50 Best Local Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent local companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 4,829 companies tracked on Fsome.

4,829
Total Companies
$4.2B
Total Funding
$878K
Avg Funding
London
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Traba
Traba is a technology company that increases the productivity and potential of t…
New York 51 - 100 $45.6M Series A 2023-10-26
2
Wonolo
Wonolo is an on-demand staffing platform for businesses to fill their immediate …
San Francisco 501 - 1K $190.9M Series D 2021-10-19
3
Shop-Ware
Shop-Ware is the automotive aftermarket's premiere SaaS for shop management.
San Francisco 51 - 100 $15.0M Series B 2022-08-01
4
Nift Networks
Millions of people use Nift to discover new products and services ’from music, j…
Cambridge 101 - 250 $19.5M Series A 2018-03-30
5
ChowNow
ChowNow helps branded online ordering systems for independent restaurants throug…
Playa Vista 251 - 500 $64.0M Series C 2019-05-08
6
HyperPay
HyperPay offers B2B fintech solutions.
Riyadh 101 - 250 $50.5M Series Unknown 2022-05-26
7
Thumbtack
Thumbtack is a home services website connecting users with local service provide…
San Francisco 1K - 5K $773.2M Debt Financing 2024-07-31
8
Asuene
Asuene is a cloud platform that supports corporate decarbonization and ESG manag…
Toranomon 51 - 100 $73.6M Series C 2025-10-23
9
Signpost
Signpost provides software and services for local businesses to effortlessly bui…
New York 101 - 250 $88.5M Series D 2019-07-09
10
Irys
Irys offers AI-driven tools that bring real-time visibility and data analytics f…
San Antonio 11 - 50 $1.6M Grant 2022-07-11
11
Square Roots Urban Growers
Square Roots Urban Growers is a farming accelerator that assists companies in cr…
Brooklyn 11 - 50 $90.5M Series Unknown 2022-04-07
12
Tattle
Tattle is a customer experience improvement platform that provides hospitality s…
New York 11 - 50 $12.3M Series Unknown 2025-06-23
13
Translated
Professional translation services made easy. Crafted by expert humans, powered b…
Rome 251 - 500 $29.9M Private Equity 2021-06-30
14
RUTI
RUTI provides a unique shopping experience.
Palo Alto 11 - 50 $6.0M Series A 2019-10-30
15
Thrillophilia
Thrillophilia is the AI-powered platform that books personalized multi-day tours…
Jaipur 501 - 1K $4.1M Corporate Round 2022-03-02
16
Jodel
Jodel is a platform that enables its users to discover, follow, and participate …
Berlin 101 - 250 $6.4M Series A 2017-04-21
17
Shef
Shef is a homemade food marketplace that helps cooks make an income by cooking a…
San Francisco 101 - 250 $109.3M Debt Financing 2023-03-01
18
Localeur
Localeur is a global community of locals who help travelers experience local by …
Austin 1 - 10 $5.9M Series Unknown 2022-06-09
19
MomentFeed
MomentFeed is a platform that helps multi-location brands optimize for proximity…
Santa Monica 101 - 250 $37.5M Private Equity 2020-07-29
20
Cinch Technologies
Cinch is a payment app that converts customer loyalty into cash.
New York 11 - 50 $6.1M Series Unknown 2019-03-07
21
Lumenaza
Lumenaza offers a utility-in-box software solution.
Berlin 51 - 100 $12.3M Series B 2021-06-08
22
KAUCHE
KAUCHE is a discovery-based e-commerce model where friends and family can “disco…
Setagaya 11 - 50 $34.5M Series C 2025-06-24
23
SpinGo
SpinGo provides web and mobile event calendar products for event makers.
La Jolla 11 - 50 $10.5M Series B 2017-03-22
24
Eversports
Eversports connects its members directly with sport venues, helps them to book c…
Vienna 101 - 250 $10.5M Private Equity 2026-03-26
25
LiveBy
LiveBy is a neighborhood discovery company that engages homebuyers through neigh…
Lincoln 11 - 50 $1.8M Series Unknown 2019-03-25
26
StorHub Group
StorHub Group offers storage facility and self-storage facility management servi…
Singapore 51 - 100 $131.7M Debt Financing 2023-09-25
27
TravelTime Technologies
Provider of an API to enable users to instantly calculate thousands of travel ti…
London 51 - 100 $2.8M Series A 2019-04-05
28
Hassle.com
Hassle.com is an online marketplace that matches busy people with local, trusted…
London 51 - 100 $17.6M Series Unknown 2017-03-16
29
Local ID
Local ID provides multi-unit brands with the data, tools, and process to build a…
Venice 11 - 50 $5.6M Series Unknown 2019-12-31
30
Morty
building the biggest theme park in the universe.
Los Angeles 1 - 10 $3.5M Seed 2023-06-30
31
HelloCity
Local discovery & rewards platform, built for the social era, powered by AI
Miami 1 - 10 $920K Pre Seed 2024-12-11
32
CitySpark
CitySpark provides media companies with comprehensive local event listings and e…
Sandy 11 - 50 $1.6M Seed 2023-10-16
33
Forager
Forager is a digital procurement-to-payment platform designed to simplify the lo…
Portland 51 - 100 $4.6M Series Unknown 2021-05-14
34
KAWO
KAWO is an enterprise SaaS Chinese social media management platform for WeChat, …
Shanghai 11 - 50 $15.0M Series A 2022-04-18
35
Zeew
Zeew is a marketplace suitable for food aggregators, food distributors, restaura…
Tartu 11 - 50 $1.3M Seed 2022-08-26
36
Scotty
Scotty is a distribution company that provides logistical services and help user…
Kagithane 101 - 250 $8.5M Secondary Market 2022-12-22
37
Southern Scripts
Southern Scripts is a provider of pharmacy benefit management services for self-…
Natchitoches 51 - 100 $100.0M Private Equity 2021-01-06
38
Parkbench.com
Parkbench is an all-in-one sales & marketing platform for realtors who want to b…
Toronto 1 - 10 $1.3M Series Unknown 2020-10-14
39
OKHOME
OKHOME offers home cleaning, air conditioning, and disinfection services for apa…
Jakarta 51 - 100 $28.2M Non Equity Assistance 2023-03-02
40
Hoop
Hoop is a platform for healthy kids activities
London 1 - 10 $8.6M Series A 2018-05-21
41
LOKI
Automate and secure your network in a so simple way that anyone can do it.
Izmir 1 - 10 $2.4M Angel 2021-07-12
42
ProAxion
ProAxion develops a predictive software tool to define the industrial IoT by pre…
Raleigh 1 - 10 $2.8M Seed 2022-07-07
43
Burro
On-demand delivery, moving and hauling.
Austin 1 - 10 $10.9M Series A 2021-09-28
44
Oneflare
Where to-do, gets done. A digital marketplace, connecting thousands of small Aus…
Sydney 51 - 100 $19.4M Series A 2016-05-09
45
Southwest Arkansas Electric
Southwest Arkansas Electric provides electric service, online bill payment, sola…
Texarkana 51 - 100 $121.4M Debt Financing 2024-12-10
46
WhereBy.Us
A platform that enables creators to build a media business for their community.
Miami 11 - 50 $3.6M Seed 2020-07-07
47
CIVICO
We map cities and citizens by crowdsourcing location data to drive transactions …
Bogotá 251 - 500 $11.7M Series A 2019-03-04
48
Levr
Levr is the developer of an app that offers local offers to users.
Boston 1 - 10 $46.0M Private Equity 2016-06-23
49
LeagueApps
LeagueApps is the operating system and professional community for the most enter…
New York 101 - 250 $35.0M Private Equity 2024-10-11
50
Inuvo
Inuvo delivers superior results for advertisers and publishers by connecting con…
Little Rock 51 - 100 $23.7M Post Ipo Debt 2024-07-31