# Cheapest corporate bond ETFs by expense ratio

> VCIT leads cheapest corporate bond ETFs by expense ratio at 0.03% (fee), as of Nov 12, 2026. 25 funds from ETFIQ’s own published data.

Data as of Nov 12, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.

As of Nov 12, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.

## Cheapest corporate bond ETFs by expense ratio

As of Nov 12, 2026, VCIT has the lowest fee of 44 corporate bond ETFs with at least $100m in net assets: 0.03%. 4 funds tie there. See 25 funds ranked by fee, lowest first. Updated Nov 12, 2026.

| # | Ticker | Fund | Fee | Tie | Net assets | 1-year return |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | VCIT | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 0.03% | Tie | $68.6bn | −1.5% |
| 2 | SCHI | Schwab 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF | 0.03% | Tie | $11.6bn | −1.4% |
| 3 | SPBO | State Street SPDR Portfolio Corporate Bond ETF | 0.03% | Tie | $2.1bn | −1.3% |
| 4 | VTC | Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF | 0.03% | Tie | $1.6bn | −1.4% |
| 5 | IGIB | iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | Tie | $19.6bn | −1.5% |
| 6 | USIG | iShares Broad USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | Tie | $17.9bn | −1.2% |
| 7 | GIGB | Goldman Sachs Access Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.08% | | $1.0bn | −1.3% |
| 8 | IBDX | iShares iBonds Dec 2032 Term Corporate ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $1.8bn | −1.1% |
| 9 | BSCW | Invesco BulletShares 2032 Corporate Bond ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $1.6bn | −1.1% |
| 10 | IBDY | iShares iBonds Dec 2033 Term Corporate ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $1.2bn | −1.3% |
| 11 | BSCX | Invesco BulletShares 2033 Corporate Bond ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $1.2bn | −1.4% |
| 12 | IBDZ | iShares iBonds Dec 2034 Term Corporate ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $909m | −1.7% |
| 13 | BSCY | Invesco BulletShares 2034 Corporate Bond ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $667m | −1.5% |
| 14 | IBCA | iShares iBonds Dec 2035 Term Corporate ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $494m | −2.0% |
| 15 | BSCZ | Invesco BulletShares 2035 Corporate Bond ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $411m | −2.2% |
| 16 | IBCB | iShares iBonds Dec 2036 Term Corporate ETF | 0.10% | Tie | $232m | Not measured |
| 17 | VCEB | Vanguard ESG U.S. Corporate Bond ETF | 0.12% | | $1.2bn | −2.0% |
| 18 | BYLD | iShares Yield Optimized Bond ETF | 0.13% | | $420m | −0.4% |
| 19 | LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.14% | | $32.9bn | −2.8% |
| 20 | QLTA | iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF | 0.15% | Tie | $1.1bn | −1.9% |
| 21 | GXIG | Global X Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.15% | Tie | $167m | −1.6% |
| 22 | IGEB | iShares Investment Grade Systematic Bond ETF | 0.18% | Tie | $1.4bn | −1.2% |
| 23 | SUSC | iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF | 0.18% | Tie | $1.3bn | −1.5% |
| 24 | IG | Principal Investment Grade Corporate Active ETF | 0.19% | Tie | $201m | Not measured |
| 25 | BBBI | BondBloxx BBB Rated 5-10 Year Corporate Bond ETF | 0.19% | Tie | $121m | −1.4% |

### Method

44 corporate bond ETFs with at least $100m in net assets are listed by ETFIQ with a fee; the 25 with the lowest fee are shown. Across all 44, the median is 0.18% and the range runs from 0.03% to 0.86%. Lowest first. Funds with the same printed number are marked Tie and ordered by net assets, largest first. The set is ETFIQ’s own segment, computed from each fund’s filings and holdings. The list sorts one published number, with no scoring or weighting. Closed funds are not listed. A ranking is not a recommendation.

### Questions people ask

What is an expense ratio? An ETF’s expense ratio is the yearly fee taken from its assets, net of any waiver, as its prospectus states it. A fee of 0.03% costs $3 a year on $10,000. Which corporate bond ETFs have the lowest fee? As of Nov 12, 2026, VCIT ranks first of 44 corporate bond ETFs with at least $100m in net assets on fee, at 0.03%. SCHI is next at 0.03%.

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