These are the final 256 cities selected for our:
- Innovation Cities Index City Rankings 2009, and
- Innovation Cities Program Benchmarking & Analysis
If your city appears below: City Data Audits are available for all these cities, as well as various custom analysis services, and for most cities, our advisory services.
For convenience, what follows is in alphabetical order, and is not ranked.
| Aachen | Germany | |
| Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | |
| Adelaide | Australia | |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | |
| Ann Arbor | United States | |
| Antwerp | Belgium | |
| Athens | Greece | |
| Atlanta | United States | |
| Auckland | New Zealand | |
| Augusta | United States | |
| Austin | United States | |
| Ballarat | Australia | |
| Baltimore | United States | |
| Bangalore | India | |
| Bangkok | Thailand | |
| Barcelona | Spain | |
| Basel | Switzerland | |
| Bath & NE Somerset | United Kingdom | |
| Beijing | China | |
| Belfast | United Kingdom | |
| Belgrade | Serbia | |
| Bendigo | Australia | |
| Berkeley | United States | |
| Berlin | Germany | |
| Bern | Switzerland | |
| Bilbao | Spain | |
| Birmingham | United States | |
| Boise | United States | |
| Bologna | Italy | |
| Bonn | Germany | |
| Bordeaux | France | |
| Boston | United States | |
| Boulder | United States | |
| Bozeman | United States | |
| Bratislava | Slovakia | |
| Bridgeport | United States | |
| Brisbane | Australia | |
| Bristol | United Kingdom | |
| Brussels | Belgium | |
| Bucharest | Romania | |
| Budapest | Hungary | |
| Buenos Aires | Argentina | |
| Buffalo | United States | |
| Burbank | United States | |
| Canberra | Australia | |
| Cannes | France | |
| Cape Town | South Africa | |
| Casablanca | Morocco | |
| Cedar Rapids | United States | |
| Charleston | United States | |
| Charlotte | United States | |
| Charlottesville | United States | |
| Chennai | India | |
| Chicago | United States | |
| Christchurch | New Zealand | |
| Cincinnati | United States | |
| Cleveland | United States | |
| Cologne | Germany | |
| Colorado Springs | United States | |
| Copenhagen | Denmark | |
| Coventry | United Kingdom | |
| Curitiba | Brazil | |
| Dakar | Senegal | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth | United States | |
| Delhi | India | |
| Denver | United States | |
| Des Moines | United States | |
| Detroit | United States | |
| Doha | Qatar | |
| Dongguan | China | |
| Dortmund | Germany | |
| Dresden | Germany | |
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | |
| Dublin | Ireland | |
| Dubrovnik | Croatia | |
| Düsseldorf | Germany | |
| Edinburgh | United Kingdom | |
| Edmonton | Canada | |
| Essen | Germany | |
| Florence | Italy | |
| Fort Lauderdale | United States | |
| Frankfurt | Germany | |
| Fresno | United States | |
| Gdansk | Poland | |
| Geelong | Australia | |
| Geneva | Switzerland | |
| Gent | Belgium | |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | |
| Gold Coast | Australia | |
| Gothenburg | Sweden | |
| Granada | Spain | |
| Grand Rapids | United States | |
| Graz | Austria | |
| Green Bay | United States | |
| Guangzhou | China | |
| Halifax | Canada | |
| Hamburg | Germany | |
| Hannover | Germany | |
| Hartford | United States | |
| Helsinki | Finland | |
| Hobart | Australia | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |
| Honolulu | United States | |
| Houston | United States | |
| Hyderabad | India | |
| Indianapolis | United States | |
| Istanbul | Turkey | |
| Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | |
| Jerusalem | Israel | |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | |
| Kansas City | United States | |
| Karlsruhe | Germany | |
| Katowice | Poland | |
| Kiel | Germany | |
| Kiev | Ukraine | |
| Kobe | Japan | |
| Kolkata | India | |
| Kosice | Slovakia | |
| Kraków | Poland | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | |
| Kuwait City | Kuwait | |
| Kyoto | Japan | |
| Leeds | United Kingdom | |
| Leipzig | Germany | |
| Lexington | United States | |
| Liège | Belgium | |
| Linz | Austria | |
| Lisbon | Portugal | |
| Little Rock | United States | |
| Liverpool | United Kingdom | |
| Ljubljana | Slovenia | |
| London | United Kingdom | |
| Los Angeles | United States | |
| Lucerne | Switzerland | |
| Lyon | France | |
| Macau | China | |
| Madison | United States | |
| Madrid | Spain | |
| Madurai | India | |
| Málaga | Spain | |
| Manchester | United Kingdom | |
| Manila | Philippines | |
| Marseille | France | |
| Melbourne | Australia | |
| Memphis | United States | |
| Mexico City | Mexico | |
| Miami | United States | |
| Milan | Italy | |
| Milwaukee | United States | |
| Minneapolis-St Paul | United States | |
| Modena | Italy | |
| Montpellier | France | |
| Montréal | Canada | |
| Moscow | Russia | |
| Mumbai | India | |
| Munich | Germany | |
| Nagasaki | Japan | |
| Nagoya | Japan | |
| Nanjing | China | |
| Nantes | France | |
| Nashville | United States | |
| New Orleans | United States | |
| New York | United States | |
| Newark | United States | |
| Nice | France | |
| Nuremberg | Germany | |
| Oakland | United States | |
| Oklahoma City | United States | |
| Omaha | United States | |
| Oporto | Portugal | |
| Orlando | United States | |
| Osaka | Japan | |
| Oslo | Norway | |
| Ottawa | Canada | |
| Padova | Italy | |
| Pamplona | Spain | |
| Paris | France | |
| Parma | Italy | |
| Perth | Australia | |
| Philadelphia | United States | |
| Phoenix | United States | |
| Pittsburgh | United States | |
| Portland | United States | |
| Prague | Czech Republic | |
| Providence | United States | |
| Québec | Canada | |
| Queenstown | New Zealand | |
| Raleigh-Durham | United States | |
| Reims | France | |
| Reno | United States | |
| Reykjavik | Iceland | |
| Richmond | United States | |
| RIGA | Latvia | |
| Rio De Janeiro | Brazil | |
| Riverside | United States | |
| Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | |
| Rochester | New York | United States |
| Rochester | United States | |
| Rome | Italy | |
| Rotterdam | Netherlands | |
| Sacramento | United States | |
| Salt Lake City | United States | |
| Salzburg | Austria | |
| San Diego | United States | |
| San Francisco | United States | |
| São Paulo | Brazil | |
| Savannah | United States | |
| Seattle | United States | |
| Seoul | Korea, South | |
| Seville | Spain | |
| Shanghai | China | |
| Sheffield | United Kingdom | |
| Shenzhen | China | |
| Singapore | Singapore | |
| Skopje | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | |
| Sofia | Bulgaria | |
| Solingen | Germany | |
| Springfield | MA | United States |
| Springfield | IL | United States |
| Springfield | MO | United States |
| St Louis | United States | |
| St Petersburg | Russia | |
| Stockholm | Sweden | |
| Strasbourg | France | |
| Stuttgart | Germany | |
| Suzhou | China | |
| Sydney | Australia | |
| Syracuse | United States | |
| Taipei | Taiwan | |
| Tallahassee | United States | |
| Tallinn | Estonia | |
| Tampa | United States | |
| Tel Aviv | Israel | |
| The Hague | Netherlands | |
| Timisoara | Romania | |
| Tirana | Albania | |
| Tokyo | Japan | |
| Torino | Italy | |
| Toronto | Canada | |
| Toulouse | France | |
| Trieste | Italy | |
| Tucson | United States | |
| Tulsa | United States | |
| Utrecht | Netherlands | |
| Valencia | Spain | |
| Vancouver | Canada | |
| Venice | Italy | |
| Verona | Italy | |
| Vienna | Austria | |
| Vilnius | Lithuania | |
| Warsaw | Poland | |
| Washington DC | United States | |
| Wellington | New Zealand | |
| Winnipeg | Canada | |
| Zagreb | Croatia | |
| Zürich | Switzerland |
NOTE: Green Cities are top 25 NEXUS> Innovation Cities.
Blue Cities are next 50 HUB> Innovation Cities.
Pale Yellow are NODES>Innovation Cities.