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Legal Entity Identifier Statistics for the United States of America

Last update 6/21/26

General information

The United States is one of the leading economies in the world with very active financial markets. CFCT, NAIC, FED and SEC among others require LEIs for different transactions, which has made LEI adoption more widespread in the country. Continuous effort in making financial transactions safer and more transparent has led to the proposal of number of acts that support further LEI issuance in the United States. It is also one of the countries with the most LEI codes in the world. There are a number of LOUs with accreditation from GLEIF to issue LEIs in the United States. Below a data about the ten biggest LOUs in the USA together with LEI statistics by region is visible.
354,000
Total LEIs issued

New LEIs Issued in the United States of America

Market Share Report (All LEIs)

Bloomberg Finance L.P. (319,828)
Ubisecure Oy (16,489)
Herausgebergemeinschaft Wertpapier-Mitteilungen Keppler, Lehmann GmbH & Co. KG (9,845)
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LEI LIMITED (3,281)
EQS Group GmbH (2,354)
Nordic Legal Entity Identifier AB (673)
Bundesanzeiger Verlag GmbH (596)
Nasdaq CSD SE (263)
GS1 (263)
The Irish Stock Exchange Public Limited Company (218)

Market Share Report (Active LEIs)

Bloomberg Finance L.P. (107,718)
Ubisecure Oy (12,786)
Herausgebergemeinschaft Wertpapier-Mitteilungen Keppler, Lehmann GmbH & Co. KG (7,437)
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LEI LIMITED (1,919)
EQS Group GmbH (1,641)
Nordic Legal Entity Identifier AB (573)
Bundesanzeiger Verlag GmbH (558)
Nasdaq CSD SE (221)
GS1 (168)
The Irish Stock Exchange Public Limited Company (145)

Top LOUs by number of LEIs Under Management and Active Ratio

Name
Active ratio
All LEIs / Active LEIs
34 %
319,828 / 107,718
78 %
16,489 / 12,786
70 %
2,354 / 1,641
84 %
263 / 221
64 %
263 / 168

Regional Statistics for LEI Issuance

Name
Active ratio
All LEIs / Active LEIs
25 %
1,748 / 439
18 %
279 / 50
28 %
2,362 / 659
32 %
838 / 268
27 %
20,978 / 5,686
27 %
3,334 / 915
31 %
3,524 / 1,091
47 %
153,165 / 71,470
25 %
14,181 / 3,530
26 %
5,193 / 1,330
31 %
445 / 138
23 %
706 / 160
34 %
8,567 / 2,951
29 %
3,826 / 1,121
37 %
1,827 / 667
28 %
1,334 / 379
29 %
1,501 / 434
24 %
1,671 / 395
39 %
900 / 352
46 %
6,916 / 3,152
51 %
13,907 / 7,142
27 %
6,800 / 1,802
34 %
3,031 / 1,018
24 %
651 / 155
30 %
2,541 / 769
33 %
314 / 104
30 %
1,414 / 426
29 %
3,769 / 1,092
44 %
1,406 / 613
31 %
6,773 / 2,097
31 %
485 / 148
29 %
17,116 / 5,041
26 %
4,652 / 1,192
24 %
552 / 134
26 %
9,802 / 2,568
30 %
1,522 / 461
23 %
1,995 / 467
34 %
9,638 / 3,248
22 %
793 / 171
24 %
2,045 / 490
29 %
719 / 207
23 %
2,588 / 604
29 %
13,928 / 4,080
28 %
1,469 / 408
37 %
454 / 168
32 %
4,253 / 1,368
25 %
3,704 / 932
34 %
814 / 277
27 %
465 / 126
33 %
4,471 / 1,471
52 %
1,359 / 705