"19 unicorns worth €47.8 billion, built by 30 million people. Counted as one country, the Benelux Union would sit in the world's top ten — level with Singapore and ahead of Israel, two nations famous for startups. The Hurun Benelux Unicorn Index 2026 is the definitive ranking of the billion-dollar startups of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, profiling every unicorn, every founder and every graduate — and asking the question that will define the next decade: the Benelux has quietly built a world-class ecosystem; can it now keep its champions and grow a hundred-billion-dollar one?"