Number of companies on London Stock Exchange 2024| Statista

As of December 2024, the number of companies trading on the London Stock Exchange stood at 1,681 - a slight decrease from the previous month, and the lowest number of companies listed during the period under observation. These companies had a combined market capitalization of approximately 3.5 trillion British pounds and daily average trades of 568,000 in December 2024.

Number of companies trading monthly on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) from January 2015 to December 2024

Characteristic	Numbers of companies
Jan 2015	2,429
Feb 2015	2,424
Mar 2015	2,426
Apr 2015	2,417
May 2015	2,417
Jun 2015	2,406
Jul 2015	2,409
Aug 2015	2,396
Sep 2015	2,400
Oct 2015	2,382
Nov 2015	2,380
Dec 2015	2,365
Jan 2016	2,348
Feb 2016	2,339
Mar 2016	2,324
Apr 2016	2,314
May 2016	2,314
Jun 2016	2,314
Jul 2016	2,304
Aug 2016	2,299
Sep 2016	2,292
Oct 2016	2,286
Nov 2016	2,282
Dec 2016	2,267
Jan 2017	2,261
Feb 2017	2,037
Mar 2017	2,033
Apr 2017	2,036
May 2017	2,037
Jun 2017	2,033
Jul 2017	2,035
Aug 2017	2,035
Sep 2017	2,032
Oct 2017	2,032
Nov 2017	2,031
Dec 2017	2,038
Jan 2018	2,034
Feb 2018	2,029
Mar 2018	2,027
Apr 2018	2,022
May 2018	2,163
Jun 2018	2,167
Jul 2018	2,170
Aug 2018	2,168
Sep 2018	2,158
Oct 2018	2,152
Nov 2018	2,151
Dec 2018	2,099
Jan 2019	2,133
Feb 2019	2,124
Mar 2019	2,111
Apr 2019	2,112
May 2019	2,110
Jun 2019	2,109
Jul 2019	2,106
Aug 2019	2,090
Sep 2019	2,085
Oct 2019	2,075
Nov 2019	2,068
Dec 2019	2,055
Jan 2020	2,024
Feb 2020	2,036
Mar 2020	2,025
Apr 2020	2,020
May 2020	2,005
Jun 2020	2,004
Jul 2020	1,991
Aug 2020	1,992
Sep 2020	1,988
Oct 2020	1,992
Nov 2020	1,984
Dec 2020	1,989
Jan 2021	1,981
Feb 2021	1,985
Mar 2021	1,988
April 2021	1,986
May 2021	1,986
Jun 2021	1,994
Jul 2021	2,010
Aug 2021	2,006
Sep 2021	2,004
Oct 2021	2,001
Nov 2021	2,009
Dec 2021	2,017
Jan 2022	2,010
Feb 2022	2,009
Mar 2022	2,012
Apr 2022	2,014
May 2022	2,010
Jun 2022	1,990
Jul 2022	1,987
Aug 2022	1,978
Sep 2022	1,970
Oct 2022	1,971
Nov 2022	1,963
Dec 2022	1,954
Jan 2023	1,945
Feb 2023	1,938
Mar 2023	1,929
Apr 2023	1,926
May 2023	1,915
Jun 2023	1,908
Jul 23	1,900
Aug 23	1,891
Sep 23	1,881
Oct 23	1,867
Nov 23	1,853
Dec 23	1,836
Jan 23	1,836
Feb 23	1,810
Mar 24	1,796
Apr 24	1,790
May 24	1,775
Jun 24	1,765
Jul 24	1,752
Aug 24	1,735
Sep 24	1,720
Oct 24	1,711
Nov 24	1,699
Dec 24	1,681

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January 2025

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Survey time period

January 2015 to December 2024

Supplementary notes

Figures taken from the last day of the month, and have been calculated by Statista using values provided by the source.

The source adds the following information: "As of February 2017, this file provides a list of companies that have 'Shares' admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange. The definition of ‘Shares’ is taken from the MiFIR Identifier ‘SHRS’ as defined under MiFID II."

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