Ownership of UK Quoted Shares 2020

Product Description

The value of ordinary shares held in UK incorporated companies listed on the London Stock Exchange by sector of owner, with a geographical breakdown for shares owned outside the UK.

Main points

• At the end of 2020, shares in quoted UK-domiciled companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) were worth a total of £2.17 trillion.
• The proportion of UK shares held in the rest of the world increased again to set a record high, at 56.3% of the value of the UK stock market.
• The proportion of UK shares held by UK-resident individuals fell to 12%, down by 1.3 percentage points from 2018.
• The proportion of UK shares held by other financial institutions rose by 4.6 percentage points to 12.8%, the highest on record.
• Unit trusts' proportion fell to 7.4%, down 2.0 percentage points from 2018.
• Insurance companies' share of the market continued to fall and stood at 2.5%, down 1.4 percentage points from 2018.