Largest Companies Listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE)
Trading at the London Stock Exchange traces its roots to 1698, when broker John Castaing began listing prices of commodities at Jonathan’s Coffee-House. Formally founded on 30 December 1801, the LSE now hosts over 1,900 companies from more than 60 countries, making it the second-largest stock exchange in Europe and eighth globally.
The exchange operates two main equity markets: the Main Market, home to over 1,300 established companies, and the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), launched in 1995 for smaller, high-growth firms. Its primary benchmark, the FTSE 100 Index, tracks the 100 most highly capitalised blue chips and represents about 80% of the LSE’s total market capitalisation.
The largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange span several heavyweight sectors:
- Healthcare: AstraZeneca (AZN), GSK (GSK)
- Financials: HSBC Holdings (HSBA), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG)
- Energy: Shell (SHEL), BP (BP.)
- Mining & Basic Materials: Rio Tinto (RIO)
- Industrials & Defence: Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.), BAE Systems (BA.)
- Consumer Staples: Unilever (ULVR), British American Tobacco (BATS)
Banks, health care, industrial goods and services, and energy together account for roughly 53% of the FTSE 100’s capitalisation. Most LSE stocks are quoted in GBP, though some trade in EUR or USD. The exchange also serves as a primary venue for Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs), providing a gateway for firms from emerging markets to access international capital.
Trading hours run Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM GMT. The exchange is operated by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), which itself is a FTSE 100 constituent.
Regulated brokerThe table below ranks the largest LSE-listed companies by market capitalisation, updated with live pricing data.
| Stock | Price | Change % | Marketcap |
|---|---|---|---|
 AstraZeneca AZN | $161.50 | 3.78% | 250.47B |
 Linde LIN | $491.05 | 1.32% | 226.36B |
 Shell SHEL | $87.76 | 2.32% | 242.68B |
 HSBC HSBC | $102.68 | 3.17% | 352.16B |
 Arm Holdings ARM | $274.58 | 2.13% | 293.25B |
 Unilever UL | $64.43 | 0.55% | 138.80B |
 RELX RELX | $36.61 | 0.52% | 63.86B |
 BP BP | $41.21 | 2.90% | 106.13B |
Aon AON | $359.97 | 0.93% | 76.36B |
 British American Tobacco BTI | $59.27 | 0.25% | 127.82B |
 London Stock Exchange LSEG.L | GBp8,628.00 | 1.51% | 41.96B |
 GlaxoSmithKline GSK | $51.46 | 0.14% | 103.06B |
Rolls-Royce Holdings RR.L | GBp1,570.40 | 2.68% | 129.79B |
 Diageo DEO | $88.43 | 0.68% | 49.16B |
 National Grid NGG | $80.26 | 0.20% | 80.69B |
 Compass Group CPG.L | $33.10 | 1.78% | 56.28B |
 Barclays BCS | $28.46 | 1.57% | 95.90B |
BAE Systems BA.L | GBp2,156.00 | 1.28% | 63.20B |
 3i Group III.L | GBp2,922.00 | 1.25% | 29.27B |
Reckitt Benckiser RKT.L | GBp5,342.00 | 1.33% | 33.93B |
 Haleon HLN | $9.95 | 1.74% | 43.82B |
NatWest Group NWG | $19.22 | 0.52% | 76.49B |
Coca-Cola European Partners CCEP | $108.58 | 2.31% | 48.01B |
Anglo American AAL.L | GBp4,021.00 | 2.92% | 43.08B |
Standard Chartered STAN.L | GBp2,212.00 | 1.60% | 48.45B |
 Ferguson FERG | $255.25 | 0.10% | 49.50B |
 Willis Towers Watson WTW | $338.07 | 0.46% | 31.40B |
 Tesco TSCO.L | GBp480.70 | 0.35% | 30.12B |
Imperial Brands IMB.L | GBp2,747.00 | 0.40% | 21.17B |
 Prudential PUK | $27.95 | 5.29% | 34.76B |
Antofagasta ANTO.L | GBp4,050.00 | 3.03% | 39.93B |
 Vodafone VOD | $15.31 | 2.42% | 35.38B |
SSE SSE.L | GBp2,342.00 | 0.59% | 28.25B |
InterContinental Hotels Group IHG | $160.72 | 2.30% | 23.72B |
Royalty Pharma RPRX | $57.75 | 0.47% | 33.25B |
BT Group BT-A.L | GBp201.20 | 0.49% | 19.83B |
Associated British Foods ABF.L | GBp2,105.00 | 0.43% | 14.73B |
Legal & General LGEN.L | GBp305.20 | 0.79% | 16.66B |
Aviva AV.L | GBp701.20 | 1.12% | 20.97B |
CNH Industrial CNH | $10.79 | 3.83% | 17.35B |
Sage Group SGE.L | GBp1,013.00 | 0.35% | 9.09B |
Pentair PNR | $69.02 | 0.79% | 11.15B |
Next plc NXT.L | GBp15,660.00 | 5.74% | 17.88B |
Informa plc INF.L | GBp911.60 | 0.44% | 11.39B |
Summit Therapeutics SMMT | $13.53 | 1.67% | 10.79B |
Bunzl BNZL.L | GBp2,824.00 | 1.07% | 9.07B |
Halma HLMA.L | GBp3,800.00 | 1.55% | 14.35B |
Burberry BRBY.L | GBp1,209.00 | 0.12% | 4.33B |
The Berkeley Group BKG.L | GBp3,584.00 | 1.27% | 3.29B |
 easyJet EZJ.L | GBp651.80 | 2.20% | 4.87B |
British Land BLND.L | GBp448.00 | 0.04% | 4.59B |
Tritax Big Box REIT BBOX.L | GBp171.70 | 0.12% | 4.66B |
Harbour Energy HBR.L | GBp232.20 | 1.69% | 3.64B |
Noble Corporation NE | $39.90 | 2.28% | 6.37B |
IG Group IGG.L | GBp1,350.00 | 0.74% | 4.45B |
Babcock International Group BAB.L | GBp1,185.50 | 0.42% | 5.84B |
Liberty Global LBTYB | $11.74 | 0.00% | 4.00B |
Softcat SCT.L | GBp1,975.00 | 1.33% | 3.88B |
Bridgepoint Group plc BPT.L | GBp341.60 | 0.70% | 3.01B |
RS Group RS1.L | GBp741.50 | 1.85% | 3.49B |
 Jet2 JET2.L | GBp1,594.00 | 0.82% | 2.87B |
abrdn ABDN.L | GBp254.40 | 1.03% | 4.56B |
Frasers Group FRAS.L | GBp813.00 | 1.57% | 3.50B |
ITV plc ITV.L | GBp72.00 | 1.84% | 2.69B |
Rotork ROR.L | GBp486.80 | 0.12% | 3.96B |
Bellway BWY.L | GBp2,084.00 | 0.19% | 2.34B |
Inchcape INCH.L | GBp843.50 | 0.36% | 2.94B |
Cranswick CWK.L | GBp5,290.00 | 0.38% | 2.83B |
Clarivate CLVT | $1.94 | 1.52% | 1.24B |
 Ocado OCDO.L | GBp211.80 | 3.52% | 1.76B |
Tate & Lyle TATE.L | GBp553.50 | 0.18% | 2.45B |
Johnson Matthey JMAT.L | GBp2,154.00 | 2.57% | 3.62B |
 Greencoat UK Wind UKW.L | GBp115.90 | 0.09% | 2.50B |
Nomad Foods NOMD | $11.81 | 0.84% | 1.65B |
Ithaca Energy ITH.L | GBp228.20 | 1.38% | 3.77B |
Balfour Beatty BBY.L | GBp879.50 | 1.09% | 4.21B |
 Drax Group DRX.L | GBp719.50 | 0.42% | 2.42B |
Computacenter CCC.L | GBp4,812.00 | 0.71% | 5.05B |
Bank of Georgia Group BGEO.L | GBp12,020.00 | 0.17% | 5.18B |
Shaftesbury Capital SHC.L | GBp146.00 | 0.48% | 2.66B |
Valaris VAL | $76.97 | 1.50% | 5.33B |
 QinetiQ QQ.L | GBp546.50 | 0.74% | 2.82B |
Renishaw RSW.L | GBp5,180.00 | 0.67% | 3.77B |
Derwent London DLN.L | GBp2,112.00 | 1.58% | 2.34B |
 Greggs GRG.L | GBp1,933.00 | 0.67% | 1.97B |
Quilter QLT.L | GBp202.60 | 2.58% | 2.74B |
Pennon Group PNN.L | GBp457.60 | 0.35% | 2.16B |
LivaNova LIVN | $78.15 | 8.41% | 4.29B |
 Marex Group MRX | $64.23 | 0.19% | 4.62B |
Vistry Group VTY.L | GBp272.60 | 4.01% | 865.75M |
Dunelm Group DNLM.L | GBp892.50 | 0.73% | 1.80B |
Capri Holdings CPRI | $16.02 | 3.03% | 1.84B |
Manchester United MANU | $22.27 | 0.93% | 3.84B |
Pepco Group PCO.WA | zł46.60 | 0.89% | 25.45B |
Energean ENOG.L | GBp728.50 | 2.61% | 1.35B |
Big Yellow Group BYG.L | GBp909.50 | 0.05% | 1.78B |
Rathbones Group RAT.L | GBp1,692.00 | 1.08% | 1.74B |
AJ Bell AJB.L | GBp606.00 | 2.36% | 2.39B |
Genius Sports GENI | $8.33 | 3.09% | 2.23B |
Serco Group SRP.L | GBp242.60 | 1.38% | 2.37B |
Grainger plc GRI.L | GBp174.20 | 0.29% | 1.29B |
OSB Group Plc OSB.L | GBp569.00 | 0.35% | 1.94B |
GlobalData DATA.L | GBp83.30 | 0.48% | 576.42M |
WH Smith SMWH.L | GBp440.00 | 1.12% | 662.20M |
4imprint Group FOUR.L | GBp4,890.00 | 11.39% | 1.37B |
TORM TRMD | $28.62 | 2.52% | 2.93B |
Savills SVS.L | GBp976.00 | 3.39% | 1.35B |
Trainline TRN.L | GBp248.40 | 0.24% | 854.04M |
Travis Perkins TPK.L | GBp666.50 | 1.77% | 1.41B |
Coats Group COA.L | GBp83.15 | 1.84% | 1.59B |
SSP Group SSPG.L | GBp211.80 | 1.05% | 1.61B |
Clarkson PLC CKN.L | GBp4,996.00 | 1.56% | 1.53B |
Safestore SAFE.L | GBp637.50 | 1.43% | 1.39B |
Gamma Communications GAMA.L | GBp970.00 | 0.00% | 867.04M |
Primary Health Properties PHP.L | GBp95.60 | 0.05% | 2.48B |
Endava DAVA | $2.97 | 3.57% | 156.94M |
Nationwide Building Society NBS.L | £129.00 | 0.00% | 1.18B |
Genus GNS.L | GBp2,260.00 | 2.54% | 1.50B |
Bodycote BOY.L | GBp923.00 | 23.07% | 1.56B |
Raspberry Pi RPI.L | GBp674.50 | 1.75% | 1.31B |
Immunocore IMCR | $33.29 | 0.15% | 1.69B |
 Stolt-Nielsen Limited 0OHK.L | NOK314.00 | 0.95% | 0.00000000000000 |
Great Portland Estates GPE.L | GBp359.00 | 0.17% | 1.45B |
Hays plc HAS.L | GBp60.15 | 0.66% | 944.34M |
IntegraFin IHP.L | GBp383.00 | 2.27% | 1.27B |
Greatland Gold GGP.L | GBp593.50 | 8.40% | 4.00B |
Aston Martin AML.L | GBp34.20 | 0.87% | 347.10M |
Future plc FUTR.L | GBp316.60 | 0.13% | 286.16M |
Bytes Technology BYIT.L | GBp416.20 | 1.96% | 967.89M |
Pets at Home PETS.L | GBp213.20 | 0.57% | 936.01M |
PageGroup PAGE.L | GBp187.80 | 0.32% | 584.74M |
Helios Towers HTWS.L | GBp195.20 | 1.36% | 1.99B |
IHS Towers IHS | $8.18 | 0.37% | 2.75B |
Ashmore Group ASHM.L | GBp217.00 | 1.59% | 1.41B |
Hochschild Mining HOC.L | GBp479.60 | 6.25% | 2.47B |
FirstGroup FGP.L | GBp185.10 | 0.54% | 979.28M |
 Kainos Group KNOS.L | GBp893.50 | 0.00% | 1.03B |
VTEX VTEX | $4.40 | 0.68% | 750.14M |
Fever-Tree Drinks FEVR.L | GBp855.00 | 0.00% | 960.59M |
Elementis ELM.L | GBp181.20 | 1.57% | 1.03B |
Spire Healthcare Group SPI.L | GBp232.50 | 1.09% | 931.39M |
Genuit Group GEN.L | GBp296.80 | 1.16% | 748.16M |
Navigator Holdings NVGS | $20.57 | 3.92% | 1.27B |
GB Group (GBG) GBG.L | GBp231.00 | 1.76% | 528.69M |
 XPS Pensions Group XPS.L | GBp337.00 | 1.35% | 684.21M |
Victrex VCT.L | GBp816.00 | 0.62% | 710.95M |
Metals Exploration MTL.L | GBp13.00 | 2.36% | 388.20M |
Avacta Group AVCT.L | GBp68.50 | 0.74% | 320.96M |
MS INTERNATIONAL plc MSI.L | GBp1,470.00 | 0.00% | 241.57M |
Bioventix BVXP.L | GBp1,500.00 | 0.66% | 78.37M |
Arbuthnot Banking Group ARBB.L | GBp830.00 | 0.60% | 135.46M |
Vanquis Banking Group VANQ.L | GBp81.30 | 0.37% | 203.52M |
Ecora Resources ECOR.L | GBp148.60 | 5.39% | 370.69M |
Concurrent Technologies CNC.L | GBp255.00 | 1.92% | 231.65M |
KNOT Offshore Partners KNOP | $10.44 | 0.57% | 360.73M |
Ceres Power CWR.L | GBp396.40 | 4.65% | 847.53M |
TT Electronics TTG.L | GBp129.60 | 0.00% | 231.24M |
Severfield SFR.L | GBp37.40 | 0.80% | 110.44M |
Eurocell ECEL.L | GBp117.50 | 0.00% | 116.18M |
SIG plc SHI.L | GBp8.64 | 2.37% | 100.31M |
IQE plc IQE.L | GBp42.55 | 5.02% | 566.35M |
 Zotefoams ZTF.L | GBp452.00 | 1.31% | 222.30M |
Microlise SAAS.L | GBp38.50 | 3.75% | 44.65M |
Camellia Plc CAM.L | GBp5,650.00 | 1.80% | 142.82M |
Victoria PLC VCP.L | GBp63.00 | 0.00% | 72.67M |
Tracsis TRCS.L | GBp332.50 | 2.92% | 99.01M |
Gooch & Housego GHH.L | GBp1,225.00 | 0.41% | 335.29M |
Springfield Properties SPR.L | GBp103.00 | 3.52% | 123.00M |
Eleco ELCO.L | GBp126.50 | 5.24% | 105.60M |
Avingtrans AVG.L | GBp722.00 | 0.28% | 266.64M |
Eagle Eye Solutions Group EYE.L | GBp480.00 | 1.54% | 145.08M |
hVIVO HVO.L | GBp6.95 | 0.72% | 47.84M |
Knights Group KGH.L | GBp180.00 | 1.69% | 154.74M |
Focusrite TUNE.L | GBp233.00 | 2.92% | 136.92M |
Mercia Asset Management MERC.L | GBp27.00 | 1.89% | 113.87M |
Gaming Realms GMR.L | GBp31.40 | 0.00% | 85.21M |
EKF Diagnostics EKF.L | GBp25.75 | 0.39% | 110.72M |
Jubilee Metals Group JLP.L | GBp2.50 | 6.38% | 80.77M |
Castings P.L.C. CGS.L | GBp300.00 | 2.39% | 130.43M |
Motorpoint Group MOTR.L | GBp122.00 | 1.67% | 100.21M |
Trifast TRI.L | GBp80.50 | 0.62% | 108.71M |
Kistos Holdings KIST.L | GBp261.00 | 0.38% | 216.94M |
Record Financial Group REC.L | GBp44.40 | 1.37% | 86.70M |
Afentra AET.L | GBp60.20 | 0.82% | 165.63M |
Pharos Energy PHAR.L | GBp31.50 | 0.32% | 130.45M |
Corero Network Security CNS.L | GBp8.25 | 0.00% | 42.25M |
Accsys Technologies AXS.L | GBp71.20 | 0.00% | 175.51M |
Tribal Group TRB.L | GBp64.00 | 1.54% | 137.20M |
Celebrus Technologies CLBS.L | GBp107.00 | 1.83% | 40.49M |
Speedy Hire SDY.L | GBp19.00 | 1.35% | 87.60M |
Solid State Group SOLI.L | GBp185.00 | 3.65% | 104.95M |
NWF Group plc NWF.L | GBp144.00 | 2.86% | 71.42M |
Braemar BMS.L | GBp228.00 | 0.00% | 72.93M |
Frontier Developments FDEV.L | GBp426.00 | 0.35% | 147.99M |
Wynnstay Group WYN.L | GBp372.50 | 1.36% | 85.75M |
Ultimate Products ULTP.L | GBp54.80 | 3.18% | 45.72M |
The Pebble Group plc PEBB.L | GBp55.00 | 1.08% | 76.19M |
Bango BGO.L | GBp61.00 | 4.69% | 47.00M |
Caspian Sunrise CASP.L | GBp1.90 | 0.00% | 44.77M |
Churchill China CHH.L | GBp390.00 | 1.30% | 42.89M |
Tiziana Life Sciences TLSA | $0.99 | 2.32% | 125.99M |
Creo Medical Group CREO.L | GBp12.88 | 2.83% | 62.55M |
Pulsar Group PULS.L | GBp35.00 | 1.41% | 47.46M |
IG Design Group IGR.L | GBp100.00 | 5.66% | 92.69M |
Chapel Down Group CDGP.L | GBp44.50 | 3.49% | 76.33M |
Xaar XAR.L | GBp119.00 | 0.83% | 93.38M |
Dialight plc DIA.L | GBp516.00 | 3.82% | 206.28M |
Naked Wines WINE.L | GBp73.00 | 1.88% | 48.27M |
Futura Medical FUM.L | GBp0.379 | 5.57% | 2.20M |
iomart Group IOM.L | GBp12.35 | 2.07% | 14.03M |
Barinthus Biotherapeutics BRNS | $0.57 | 0.96% | 23.29M |
Okyo Pharma OKYO | $1.57 | 4.27% | 82.39M |
Argo Blockchain ARBK | $2.83 | 2.08% | 41.42M |
Perfect Moment PMNT | $0.09 | 0.00% | 4.78M |
Virax Biolabs VRAX | $2.91 | 2.35% | 2.32M |
NuCana NCNA | $1.34 | 4.28% | 5.58M |
Reach plc RCH.L | GBp42.00 | 1.75% | 132.55M |
Genel Energy GENL.L | GBp50.10 | 1.76% | 138.06M |
Foxtons Group FOXT.L | GBp37.00 | 4.39% | 109.42M |
Akanda AKAN | $5.03 | 2.52% | 2.72M |
Capital Limited CAPD.L | GBp106.50 | 5.97% | 240.37M |
Smiths News SNWS.L | GBp72.00 | 1.37% | 174.26M |
Arqit Quantum ARQQ | $20.97 | 4.60% | 364.93M |
Topps Tiles TPT.L | GBp36.10 | 5.56% | 70.68M |