Europe's Leading Start-up Hubs 2026 - Registration

We appreciate your interest in applying for FT’s Europe’s Leading Start-up Hubs 2026. By submitting this application, your organisation will be actively considered for inclusion in the ranking, which will be published by The Financial Times on FT.com and in the print edition.

The project has two steps:

Step 1: Complete the registration survey by August 15, 2025.

Step 2: After registering, you’ll get a confirmation email with an alumni evaluation link. Forward it to your alumni so they can evaluate your programs by September 21, 2025. To be included in the final ranking, a minimum number of alumni evaluations is required.

Please note that the alumni evaluation link is only available after registration. To ensure ample time for alumni responses, we encourage you to complete the registration and start the communication with the alumni as early as possible.

The following information is needed to complete the survey. See preview PDF.
General information about the accelerator or incubator:
1. Location;
2. Founding year;
3. Number of full-time employees;

Specific information about the accelerator or incubator's programmes:
1. Number of participants and startups per batch allowed for each program;
2. Format of programme(s) (online/in presence/hybrid);
3. Track-record: information about the most successful start-ups and/or companies which emerged and/or evolved through one of your programmes.