2014 IPO Statistics: IPO Boom?

IPO recovery? Last year was the most active year for IPOs in the United States since 2000. That's right: an astounding 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%.¹ Total U.S. IPO proceeds also shattered 2013's high-water mark of $55 billion (most since $96.9 billion in 2000) with a whopping $85 billion in proceeds. These proceeds, including the highest quarterly total (Q3: $37 billion) since the fourth quarter of 1999 ($46 billion), were boosted by the record-setting $22 billion IPO from Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba in September 2014.²  The year 2000 (over 400 IPOs) was the last year of a 10-year boom in US IPOs that reached its peak in 1996 (over 700 IPOs).