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U.S. IPO proceeds top $137 billion in first half, SEC says

Offerings rose 16% from a year earlier, while proceeds climbed nearly fivefold; the SEC's detailed data show that a few large transactions account for much of the increase.

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Executive summary

  • The tally: The SEC counted 208 initial public offerings in the U.S. market in the first half of 2026, versus 180 in the same period of 2025.[1][2][3]
  • The proceeds: Those IPOs raised more than $137 billion, compared with more than $27 billion a year earlier; the SEC described the increase as nearly 400%.[1][2][3]
  • The mix: SEC data show second-quarter corporate IPOs generated about $104.7 billion of the first half's proceeds, making the headline jump much larger than the increase in deal count.[2]
  • Other issuance: The SEC also counted 557 registered follow-on offerings raising more than $111 billion, compared with 505 offerings raising nearly $84 billion a year earlier.[1]

Initial public offerings in the U.S. market raised more than $137 billion in the first six months of 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday in an update to its capital-markets statistics. The agency counted 208 offerings, compared with 180 raising more than $27 billion in the first half of 2025.[1][2][3]

The number of deals increased about 16%, while proceeds rose nearly 400%, according to the SEC. The difference matters: a much larger dollar total does not mean the number of companies going public grew at the same pace.[1][2]

The SEC's quarterly breakdown puts second-quarter 2026 IPO proceeds at $115.7 billion, including about $104.7 billion from corporate issuers. First-quarter proceeds were about $22.2 billion. These figures show how concentrated the first-half increase was in the second quarter and in corporate offerings.[2]

Follow-on registered offerings also increased. The agency recorded 557 deals raising more than $111 billion in the first half, up from 505 deals raising nearly $84 billion a year earlier. The SEC says its statistics are based on third-party commercial data and may change with revisions.[1][2]