Stock exchange listing requirements compared: 29 markets

Last updated: 2026-10-28

Listing requirements by exchange

Main admission criteria of growth and main-board markets, collected from each exchange's official rules. Each market page links every requirement to its official source.

Japan

• Japan Exchange Group / Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market（7 items)
• Japan Exchange Group / Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market（6 items)
• Japan Exchange Group / Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market（5 items)
• Japan Exchange Group / Tokyo Stock Exchange TOKYO PRO Market（2 items)
• Nagoya Stock Exchange Premier Market（7 items)
• Nagoya Stock Exchange Main Market（7 items)
• Nagoya Stock Exchange Next Market（5 items)
• Fukuoka Stock Exchange Main Market（7 items)
• Fukuoka Stock Exchange Q-Board（8 items)
• Sapporo Securities Exchange Main Market（7 items)
• Sapporo Securities Exchange Ambitious（7 items)

Mauritius

• Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) Development & Enterprise Market (DEM)（6 items)
• Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) Official Market（4 items)

United States

• Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq Capital Market（9 items)
• Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq Global Market（10 items)
• NYSE (Intercontinental Exchange) NYSE American（9 items)

Singapore

• Singapore Exchange (SGX) Mainboard（4 items)
• Singapore Exchange (SGX) Catalist（6 items)

Hong Kong, China

• Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) Main Board（8 items)
• Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) GEM（8 items)

Malaysia

• Bursa Malaysia ACE Market（4 items)
• Bursa Malaysia LEAP Market（4 items)

United Kingdom

• London Stock Exchange AIM（4 items)

South Africa

• Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Main Board（4 items)
• Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) AltX（4 items)

India

• National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) NSE Emerge (SME platform)（7 items)

Kenya

• Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE Kenya) SME Market Segment（6 items)

Nigeria

• Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Growth Board – Entry Segment（7 items)
• Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Growth Board – Standard Segment（7 items)

Sources: official exchange and regulator pages and listing rules (checked 2026-10-27). Each row links to the official page it was taken from. This is a summary of the main quantitative admission criteria, not the full rulebook. Rules change; always confirm against the exchange's current rules before applying. Listing fees and costs vary widely by issuer and are not shown on this page.