113	Edmonton	1	1 - 10
114	Sudbury	1	1 - 10
115	Miami	1	1 - 10
116	Liege	1	1 - 10
117	Genk	1	1 - 10
118	Suzhou	1	1 - 10
119	Aarhus	1	1 - 10
120	Kaohsiung City	1	1 - 10
121	Tunis	1	1 - 10
122	London	1	0 - 5
123	Stuttgart	0	0 - 0
124	Bonn	0	0 - 0
125	Cologne	0	0 - 0
126	Munster	0	0 - 0
127	Dusseldorf	0	0 - 0
128	Leipzig	0	0 - 0
129	Würselen	0	0 - 0
130	Essen	0	0 - 0
131	Offenburg	0	0 - 0
132	Karlsruhe	0	0 - 0
133	Wurzburg	0	0 - 0
134	Birkesdorf	0	0 - 0
135	Regensburg	0	0 - 0
136	Larissa	0	0 - 0
137	Heraklion	0	0 - 0
138	Goa	0	0 - 0
139	Chandigarh	0	0 - 0
140	New Delhi	0	0 - 0
141	Namakkal	0	0 - 0
142	Tangerang	0	0 - 0
143	Yogyakarta	0	0 - 0
144	Florence	0	0 - 0
145	Meran	0	0 - 0
146	Fukuoka	0	0 - 0
147	Sendai	0	0 - 0
148	Osaka	0	0 - 0
149	Nagoya	0	0 - 0
150	Monterrey	0	0 - 0
151	Tijuana	0	0 - 0
152	Ensenada	0	0 - 0
153	Amsterdam	0	0 - 0
154	Badhoevedorp	0	0 - 0
155	The Hague	0	0 - 0
156	Rotterdam	0	0 - 0
157	Eindhoven	0	0 - 0
158	Leeuwarden	0	0 - 0
159	Utrecht	0	0 - 0
160	Volda	0	0 - 0
161	Bergen	0	0 - 0
162	Busan	0	0 - 0
163	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	0	0 - 0
164	Zaragoza	0	0 - 0
165	Uppsala	0	0 - 0
166	Malmo	0	0 - 0
167	Skövde	0	0 - 0
168	Lidköping	0	0 - 0
169	Karlsborg	0	0 - 0
170	Karlskrona	0	0 - 0
171	Chiang Mai	0	0 - 0
172	Birmingham	0	0 - 0
173	Cardiff	0	0 - 0
174	Bournemouth	0	0 - 0
175	Leeds	0	0 - 0
176	Edinburgh	0	0 - 0
177	Derby	0	0 - 0
178	Brighton	0	0 - 0
179	Liverpool	0	0 - 0
180	Cambridge	0	0 - 0
181	Newcastle	0	0 - 0
182	Oxford	0	0 - 0
183	Sheffield	0	0 - 0
184	Nottingham	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	Wakefield	0	0 - 0
197	Leamington Spa	0	0 - 0
198	Cornwall	0	0 - 0
199	Newport	0	0 - 0
200	Piedmont	0	0 - 0
201	Lunenberg	0	0 - 0
202	Charlottetown	0	0 - 0
203	Regina	0	0 - 0
204	Saskatoon	0	0 - 0
205	Winnipeg	0	0 - 0
206	Moncton	0	0 - 0
207	St. Johns	0	0 - 0
208	Saint John	0	0 - 0
209	Boston	0	0 - 0
210	Greenwich	0	0 - 0
211	Savannah	0	0 - 0
212	Novato	0	0 - 0
213	Seattle	0	0 - 0
214	San Diego	0	0 - 0
215	Andover	0	0 - 0
216	Redmond	0	0 - 0
217	Madison	0	0 - 0
218	Rockville	0	0 - 0
219	Maui	0	0 - 0
220	Cedar Falls	0	0 - 0
221	San Jose	0	0 - 0
222	Durham	0	0 - 0
223	Tallahassee	0	0 - 0
224	Cambridge	0	0 - 0
225	Cary	0	0 - 0
226	New Orleans	0	0 - 0
227	Las Vegas	0	0 - 0
228	Spokane	0	0 - 0
229	Minneapolis	0	0 - 0
230	Denver	0	0 - 0
231	Washington DC	0	0 - 0
232	Indianapolis	0	0 - 0
233	Salt Lake City	0	0 - 0
234	St. Louis	0	0 - 0
235	Oklahoma City	0	0 - 0
236	Philadelphia	0	0 - 0
237	Albany	0	0 - 0
238	Raleigh	0	0 - 0
239	Baltimore	0	0 - 0
240	Grand Rapids	0	0 - 0
241	Kalamazoo	0	0 - 0
242	Troy	0	0 - 0
243	Albuquerque	0	0 - 0
244	Sacramento	0	0 - 0
245	Champaign	0	0 - 0
246	Shreveport	0	0 - 0
247	Baton Rouge	0	0 - 0
248	Portsmouth	0	0 - 0
249	Bend	0	0 - 0
250	Merritt Island	0	0 - 0
251	Cleveland	0	0 - 0
252	Cincinnati	0	0 - 0
253	Providence	0	0 - 0
254	Canberra	0	0 - 0
255	Perth	0	0 - 0
256	Namur	0	0 - 0
257	Wuxi	0	0 - 0
258	Xiamen	0	0 - 0
259	Dachang	0	0 - 0
260	ShenZhen	0	0 - 0
261	Chengdu	0	0 - 0
262	Wuhan	0	0 - 0
263	Hangzhou	0	0 - 0
264	Guangzhou	0	0 - 0
265	Luoyang	0	0 - 0
266	Fuzhou	0	0 - 0
267	Xi'an	0	0 - 0
268	Aalborg	0	0 - 0
269	Lyon	0	0 - 0
270	Salon de Provence	0	0 - 0
271	Bordeaux	0	0 - 0
272	Rio de Janeiro	0	0 - 0
273	Curitiba	0	0 - 0
274	Lviv	0	0 - 0
275	Kharkiv	0	0 - 0
276	Odesa	0	0 - 0
277	Dnipro	0	0 - 0
278	Johannesburg	0	0 - 0
279	San Salvador	0	0 - 0
280	Istanbul	0	0 - 0
281	Brno	0	0 - 0
282	Montevideo	0	0 - 0
283	Lucerne	0	0 - 0
284	Basel	0	0 - 0
285	Bratislava	0	0 - 0
286	Warsaw	0	0 - 0
287	Kraków	0	0 - 0
288	Rzeszow	0	0 - 0
289	Lodz	0	0 - 0
290	Katowice	0	0 - 0
291	Gliwice	0	0 - 0
292	Kathmandu	0	0 - 0
293	Sousse	0	0 - 0
294	Cluj-Napoca	0	0 - 0
295	Bucharest	0	0 - 0
296	Hanoi	0	0 - 0
297	Da Nang	0	0 - 0
298	Saigon	0	0 - 0
299	Ho Chi Minh City	0	0 - 0
300	Novi Sad	0	0 - 0
301	Belgrade	0	0 - 0
302	Almaty	0	0 - 0
303	Graz	0	0 - 0
304	Innsbruck	0	0 - 0
305	Manila	0	0 - 0
306	Quezon City	0	0 - 0
307	Tampere	0	0 - 0
308	Malta	0	0 - 0
309	Ramallah	0	0 - 0
310	Dubai	0	0 - 0
311	Moscow	0	0 - 0
312	Novosibirsk	0	0 - 0
313	Nizhny Novgorod	0	0 - 0
314	Taganrog	0	0 - 0
315	Krasnodar	0	0 - 0
316	Nicosia	0	0 - 0
317	Limassol	0	0 - 0
318	Vilnius	0	0 - 0
319	Sofia	0	0 - 0
320	Santiago	0	0 - 0
321	Cairo	0	0 - 0
322	Tbilisi	0	0 - 0
323	Buenos Aires	0	0 - 0
324	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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