FESE's Comprehensive Listings Data For 2020 - A Unique Dataset Of Listings Information From Europe’s Exchanges

FESE's Listed Instruments Survey is back - and bigger than ever! It offers a detailed breakdown of all the new listings, delistings and total listed equity instruments on FESE Members.

What's more, this year the IPO Database has been further enlarged! The IPO Database includes detailed information on individual IPOs on all FESE members. The database now includes 2020 data on the number of employees, turnover, and revenue for IPOs since 2014.

For an accurate picture of Europe's listings landscape - how many companies are listing, what type of companies are listing, which form of listing is most common - FESE's stats are an indispensable resource for policymakers, academics and advocacy groups.

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Rise in listings since 2019 despite longer-term decline

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New listings

The total number of new listings is up on the previous year. Most were IPOs, whose market cap on the first day of trading has also increased.
The number of newly listed companies in all selected industry sectors, except financials, has increased compared to 2019. The largest share of newly listed companies was in the health care sector, followed by basic materials and industrials.

Delistings

While the number of companies delisting from RMs has increased, it has decreased on MTFs.
Company wind-ups remain the most common delisting procedure on MTFs, while mergers with other listed companies and takeovers by other listed companies are the most common precursor for delistings on RMs.

Total listed companies

The largest market cap of all listings at the end of 2020 was recorded by companies in the industrial sector, followed by consumer discretionary (e.g. food, hygienic products).

2020 sees largest share of new listings
in health care and tech sectors

Small caps account for more than 75% of listings

IPO Database takeaways

The number of IPOs increased by more than half from 2019 to 2020,
Average yearly turnover for IPOs was higher in 2020 than in any previous year since 2014, but yearly revenues per company across the first year of going public continue to decrease.
Even though the average number of employees per company has been decreasing overall, after the first year public companies have been gaining employees.

Average yearly turnover for IPOs continues growth trend...

...but per company revenues decline further

The survey and database are compiled by the FESE Economics and Statistics Committee based on data supplied by FESE Members: FESE represents 36 exchanges in equities, bonds, derivatives, and commodities through 18 Full Members across 30 countries, as well as 1 Affiliate Member and 1 Observer Member.