A Jones Lang LaSalle report says that a surge in high-tech start-ups has started to influence regional economic growth in the country.

The trend is igniting demand for office space, pushing rent, driving new construction and impacting other sectors, according to results of the analysis released Aug. 14.

JLL ranked new centers of innovation among the top high-tech U.S. cities of 2013, giving them scores based on innovation, high-tech employment, intellectual capital and venture capital funds.

San Francisco led the list, followed by Silicon Valley, San Franscisco Peninsula, Seattle (Puget Sound), Boston, Austin and Washington, D.C.

Atlanta, Raleigh-Durham and Denver round up the top 10.

"High-tech start-ups - powered by significant VC funding - continue to spread to promising new cities in an effort to tap the highly-skilled talent pools in those regions,” said Julia Georgules, research manager at Jones Lang LaSalle.

The report noted that technology incubators that offer modern office amenities, networking and investor access played a part in cultivating innovation in early-stage companies.

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