The United States’ (U.S’) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published an updated statistics and data visualizations covering key segments of the U.S. capital markets, including three new asset-backed securities (ABS) issuance data visualizations, one new municipal advisor data visualization, and additional historical statistics for issuances of ABS and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).
The updated statistics, published by the commission’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA), also cover initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on registered offerings, corporate bond offerings, ABS issuances, CMBS issuances, Regulation D offerings, reporting issuers, municipal advisors, transfer agents, security-based swap dealers, and nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (NRSROs).
In the first quarter of 2026, the report showed that IPO and follow-on offering activity showed year-over-year growth, with 99 IPOs raising over $22 billion in Q1 2026, compared to 84 IPOs raising over $11.8 billion in Q1 2025. This represents an approximately 86% increase in proceeds raised.
Similarly, the latest report by the commission indicated that there were 264 follow-on registered offerings raising over $44.2 billion in Q1 2026, compared to 250 follow-on registered offerings raising over $40.4 billion in Q1 2025.
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According to the SEC, these and other statistics can be found on the its public statistics and data visualization webpage, which provides statistics presented in time series charts to show market trends, pie charts to show distribution across different categories, as well as heat maps to show geographic distributions.
Commenting on the latest research findings,Chief Economist and Director of the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, Dr. Joshua T. White, said: “These statistics and data visualizations are one of the many ways the SEC provides reliable information and valuable insights to the investing public. I encourage those interested to visit our webpage to explore the data and gain a deeper understanding of the markets we oversee.”
DERA integrates financial economics and rigorous data analytics into the SEC’s core mission. It provides high-quality economic and statistical analyses to inform commission rule-making and oversight, and helps identify and respond to emerging issues, trends, and innovations in the marketplace.
