S&P Dow Jones Indices
Financial ServicesNew York, United States201-500 Employees
S&P Dow Jones Indices operates as a leading force in the financial services sector, focusing on index-based concepts, data, and research. It is the home of well-known market indicators such as the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The firm traces its origins to 1884, when Charles Dow created the first index, and has since developed indices across asset classes. The company is based in New York City at 55 Water Street and employs a workforce described as a mid-sized, several-hundred-strong team. Its primary customers are investors and financial professionals who rely on benchmarks to measure performance, shape products, and guide trading decisions. By providing essential index concepts, data, and research, S&P DJI supports how markets are measured and traded across asset classes. In the global financial services landscape, it is recognized as the largest provider of index-based offerings by assets linked to its indices, and it operates from New York as part of the S&P Global ecosystem.