Mumbai, 25 September (IANS). The number of unique investors on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) (till 23 September) exceeds 12 crores. This information was given by the exchange on Thursday.
The NSE reported that the number of total investor accounts (unique client codes) has increased to 23.5 crores, which crossed 23 crore in July 2025. This includes all customer registration till date.
Customers can register with more than one trading members (brokers). For this reason, the number of investor accounts is always more than unique investors.
According to NSE, one of every 4 investors today (about 25 percent) is women. It has been 33 years since the Median Age of 12 crore unique investors, which was 38 years ago and 40 percent of investors are less than 30 years.
NSE Chief Business Development Officer Shriram Krishnan said, “This year, we have crossed another important criteria in our investor Aadhaar. After crossing the 11 crore mark in January, it is commendable that despite the constant concerns about global trade and geopolitics, the number of investors joining NSE has increased by about eight months.”
This steady growth is supported by several major factors, including a streamlined KYC process, increased financial literacy, and constant positive market assumption through the intended investor awareness programs led by stakeholders.
Krishnan further said, “Equity, Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), Infrastructure Investment Trust (Invit), Government Bonds and Corporate Bonds increase participation in exchange-traded instruments including these factors.
14 years after the NSE’s operation started, the registered investor Aadhaar had reached 1 crore mark, it took about seven years to add the next 1 crore, then it took about three and a half years to join 1 crore and then it took a little more than a year.
In other words, in March 2021, the registered investor Aadhaar took more than 25 years to reach the 4 crore figure and the subsequent 1 crore investors were added to about 6-7 months.
Rapid growth in investors’ participation in India is due to digitization, better access to Fintech, rising middle class and supporting policy measures led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
-IANS
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