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Investor accounts

: 237.7 million in August 2026

237.7 million

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Notes

The table retains the source’s published periods. Missing observations are not zero and have not been interpolated.

Accounts are not unique investors. Active-account definitions follow the source.

Combined NSDL and CDSL investor accounts. An account is not the same as an individual investor, and one person may hold more than one account.

Publication cadence: Monthly. Missing observations are not zero.

Demat accounts
PeriodTotal accountsActive accountsNsdl accountsCdsl accounts
August 2026237.7 million79.75 million46.7 million191 million
July 2026234.43 million78.22 million46.17 million188.26 million
June 2026231.55 million75.35 million45.63 million185.92 million
May 2026228.93 million74.51 million45.1 million183.83 million
April 2026226.8 million76.52 million44.75 million182.05 million
March 2026224.51 million73.45 million44.39 million180.12 million
February 2026222.36 million72.33 million44.08 million178.28 million
January 2026219.55 million72.38 million43.65 million175.9 million
December 2025215.93 million70.57 million43.19 million172.75 million
November 2025212.76 million71.57 million42.74 million170.02 million
August 2025204.6 million73.12 million41.43 million163.17 million
July 2025202.12 million75.29 million41 million161.11 million
June 2025199.14 million76.73 million40.49 million158.65 million
May 2025196.55 million77.86 million40 million156.55 million
April 2025194.45 million78.67 million39.75 million154.7 million
March 2025192.44 million79.52 million39.45 million152.98 million
February 2025190.4 million80.42 million39.16 million151.24 million
January 2025188.14 million82.01 million38.82 million149.32 million
December 2024185.3 million82.41 million38.77 million146.54 million

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Source: Securities and Exchange Board of India, India Dispatch Research

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India by the numbers, Demat accounts, August 2026. 237.7 million. Source: Securities and Exchange Board of India. https://data.indiadispatch.com/capital-markets/demat-accounts

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Demat account: An account that holds shares and other securities electronically. One investor can hold more than one account. Definition and conventions