Euronext confirms its European leading position in equity listing and its worldwide leadership in debt listing in 2024

• 53 new equity listings on Euronext in 2024, representing a third of the listing activity in Europe, raising €3.9bn in new capital, up 55% versus 2023 

• 14,700+ new bond listings in 2024 – an all-time record

• 11 international new equity listings, representing 50% of the new international listing activity in Europe                                                                                                             

Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo and Paris – 30 December 2024 – Euronext, the leading European capital market infrastructure, confirms its position as the leading European primary markets venue with over 1,800 issuers representing €6 trillion of aggregated market capitalisation on its single stock market covering seven countries. Euronext is the undisputed leader for the listing and financing of European and international companies on European markets.

Stéphane Boujnah, CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board of Euronext, commented: “In 2024, Euronext has once again been the leading listing venue in Europe. Our single liquidity pool, central order book and single trading platform have empowered European and international companies to meet their funding needs and their growth ambitions. Our undisputed leadership allows us to develop new services and products for issuers, brokers and investors, to grow globally and strengthen our position as the reference listing venue for European and international companies, with a specific focus on technology companies. In 2025, our franchise will be even stronger and will attract more and more companies to list on the most liquid market in Europe.”

#1 equity listing venue in Europe

In 2024, Euronext once again confirmed its position as the leading equity listing venue in Europe. Euronext welcomed 53 new companies to its markets, raising €3.9 billion in new capital, +55% versus 2023, for an aggregated market capitalisation of €27 billion, representing a third of the total number of new equity listings across Europe. 

Euronext is the venue of choice for international companies and continues to attract ambitious global champions on its markets. Notably, Euronext welcomed in 2024: UK-based CVC Capital Partners (largest company to go public this year in Europe in terms of market capitalisation at listing), Exosens, Havas, Paratus Energy Services, Planisware, Louis Hachette Group and Greece-based Theon International. Additionally, more than 200 issuers raised over €15 billion through follow-on transactions. 

Euronext welcomed 11 new international companies in 2024, representing 50% of international equity listings across Europe and 20% of new listings on Euronext. Euronext has already held seven international IPO days with workshops in the Czech Republic, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Switzerland and Singapore. Euronext also established a new international listing team this year, based in London, to grow its global listing franchise further. 

Building on the success of My ESG Profile, Euronext continued to support issuers on their ESG journey with the launch, in September 2024, of a new dedicated product; the ESG Peer Benchmarking Report, which has been made available to all issuers to allow them to compare their performance with their peers. Euronext is still the only stock exchange in the world to publish ESG data from its listed companies in a standardised format publicly available on its website.

#1 exchange for technology companies in Europe

Euronext is the leading exchange for Tech in Europe, with over 700 technology companies listed. Technology companies accounted for nearly 40% of new listings in 2024 and raised more than twice the amount of capital than in 2023. The Euronext Tech Leaders initiative continued to grow, with the fastest-growing technology unicorns in Europe joining the segment, including Exosens, Planisware, Pluxee, Theon International and Younited Group, and a total of 14 new companies joining following the annual review of the segment. 

Euronext brought together 300 participants from 12 countries for its successful third annual Euronext Tech Leaders Campus in Paris in November 2024, with over 250 investor meetings organised for listed companies with local and global investors. Euronext published a new report on Euronext Tech Leaders companies, the Euronext Tech Pulse Report and announced the launch of the Euronext Europe Tech Index in Q1 2025. This new index aims to be the benchmark index for Europe’s leading listed technology companies, and is designed to track the performance of the European technology ecosystem and to direct flows to the leading listed technology companies in Europe.

#1 debt listing venue worldwide

Euronext maintained its global position as the leading debt listing venue, with over 55,000 total bonds listed from nearly 100 different countries. In 2024, Euronext markets welcomed over 14,700 new bonds, an all-time record, raising over €3.5 trillion in new capital. Euronext has further solidified its position as the world’s leading venue for sustainable bonds, with over 600 new ESG bond listings in 2024, raising more than €270 billion. Since 2021, nearly half of the funds raised through ESG bond issuances have come from bonds listed on Euronext.

Euronext notably welcomed in 2024: DSV’s €5 billion senior unsecured bond - the largest corporate Eurobond issuance of the year, the inaugural €1.5 billion bond listed by Française des Jeux, the inaugural €1.2 billion bond listed by Groupe Roquette, a €500 million blue bond listed by Saur and the first digitally native bond issued by Groupe Caisse des Dépôts, raising €100 million.

In 2024, Euronext launched an innovative harmonised digital listing solution, MyEuronext. The MyEuronext Portal offers secure, reliable, and efficient listing and post-listing services for all bonds, listing agents and issuers. Euronext also further simplified its listing rules for its Global Exchange Market (Euronext GEM Debt) in Dublin, the leading global MTF for bond listings, to enhance the market attractivity and accessibility of debt listing, notably opening Euronext GEM Debt to retail investors and facilitating listing for sovereign issuers.

Advancing B2B SaaS solutions with Euronext Corporate Solutions

Euronext Corporate Solutions solidified its position as the leading B2B SaaS provider in Europe, with over 4,800 clients. Through its cutting-edge iBabs software, Euronext Corporate Solutions facilitated over 1 million board and management meetings, streamlining governance and empowering effective decision-making. Euronext Corporate Solutions also hosted over 1,000 impactful webcasts, including key investor events such as Capital Markets days and AGMs, fostering stronger communication and engagement.

Expanding the European private companies ecosystem 

Euronext further expanded the ELITE European private companies ecosystem in 2024, building on ELITE's successful history of connecting businesses with skills, network and capital. In 2024, over 190 growing private companies joined ELITE from across Europe, forming a network of over 2,000 companies and 200 partners admitted since the launch.

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