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# MicroCap Statistics: By the Numbers Part 2
- URL: https://microcapclub.com/microcap-statistics-by-the-numbers-part-2/
- Published: 2014-02-05T08:41:22.000Z
- Updated: 2014-02-05T08:41:22.000Z
- Author: Ian Cassel

Microcap companies make up almost half of all publicly traded companies on all US exchanges, including the [OTC Markets](http://www.otcmarkets.com/home?ref=microcapclub.com) and [OTCBB](http://otcbb.com/?ref=microcapclub.com). Until recently, microcaps have been under appreciated by a bulk of investors and especially the financial press. The tremendous returns garnered by the Russell MicroCap Index ([IWC](http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=IWC&ref=microcapclub.com)) in 2013 (+45%), and by well known microcap funds like the Perritt Ultra MicroCap Fund ([PREOX](http://quotes.morningstar.com/fund/f?t=PREOX®ion=usa&culture=en-US&ref=microcapclub.com)) +56%, has put the equity class back on the map. Here are a few statistics about the microcap space.

There are currently 18,726 public companies on all US Exchanges (including OTC). Lets now take out the 2,016 companies that are less than $1 million market cap (shells, no corporate entity or operating business) leaving us with 16,710 public companies. *(source S&P CapIQ- data calculated on 2/5/14)*

[![MicrocapStats](/content/images/wordpress/2014/02/MicrocapStats.jpg)](/content/images/wordpress/2014/02/MicrocapStats.jpg)

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