# Nasdaq

> Nasdaq is a New York-based market operator and financial technology company whose name sits on a major stock exchange, thousands of listed companies, widely tracked indexes, and the software used by banks, brokers, regulators, and market infrastructures around the world. Its modern business spans transaction venues, listings and market data, indexes and workflow tools, and mission-critical software for trading, risk, regulatory reporting, surveillance, and financial-crime detection.

- **Founded:** 1971
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** National Association of Securities Dealers (Creator of the original Nasdaq quotation system)
- **Team size:** Approximately 9,162 employees in 38 countries
- **Products:** Nasdaq Markets, Data & Listing Services, Nasdaq Global Indexes, Workflow & Insights, Nasdaq Eqlipse
- **Notable:** Launched the world's first electronic stock market on February 8, 1971., Became a registered national securities exchange in 2006., Listed 5,599 companies across U.S. and European markets at December 31, 2025.

## Products & services

- **Nasdaq Markets** — U.S. and European cash-equity, derivatives, fixed-income and commodities marketplaces, plus trading, clearing and connectivity services.
- **Data & Listing Services** — Public-company listing venues, real-time and historical market data, and issuer services across the United States, Nordics and Baltics.
- **Nasdaq Global Indexes** — Index design, calculation and licensing, including the Nasdaq-100 and products used for ETFs, annuities and benchmarks.
- **Workflow & Insights** — eVestment institutional intelligence, Solovis portfolio analytics, Boardvantage governance software and related investor-relations tools.
- **Nasdaq Eqlipse** — A cloud-ready suite for trading, clearing, central securities depositories, market data intelligence, risk and market infrastructure operations.
- **Nasdaq Calypso** — Front-to-back capital-markets and treasury technology covering trading, risk, margin, collateral, clearing and reporting.
- **Nasdaq AxiomSL** — Risk and regulatory-reporting software for financial institutions operating across jurisdictions.
- **Nasdaq Verafin** — Cloud software for anti-money-laundering, fraud detection, case management and financial-crime compliance.
- **Market and Trade Surveillance** — Cross-market and cross-asset monitoring tools used by exchanges, regulators, banks and brokers to detect abuse and manipulation.

## Achievements

- Launched the world's first electronic stock market on February 8, 1971.
- Became a registered national securities exchange in 2006.
- Listed 5,599 companies across U.S. and European markets at December 31, 2025.
- Was the top U.S. exchange by IPO proceeds for a seventh consecutive year in 2025.
- Recorded $5.249 billion in 2025 net revenue, up 13 percent from 2024.
- Reached $3.3 billion of annualized recurring revenue in Q2 2026.
- Technology serves more than 3,500 financial institutions and more than 130 market infrastructures in over 50 countries.
- Nasdaq-linked ETP assets exceeded $1 trillion for the first time in Q2 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Reported Q2 net revenue of $1.5 billion, up 15 percent year over year, with annualized recurring revenue of $3.3 billion.
- **2026-07** — Index-linked ETP assets exceeded $1 trillion for the first time, while Nasdaq launched 34 index products during the quarter.
- **2026-07** — Calypso supported proof-of-concept tokenized collateral trades on the Canton Network, connecting tokenized money-market funds with existing workflows.
- **2026-07** — Agreed to acquire AI-powered institutional due-diligence provider Dasseti for integration with eVestment, subject to closing conditions.
- **2026-04** — Raised its medium-term revenue outlook at its 2026 Investor Day and outlined plans for more AI-enabled products and operations.
- **2026-01** — Reported full-year 2025 net revenue above $5.2 billion and solutions revenue above $4.0 billion.

## Links

- Website: https://www.nasdaq.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nasdaq
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Nasdaq
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Nasdaq
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nasdaq/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nasdaq/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nasdaq

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Last updated: 2026-08-13