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Market data to 30 Sept 2026 · Data status

Ownership

Who owns India Inc.

At the end of Jun 2026, foreign portfolio investors owned 15.9% of NSE-listed companies by value, domestic institutions 19.1%, and mutual funds alone 11.6%. Promoters still hold 50.2%.

For: anyone asking whether foreign or domestic money is setting prices, and how much of the market is actually free to trade.

Data: PRIME Database Group (primeinfobase.com), consolidated historical shareholding of NSE-listed companies, quarterly since June 2009. Reproduced here as charts with credit.

FIIs' share of NSE-listed companies
15.9%
Jun 2026 · a year ago 17.0%
Higher than 20% of readings since 2009
Domestic institutions' share
19.1%
Jun 2026 · a year ago 17.8%
Higher than 99% of readings since 2009
Mutual funds' share
11.6%
Jun 2026 · a year ago 10.6%
The highest since 2009
Retail investors' share
7.4%
Jun 2026 · a year ago 7.5%
Higher than 81% of readings since 2009
Promoters' share
50.2%
Jun 2026 · a year ago 50.0%
Higher than 26% of readings since 2009

Foreign against domestic money

All NSE-listed companies: FII, DII and mutual fund ownership

Share of total market value held, quarterly. Domestic institutions overtook FIIs in March 2025.

FIIsDomestic institutionsMutual funds

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Data: PRIME Database (primeinfobase.com).
Source: PRIME Database Group, primeinfobase.com: Consolidated Historical Shareholding Data of NSE-listed companies (quarterly)
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Closing the gap

Domestic ownership minus foreign ownership. Above zero, domestic money owns more.

Mutual funds minus FIIsAll domestic institutions minus FIIs

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Data: PRIME Database (primeinfobase.com).
Source: PRIME Database Group, primeinfobase.com: Consolidated Historical Shareholding Data of NSE-listed companies (quarterly)
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Share of the free float

Excluding promoter holdings: the shares that actually trade.

FIIsDomestic institutionsRetail

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Data: PRIME Database (primeinfobase.com).
Source: PRIME Database Group, primeinfobase.com: Consolidated Historical Shareholding Data of NSE-listed companies (quarterly)
Method JSON

Promoters, government and individuals

Promoter ownership

Share by value. Government ownership moves mostly with PSU share prices.

Private promotersGovernment as promoter

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Data: PRIME Database (primeinfobase.com).
Source: PRIME Database Group, primeinfobase.com: Consolidated Historical Shareholding Data of NSE-listed companies (quarterly)
Method JSON

Individuals' direct ownership

Indirect ownership through mutual funds is shown above.

Retail (up to ₹2 lakh per company)Large individuals (HNIs)

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Data: PRIME Database (primeinfobase.com).
Source: PRIME Database Group, primeinfobase.com: Consolidated Historical Shareholding Data of NSE-listed companies (quarterly)
Method JSON

LIC and the insurers

LIC is counted inside insurance companies.

LICAll insurers

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Data: PRIME Database (primeinfobase.com).
Source: PRIME Database Group, primeinfobase.com: Consolidated Historical Shareholding Data of NSE-listed companies (quarterly)
Method JSON

In money terms

Value of holdings

Quarter-end market value of each group's holdings.

FIIsDomestic institutionsMutual fundsRetail

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Data: PRIME Database (primeinfobase.com).
Source: PRIME Database Group, primeinfobase.com: Consolidated Historical Shareholding Data of NSE-listed companies (quarterly)
Method JSON

Where each group's money sits

Each group's holdings across industries, % (each column sums to 100), quarter to Jun 2026. Data: PRIME Database (primeinfobase.com).
IndustryFIIschangeDIIsMFschangeLICRetailPromoters
FINANCIAL SERVICES33.2%+2.5 pts29.2%31.9%+0.6 pts27.0%22.4%14.3%
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY15.1%-0.2 pts16.1%18.0%+0.6 pts9.8%16.3%19.8%
INDUSTRIALS9.0%+0.9 pts10.0%10.5%+0.9 pts7.9%18.8%11.7%
COMMODITIES7.9%-0.1 pts7.8%7.1%+0.0 pts9.3%10.8%12.8%
HEALTHCARE7.2%-0.0 pts7.2%8.1%+0.2 pts5.0%6.4%8.7%
ENERGY6.3%-1.3 pts7.9%5.4%-0.7 pts13.7%5.9%6.0%
FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS5.2%-0.5 pts5.9%4.7%-0.2 pts9.0%7.1%7.0%
TELECOMMUNICATION4.9%-0.4 pts4.2%3.4%-0.2 pts3.1%1.4%4.0%
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY4.8%-1.4 pts5.8%5.1%-1.6 pts9.2%5.4%7.0%
UTILITIES3.8%+0.1 pts3.5%3.5%+0.0 pts4.1%3.5%4.9%
SERVICES2.7%+0.5 pts2.2%2.4%+0.3 pts1.9%1.9%3.4%
DIVERSIFIED0.1%+0.0 pts0.1%0.1%+0.0 pts0.1%0.2%0.4%