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Best locations for a film, media and games studio

A creative city and graduates first, then connections and the cluster. A film, TV, music, publishing or games studio: a big city with a creative scene, graduates, a hub airport and the media and games companies already there.

Ranked on freight and travel access, the labour pool, land and wage costs and the town's own pull, with the must-haves below. Each place page adds the key figures for this kind of site (pay by occupation, employer labour cost, energy prices, grid connection, local taxes, industry mix) with their period, area and source.

What this profile weighs

City scale (people within 10 km: big-city life, transit, scenes) 25Site fit (labour pool, costs and local pull for this kind of site) 25Lifestyle and amenities 20Industry cluster (similar companies already here) 20Universities in town (universities and universities of applied sciences within 10 km) 15Mobility and connectivity 15

Must-haves

  • a city of 100,000+ within 40 km

Places with at least 10,000 residents.

Sector: Communication Services (media and entertainment) · group: Offices and technology.

Key figures a planner compares

Shown on each place page with period, area and source where the official figure exists. They inform, they do not change the score.

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France, top 5

685 places compared.

  1. 1Paris
    Paris, 2,187,526 residents    95
  2. 2Lyon
    Rhône, 516,092 residents    89
  3. 3Boulogne-Billancourt
    Hauts-de-Seine, 120,071 residents    87
  4. 4Saint-Denis
    Seine-Saint-Denis, 111,135 residents    87
  5. 5Marseille
    Bouches-du-Rhône, 863,310 residents    86

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United States, top 5

3,217 places compared.

  1. 1Manhattan (New York)
    New York, 1,487,536 residents    95
  2. 2San Francisco
    California, 827,526 residents    93
  3. 3Denver (Colorado)
    Colorado, 729,019 residents    93
  4. 4San Diego (California)
    California, 1,404,452 residents    93
  5. 5Seattle
    Washington, 780,995 residents    93

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Germany, top 5

1,308 places compared.

  1. 1München
    München, Kreisfreie Stadt, 1,510,378 residents    94
  2. 2Hamburg
    Hamburg, 1,910,160 residents    94
  3. 3Berlin
    Berlin, 3,782,202 residents    94
  4. 4Köln
    Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt, 1,087,353 residents    93
  5. 5Frankfurt am Main
    Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt, 775,790 residents    90

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Spain, top 5

561 places compared.

  1. 1Madrid
    Madrid, 3,305,408 residents    95
  2. 2Barcelona
    Barcelona, 1,636,732 residents    93
  3. 3Hospitalet de Llobregat, L'
    Barcelona, 264,657 residents    87
  4. 4Badalona
    Barcelona, 223,006 residents    86
  5. 5Alcorcón
    Madrid, 170,817 residents    86

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Italy, top 5

889 places compared.

  1. 1Roma
    Roma, 2,754,719 residents    94
  2. 2Milano
    Milano, 1,371,850 residents    91
  3. 3Torino
    Torino, 846,926 residents    83
  4. 4Bologna
    Bologna, 390,518 residents    83
  5. 5Firenze
    Firenze, 363,837 residents    83

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Czechia, top 5

53 places compared.

  1. 1Praha
    Hlavní město Praha, 1,384,732 residents    92
  2. 2Brno
    Jihomoravský kraj, 400,566 residents    78
  3. 3Ostrava
    Moravskoslezský kraj, 284,765 residents    72
  4. 4Plzeň
    Plzeňský kraj, 185,599 residents    66
  5. 5Kladno
    Středočeský kraj, 69,078 residents    62

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Greece, top 5

100 places compared.

  1. 1Αθήνα
    Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, 643,452 residents    93
  2. 2Πειραιάς
    Peiraias, Nisoi, 168,151 residents    88
  3. 3Καλλιθέα
    Notios Tomeas Athinon, 97,616 residents    87
  4. 4Ηλιουπόλεως
    Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, 76,730 residents    86
  5. 5Ζωγράφου
    Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, 69,874 residents    86

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India, top 5

2,640 places compared.

  1. 1Pimpri-Chinchwad
    Maharashtra, 1,727,692 residents    80
  2. 2Mumbai
    Maharashtra, 12,691,836 residents    80
  3. 3Delhi
    Delhi, 11,034,555 residents    80
  4. 4Hyderabad
    Telangana, 6,993,262 residents    80
  5. 5Ahmedabad
    Gujarat, 6,357,693 residents    80

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Romania, top 5

156 places compared.

  1. 1Municipiul Bucureşti
    Bucureşti, 2,142,929 residents    95
  2. 2Oraş Popeşti Leordeni
    Ilfov, 47,157 residents    82
  3. 3Oraş Voluntari
    Ilfov, 47,396 residents    82
  4. 4Chiajna
    Ilfov, 38,550 residents    82
  5. 5Oraş Pantelimon
    Ilfov, 32,121 residents    81

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Hungary, top 5

87 places compared.

  1. 1Budapest
    Budapest, 1,686,222 residents    95
  2. 2Debrecen
    Hajdú-Bihar, 201,704 residents    71
  3. 3Győr
    Győr-Moson-Sopron, 130,191 residents    69
  4. 4Budaörs
    Pest, 29,398 residents    67
  5. 5Gödöllő
    Pest, 32,524 residents    65

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Portugal, top 5

168 places compared.

  1. 1Odivelas
    Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, 59,586 residents    84
  2. 2Lumiar
    Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, 46,334 residents    84
  3. 3Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo
    Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, 47,936 residents    83
  4. 4Benfica
    Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, 35,362 residents    83
  5. 5Águas Livres
    Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, 37,607 residents    83

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Canada, top 5

548 places compared.

  1. 1Vancouver
    British Columbia, 662,248 residents    91
  2. 2Calgary
    Alberta, 1,306,784 residents    91
  3. 3Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
    Quebec, 146,501 residents    87
  4. 4Burnaby
    British Columbia, 249,125 residents    87
  5. 5Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension
    Quebec, 144,814 residents    87

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Slovakia, top 5

30 places compared.

  1. 1Bratislava - mestská časť Petržalka
    Bratislavský kraj, 112,794 residents    80
  2. 2Bratislava - mestská časť Ružinov
    Bratislavský kraj, 82,483 residents    79
  3. 3Bratislava - mestská časť Staré Mesto
    Bratislavský kraj, 47,375 residents    76
  4. 4Bratislava - mestská časť Nové Mesto
    Bratislavský kraj, 45,342 residents    76
  5. 5Bratislava - mestská časť Karlova Ves
    Bratislavský kraj, 34,942 residents    74

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Poland, top 5

523 places compared.

  1. 1Warszawa
    Miasto Warszawa, 1,861,599 residents    95
  2. 2Kraków
    Miasto Kraków, 806,201 residents    88
  3. 3Wrocław
    Miasto Wrocław, 673,743 residents    87
  4. 4Gdańsk
    Trójmiejski, 487,371 residents    85
  5. 5Łódź
    Miasto Łódź, 652,015 residents    84

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Brazil, top 5

1,059 places compared.

  1. 1Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro, 6,747,815 residents    80
  2. 2Salvador
    Bahia, 2,711,840 residents    80
  3. 3Fortaleza
    Ceará, 2,400,000 residents    80
  4. 4Brasília
    Federal, 2,207,718 residents    80
  5. 5Curitiba
    Paraná, 1,948,626 residents    80

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Switzerland, top 5

131 places compared.

  1. 1Zürich
    Zurich, 427,721 residents    89
  2. 2Genève
    Geneva, 203,840 residents    85
  3. 3Lancy
    Geneva, 34,656 residents    81
  4. 4Basel
    Basel-Stadt, 173,552 residents    78
  5. 5Carouge (GE)
    Geneva, 22,164 residents    77

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