Best Cities For Working in VFX

Looking for the top cities in the VFX 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: 620

Estimated Industry Size: 35,020 - 122,895

Rank	Cities	Studios	Industry Size
1	Los Angeles	114	5158 - 18239
2	London	53	2357 - 8918
3	Vancouver	33	2410 - 7177
4	Montreal	30	1767 - 6190
5	New York	40	1518 - 5910
6	Wellington	4	1104 - 5410
7	Mumbai	22	1299 - 4842
8	Pune	26	1711 - 4209
9	Toronto	43	1212 - 4147
10	Bangalore	7	772 - 3850
11	Hyderabad	19	1166 - 3235
12	Sydney	22	732 - 2898
13	Seoul	12	682 - 2851
14	Chennai	14	1033 - 2776
15	Chicago	16	512 - 2454
16	Paris	20	736 - 2400
17	Madrid	22	637 - 2082
18	San Francisco	9	342 - 1549
19	Melbourne	15	293 - 1402
20	Las Vegas	1	250 - 1250
21	Quebec City	4	540 - 1191
22	Adelaide	4	389 - 1172
23	Bangkok	17	292 - 1121
24	Singapore	11	370 - 1053
25	Beijing	11	354 - 950
26	Tokyo	14	308 - 931
27	Prague	6	265 - 910
28	Brisbane	8	351 - 821
29	Mexico City	10	206 - 801
30	Sao Paulo	12	183 - 777
31	Munich	10	283 - 757
32	Brussels	13	198 - 726
33	Warsaw	6	246 - 710
34	Budapest	11	200 - 695
35	Stockholm	6	171 - 684
36	Berlin	18	156 - 665
37	Atlanta	8	257 - 658
38	Shanghai	7	195 - 622
39	London	6	276 - 609
40	Liege	1	111 - 555
41	Goa	2	111 - 550
42	Chandigarh	1	100 - 500
43	Amsterdam	6	131 - 496
44	Stuttgart	7	165 - 432
45	Cape Town	5	84 - 412
46	Istanbul	3	103 - 410
47	Oslo	12	88 - 406
48	Petaling Jaya	6	102 - 336
49	Copenhagen	11	103 - 319
50	Dubai	2	65 - 317
51	Kerala	3	79 - 316
52	Taipei	3	77 - 310
53	Dublin	2	76 - 300
54	Hamburg	9	89 - 297
55	Moscow	1	55 - 277
56	Buenos Aires	1	55 - 277
57	Riyadh	1	55 - 277
58	Barcelona	3	102 - 270
59	Athens	14	46 - 261
60	Kuala Lumpur	3	112 - 260
61	Auckland	11	50 - 260
62	Batam	1	100 - 250
63	Detroit	5	85 - 230
64	Jakarta	2	52 - 210
65	Aarhus	2	52 - 210
66	Delhi	1	51 - 200
67	Wuxi	1	100 - 200
68	Xiamen	1	100 - 200
69	Kathmandu	3	47 - 200
70	Ho Chi Minh City	1	51 - 200
71	Dusseldorf	3	42 - 175
72	Kyiv	8	32 - 170
73	Frankfurt	1	83 - 166
74	Chengdu	2	50 - 162
75	Bratislava	4	34 - 160
76	Boston	3	38 - 156
77	Skopje	2	36 - 150
78	Belgrade	2	36 - 150
79	Manchester	1	71 - 142
80	Vienna	6	26 - 140
81	Birmingham	2	63 - 126
82	Rio de Janeiro	2	31 - 125
83	Roma	4	24 - 120
84	Ghent	3	27 - 120
85	Milan	2	22 - 100
86	Cardiff	1	25 - 100
87	Bournemouth	1	25 - 100
88	Piedmont	1	25 - 100
89	Austin	1	40 - 100
90	Dallas	2	22 - 100
91	Seattle	1	25 - 100
92	San Diego	1	40 - 100
93	Minneapolis	3	36 - 100
94	Oklahoma City	1	25 - 100
95	Cairo	1	25 - 100
96	Florence	2	39 - 81
97	Baton Rouge	1	28 - 71
98	New Orleans	1	17 - 66
99	Perth	1	17 - 66
100	Nanjing	1	25 - 62
101	Wuhan	1	25 - 62
102	Tel Aviv	2	12 - 60
103	Cyberjaya	2	13 - 60
104	Guadalajara	2	12 - 60
105	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	2	12 - 60
106	Reykjavik	2	12 - 60
107	Helsinki	2	11 - 55
108	Hong Kong	2	25 - 53
109	New Delhi	1	11 - 50
110	Namakkal	1	11 - 50
111	Bandung	1	11 - 50
112	Karlsborg	1	11 - 50
113	Bristol	1	11 - 50
114	Albany	1	11 - 50
115	Cleveland	1	25 - 50
116	Cincinnati	1	25 - 50
117	Providence	1	25 - 50
118	Ankara	1	11 - 50
119	Kraków	1	11 - 50
120	Bucharest	1	11 - 50
121	Almaty	1	11 - 50
122	Manila	1	25 - 50
123	St Petersburg	1	11 - 50
124	Gothenburg	4	7 - 45
125	Cologne	3	8 - 40
126	Valencia	3	7 - 40
127	Uppsala	1	10 - 40
128	Lincoln	2	6 - 35
129	Zaragoza	1	5 - 25
130	Malmo	1	5 - 25
131	Karlskrona	1	5 - 25
132	Saint John	1	5 - 25
133	Savannah	1	5 - 25
134	Antwerp	1	5 - 25
135	Johannesburg	1	5 - 25
136	Montevideo	1	5 - 25
137	Amman	3	2 - 25
138	Lisbon	1	5 - 25
139	Bergen	2	2 - 20
140	Portland	2	2 - 20
141	Salon de Provence	1	2 - 12
142	Tunis	1	2 - 12
143	Bonn	1	1 - 10
144	Leipzig	1	2 - 10
145	Larissa	1	1 - 10
146	Heraklion	1	1 - 10
147	Tangerang	1	1 - 10
148	Cork	1	1 - 10
149	Meran	1	2 - 10
150	Monterrey	1	1 - 10
151	Tijuana	1	1 - 10
152	Ensenada	1	1 - 10
153	Volda	1	1 - 10
154	Kelowna	1	1 - 10
155	Halifax	1	1 - 10
156	Maui	1	1 - 10
157	Orlando	1	1 - 10
158	Miami	1	1 - 10
159	Houston	1	1 - 10
160	Canberra	1	1 - 10
161	Lyon	1	1 - 10
162	Minsk	1	1 - 10
163	Curitiba	1	1 - 10
164	Gliwice	1	1 - 10
165	Sousse	1	1 - 10
166	Sofia	1	1 - 10
167	Tbilisi	1	1 - 10
168	Sendai	1	0 - 5
169	Katowice	1	0 - 5
170	Tampere	1	0 - 5
171	Ramallah	1	0 - 5
172	Graz	1	0 - 3
173	Warnemünde	0	0 - 0
174	Munster	0	0 - 0
175	Würselen	0	0 - 0
176	Essen	0	0 - 0
177	Offenburg	0	0 - 0
178	Karlsruhe	0	0 - 0
179	Wurzburg	0	0 - 0
180	Birkesdorf	0	0 - 0
181	Regensburg	0	0 - 0
182	Bengaluru	0	0 - 0
183	Navi Mumbai	0	0 - 0
184	Coimbatore	0	0 - 0
185	Ahmedabad	0	0 - 0
186	Denpasar	0	0 - 0
187	Yogyakarta	0	0 - 0
188	Bali	0	0 - 0
189	Jerusalem	0	0 - 0
190	Fukuoka	0	0 - 0
191	Osaka	0	0 - 0
192	Nagoya	0	0 - 0
193	Badhoevedorp	0	0 - 0
194	The Hague	0	0 - 0
195	Rotterdam	0	0 - 0
196	Eindhoven	0	0 - 0
197	Leeuwarden	0	0 - 0
198	Utrecht	0	0 - 0
199	Snells Beach	0	0 - 0
200	Busan	0	0 - 0
201	Tenerife	0	0 - 0
202	Seville	0	0 - 0
203	Skövde	0	0 - 0
204	Lidköping	0	0 - 0
205	Chiang Mai	0	0 - 0
206	Leeds	0	0 - 0
207	Edinburgh	0	0 - 0
208	Derby	0	0 - 0
209	Brighton	0	0 - 0
210	Liverpool	0	0 - 0
211	Cambridge	0	0 - 0
212	Glasgow	0	0 - 0
213	Newcastle	0	0 - 0
214	Oxford	0	0 - 0
215	Sheffield	0	0 - 0
216	Nottingham	0	0 - 0
217	Falmouth	0	0 - 0
218	Sunderland	0	0 - 0
219	Hitchin	0	0 - 0
220	Chatham	0	0 - 0
221	Penryn	0	0 - 0
222	Milton Keynes	0	0 - 0
223	Dundee	0	0 - 0
224	Middlesbrough	0	0 - 0
225	Guildford	0	0 - 0
226	Farnborough	0	0 - 0
227	York	0	0 - 0
228	Wakefield	0	0 - 0
229	Leamington Spa	0	0 - 0
230	Cornwall	0	0 - 0
231	Newport	0	0 - 0
232	Ottawa	0	0 - 0
233	Edmonton	0	0 - 0
234	Lunenberg	0	0 - 0
235	Charlottetown	0	0 - 0
236	Regina	0	0 - 0
237	Saskatoon	0	0 - 0
238	Winnipeg	0	0 - 0
239	Moncton	0	0 - 0
240	St. Johns	0	0 - 0
241	Calgary	0	0 - 0
242	Sudbury	0	0 - 0
243	Sandy	0	0 - 0
244	Emeryville	0	0 - 0
245	Greenwich	0	0 - 0
246	Novato	0	0 - 0
247	Andover	0	0 - 0
248	Redmond	0	0 - 0
249	Madison	0	0 - 0
250	Rockville	0	0 - 0
251	Cedar Falls	0	0 - 0
252	San Jose	0	0 - 0
253	Durham	0	0 - 0
254	Tallahassee	0	0 - 0
255	Cambridge	0	0 - 0
256	Cary	0	0 - 0
257	Spokane	0	0 - 0
258	Denver	0	0 - 0
259	Ann Arbor	0	0 - 0
260	Washington DC	0	0 - 0
261	Indianapolis	0	0 - 0
262	Salt Lake City	0	0 - 0
263	St. Louis	0	0 - 0
264	Philadelphia	0	0 - 0
265	Raleigh	0	0 - 0
266	Baltimore	0	0 - 0
267	Grand Rapids	0	0 - 0
268	Kalamazoo	0	0 - 0
269	Troy	0	0 - 0
270	Albuquerque	0	0 - 0
271	Sacramento	0	0 - 0
272	Champaign	0	0 - 0
273	Shreveport	0	0 - 0
274	Portsmouth	0	0 - 0
275	Bend	0	0 - 0
276	Merritt Island	0	0 - 0
277	Charleroi	0	0 - 0
278	Genk	0	0 - 0
279	Namur	0	0 - 0
280	Dachang	0	0 - 0
281	ShenZhen	0	0 - 0
282	Suzhou	0	0 - 0
283	Hangzhou	0	0 - 0
284	Guangzhou	0	0 - 0
285	Luoyang	0	0 - 0
286	Fuzhou	0	0 - 0
287	Xi'an	0	0 - 0
288	Billund	0	0 - 0
289	Viborg	0	0 - 0
290	Aalborg	0	0 - 0
291	Lille	0	0 - 0
292	Montpellier	0	0 - 0
293	Bordeaux	0	0 - 0
294	Lviv	0	0 - 0
295	Kharkiv	0	0 - 0
296	Odesa	0	0 - 0
297	Dnipro	0	0 - 0
298	San Salvador	0	0 - 0
299	Brno	0	0 - 0
300	Zlín	0	0 - 0
301	Lucerne	0	0 - 0
302	Basel	0	0 - 0
303	Rzeszow	0	0 - 0
304	Lodz	0	0 - 0
305	Kaohsiung City	0	0 - 0
306	Cluj-Napoca	0	0 - 0
307	Hanoi	0	0 - 0
308	Da Nang	0	0 - 0
309	Saigon	0	0 - 0
310	Novi Sad	0	0 - 0
311	Innsbruck	0	0 - 0
312	Makati City	0	0 - 0
313	Quezon City	0	0 - 0
314	Malta	0	0 - 0
315	Novosibirsk	0	0 - 0
316	Nizhny Novgorod	0	0 - 0
317	Taganrog	0	0 - 0
318	Krasnodar	0	0 - 0
319	Nicosia	0	0 - 0
320	Limassol	0	0 - 0
321	Vilnius	0	0 - 0
322	Santiago	0	0 - 0
323	Yerevan	0	0 - 0
324	Alexandria	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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