Insights
The LEI system in numbers
3,474,048 Legal Entity Identifiers have been issued across 200+ jurisdictions. Here is how the system has grown, and what state it is in today.
Adoption
New registrations per year
LEI uptake tracks regulation: the 2017 peak of 499,645 new codes coincided with MiFID II making an LEI mandatory to trade in EU markets.
Register health
Status of every LEI
57% are currently issued; 1,214,365 have lapsed — a live LEI must be renewed annually.
- Issued1,993,002
- Lapsed1,214,365
- Retired257,260
- Duplicate6,511
- Annulled1,734
- Pending transfer665
- Pending archival511
Legal forms
Most common legal forms
- Other legal form (not in the ISO 20275 list)8888327,485
- besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid54M6165,878
- Società A Responsabilità LimitataOV32165,808
- Private Limited CompanyYSP9153,597
- Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung2HBR147,717
- Sociedad de Responsabilidad LimitadaDP3Q137,077
- AktiebolagXJHM108,555
- qi yeECAK105,200
- Private Limited CompanyH0PO103,105
- Limited Liability CompanyHZEH93,205
- Sole Proprietorship4QIE91,464
- Partnership FirmA0PS87,988
Geography
Top jurisdictions
Source: GLEIF (CC0). Figures reflect the latest golden-copy load.