ETF product development continued to accelerate in the first six months of this year, even as fewer ETFs kicked the bucket, according to the latest data from the folks at an ETF-focused research firm.

Deborah "Debbie" Fuhr ETFGI / ETF TV Managing Partner, Founder, Owner / Co-Founder

Last Friday (July 18), Debbie Fuhr, managing partner at ETFGI, revealed that the U.S. ETF industry launched a record 481 exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products in the first half of 2025. That's up by 185 (62.5 percent) year-over-year from the prior record of 296 launches in the first half of 2024. The U.S. accounted for 36.8 percent of the world's 1,308 ETF and ETP launches in 1H 2025 (also a record, up by 49 percent Y/Y from the prior record).

On the flip side, product closures have continued to decelerate. In 1H 2025, fund firms shuttered 82 ETFs and ETPs in the U.S., a 9-fund (9.9 percent) drop Y/Y and a 50-fund (37.9 percent) drop from the peak in 1H 2023. (The U.S. accounted for 30.8 percent of the world's 266 ETF and ETP product closures in 1H 2025, which were down by 2.6 percent Y/Y and down by 31.6 percent from the peak in 1H 2023.)

Thus, the total U.S. ETF and ETP count net increased by 399 in 1H 2025, up by 194 (94.6 percent) from 1H 2024. THe U.S. accounted for 38.3 percent of worldwide ETF and ETP count net growth of 1,042 in 1H 2025 (which was up by 67 percent Y/Y).

Meanwhile, both product development and product closures appear to be broadening worldwide. The ETFGI team reports that 326 providers launched ETFs or ETPs in 1H 2025, up by 107 (48.9 percent) Y/Y. And there were 98 providers worldwide that closed ETFs or ETPs in 1H 2025, up by 25 (34.2 percent) Y/Y. 

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