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Legal Entity Identifier Statistics for the United States of America

Last update 11/12/26

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.
365,435
Total LEIs issued

New LEIs Issued in the United States of America

Market Share Report (All LEIs)

Bloomberg Finance L.P. (328,480)
Ubisecure Oy (17,867)
Herausgebergemeinschaft Wertpapier-Mitteilungen Keppler, Lehmann GmbH & Co. KG (10,738)
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LEI LIMITED (3,386)
EQS Group GmbH (2,499)
Bundesanzeiger Verlag GmbH (673)
Nordic Legal Entity Identifier AB (732)
Nasdaq CSD SE (309)
GS1 (272)
The Irish Stock Exchange Public Limited Company (222)

Market Share Report (Active LEIs)

Bloomberg Finance L.P. (111,180)
Ubisecure Oy (13,614)
Herausgebergemeinschaft Wertpapier-Mitteilungen Keppler, Lehmann GmbH & Co. KG (8,069)
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LEI LIMITED (1,945)
EQS Group GmbH (1,682)
Bundesanzeiger Verlag GmbH (634)
Nordic Legal Entity Identifier AB (621)
Nasdaq CSD SE (254)
GS1 (173)
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 %
328,480 / 111,180
76 %
17,867 / 13,614
67 %
2,499 / 1,682
82 %
309 / 254
64 %
272 / 173

Regional Statistics for LEI Issuance

Name
Active ratio
All LEIs / Active LEIs
24 %
1,752 / 416
16 %
278 / 45
28 %
2,411 / 671
32 %
850 / 270
27 %
21,148 / 5,813
27 %
3,358 / 905
31 %
3,551 / 1,117
47 %
158,313 / 74,401
24 %
14,443 / 3,513
25 %
5,268 / 1,304
31 %
444 / 136
22 %
705 / 158
34 %
8,668 / 2,974
29 %
3,849 / 1,112
37 %
1,823 / 667
29 %
1,346 / 392
28 %
1,513 / 425
22 %
1,671 / 364
38 %
890 / 334
45 %
6,925 / 3,131
51 %
14,015 / 7,142
26 %
6,862 / 1,796
33 %
3,041 / 999
23 %
657 / 149
30 %
2,580 / 786
33 %
320 / 106
30 %
1,411 / 420
29 %
3,819 / 1,108
43 %
1,416 / 615
30 %
6,857 / 2,072
30 %
505 / 154
29 %
17,196 / 5,000
24 %
4,712 / 1,148
23 %
554 / 126
26 %
9,914 / 2,560
30 %
1,525 / 450
23 %
1,997 / 460
33 %
9,719 / 3,233
22 %
802 / 173
23 %
2,067 / 468
27 %
724 / 192
23 %
2,596 / 585
29 %
14,156 / 4,100
29 %
1,499 / 435
37 %
452 / 165
32 %
4,335 / 1,387
25 %
3,725 / 922
33 %
808 / 268
27 %
470 / 129
32 %
4,507 / 1,426
51 %
1,460 / 744