Nasdaq

This article is about the stock exchange. For the stock market index, see Nasdaq Composite. For the corporation that owns Nasdaq exchanges, see Nasdaq, Inc. For the corporation's physical headquarters, see Nasdaq MarketSite.

Nasdaq Stock Market

Type	Stock exchange
Location	New York City, U.S.
Coordinates	40.7565°N 73.98576°W / 40.7565; -73.98576
Founded	February 8, 1971 (1971-02-08)
Owner	Nasdaq, Inc.
Currency	United States dollar
No. of listings	4,025 (January 2026)
Market cap	$42.2 trillion (December 2025)
Indices	Nasdaq-100 Nasdaq Financial-100 Nasdaq Composite
Website	nasdaq.com

Stockholm

Helsinki

Tallinn

Vilnius

Riga

Copenhagen

Reykjavík

New York

Philadelphia

Boston

Stock exchanges (listing venues) owned by Nasdaq, Inc.

Nasdaq compared to corporate profits

  Corporate profits after tax

  NASDAQ Index

The Nasdaq Stock Market (formerly National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American stock exchange. It is the largest stock exchange by market capitalization and the first fully electronic stock market. Based in Manhattan, New York City, the exchange is among the most active stock trading venues by volume in the United States.

The exchange platform is owned by Nasdaq, Inc., which also owns the Nasdaq Nordic stock market network and several U.S.-based stock and options exchanges. The exchange is the primary listing for many technology companies and also trades stock in many foreign firms, with China and Israel being the largest foreign sources.

As of December 31, 2024, 4,075 companies listed securities on Nasdaq, including 1,383 listings on Nasdaq Global Select Market, 1,366 on Nasdaq Global Market, and 1,326 on Nasdaq Capital Market.

The Nasdaq Composite, Nasdaq-100, and Nasdaq Financial-100 stock market indices are made up only of stocks listed on the Nasdaq.