After three years of extreme economic volatility, this year’s Marketplace 100 provides a clear-eyed look at where marketplace businesses are trending in a reopened world. In this, our fourth annual ranking, the data revealed some of the most interesting takeaways to date.
The 2023 Marketplace 100 features nearly three dozen newcomers, including marketplaces for refurbished electronics, precious metals, and sustainably raised meat. Consumers sought out both vetted vacation villas and used car parts. And perhaps less surprisingly in a virus-weary world, there’s a lot of money flowing into both live events and therapy—but not in the way you might think.
As always, the Marketplace 100 stacks up the largest consumer-facing marketplace startups and private companies based on annual gross merchandise volume, or GMV. (See complete methodology details below.) Unlike previous years, however, this year’s list is powered by Consumer Edge, a data analytics provider that gives insights into global consumer spending behavior. This new partnership affords a more comprehensive view across a greater breadth of companies than years past.
Most are familiar with the most successful and established marketplaces, but the Marketplace 100 spotlights startups and private companies. Our focus is the future: What are the new, rising marketplaces that will define the category in the coming years? In pursuit of answers, here’s the 2023 a16z Marketplace 100.
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