{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-issuer","section":"learn","title":"What is an ETF issuer? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, 402 companies issue US ETFs, and iShares alone runs 461 of them with 29.2% of all net assets. Updated every trading night.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-issuer#article","headline":"What is an ETF issuer?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, 402 companies issue US ETFs, and iShares alone runs 461 of them with 29.2% of all net assets.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-issuer","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-issuer","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"What is an ETF issuer?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-issuer#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Who is the largest ETF issuer?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"As of Nov 4, 2026, iShares is the largest by net assets, with 29.2% of the total across 461 funds."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How many ETF issuers are there?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"ETFIQ counts 402 issuers of US-listed ETFs as of Nov 4, 2026."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is an ETF issuer the same as the index provider?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No. The issuer runs the fund. The index provider, such as S&P or MSCI, licenses the index the fund follows."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is an ETF issuer?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-issuer"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is an ETF issuer?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, 402 companies issue US ETFs, and iShares alone runs 461 of them with 29.2% of all net assets. Updated every trading night.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-issuer","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1809,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is an ETF issuer? \n \n What is an ETF issuer?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, 402 companies issue US ETFs, and iShares alone runs 461 of them with 29.2% of all net assets.\n \n In plain words\n An issuer creates a fund, sets its fee and runs it. Vanguard, iShares and State Street are large; many firms run only one or two funds.\n iShares runs 461 ETFs and 29.2% of all net assets; the other 402 issuers share the rest. Large issuers tend to charge less on core funds. Small ones offer narrower ideas. ETFIQ reads each issuer\u2019s daily disclosures and falls back to SEC filings.\n Questions\n Who is the largest ETF issuer? As of Nov 4, 2026, iShares is the largest by net assets, with 29.2% of the total across 461 funds.\n How many ETF issuers are there? ETFIQ counts 402 issuers of US-listed ETFs as of Nov 4, 2026.\n Is an ETF issuer the same as the index provider? No. The issuer runs the fund. The index provider, such as S&P or MSCI, licenses the index the fund follows.\n Where to next\n Browse by issuer All funds A to Z Compare two ETFs What is an ETF? What are ETF net assets? What is an ETF expense ratio? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is an ETF issuer?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-issuer Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, What is an ETF issuer?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-issuer APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is an ETF issuer?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-issuer Markdown [What is an ETF issuer? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-issuer)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, What is an ETF issuer?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-an-etf-issuer"}