Hong Kong Stock Exchange releases IPO application, delisting, and suspension statistics report: still, 559 companies are queuing up for listing.

On June 30th, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange published a report on the first public offering applications, delistings, and suspensions of companies (June 2026). In the first six months of 2026, a total of 87 new stocks were listed (including 86 on the mainboard and 1 on the GEM board). As of June 30th, 2026, there were a total of 2748 companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with 2443 on the mainboard and 305 on the GEM board. Regarding first public offering applications (as of June 30th, 2026), in the first six months of 2026, 25 applications had been approved by the Listing Committee for listing, while 534 applications were still being processed, totaling 559 companies in the queue for listing in Hong Kong. In terms of processing time, in June 2026, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange issued first opinion letters with a median of 15 business days, second opinion letters with a median of 20 business days, and hearing documents with a median of 15 business days. The median total business days from acceptance of the listing application to issuance of the hearing document letter by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was 36 days. Delisting and suspension statistics: In the first six months of 2026, a total of 25 companies were delisted, including 17 on the mainboard and 8 on the GEM board; 8 voluntarily withdrew their listing status, 15 were delisted passively, and 2 were delisted due to transfer. In the first six months of 2026, a total of 87 listed companies were suspended for three months or more, with 75 being mainboard listed companies and 12 being GEM listed companies. Of the mainboard companies, 5 had already received approval for delisting by the Listing Committee.