569 pure-play CDR startups employ just 9,671 people worldwide

This chart plots every pure-play CDR company in the Directory as a single dot. The horizontal axis is the company's founding year (estimated from its primary domain registration), the vertical axis is its current headcount on a log scale, and the colour codes the company's pathway. The shaded blue background traces overall company density — darker patches mark where the crowd of pure-plays sits.…