Insights
The LEI system in numbers
3,366,170 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 499,648 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; 1,181,017 have lapsed — a live LEI must be renewed annually.
- Issued1,930,650
- Lapsed1,181,017
- Retired245,656
- Duplicate6,452
- Annulled1,651
- Pending transfer416
- Pending archival328
Legal forms
Most common legal forms
- Not otherwise specified8888328,432
- Società A Responsabilità LimitataOV32160,203
- besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid54M6159,368
- Private Limited CompanyYSP9144,525
- Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung2HBR142,938
- Sociedad de Responsabilidad LimitadaDP3Q133,930
- AktiebolagXJHM106,433
- qi yeECAK105,094
- Private Limited CompanyH0PO99,743
- Limited Liability CompanyHZEH89,779
- Sole Proprietorship4QIE81,541
- Partnership FirmA0PS81,316
Geography
Top jurisdictions
Source: GLEIF (CC0). Figures reflect the latest golden-copy load.