How Many Companies Are Traded on NASDAQ?

NASDAQ is the largest stock exchange in the world and located in New York City. There are currently more than 3700 companies been traded on NASDAQ.

Here is a List of about 2900 Securities listed in NASDAQ

http://www.nasdaq.com/screening/companies-by-industry.aspx?exchange=NASDAQ

NASDAQ is one of the most widely followed indexes is the NASDAQ Composite Index. Representing over 3,000 companies, it started on Feb 5, 1971

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASDAQ

http://www.nasdaq.com/screening/companies-by-industry.aspx?exchange=NASDAQ