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Global ESG Ratings Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2032
Market perspective
According to APO Research, the global ESG Ratings market was valued at US$ million in 2026 and is projected to reach US$ million by 2032, implying a CAGR of xx% over 2026-2032.
The North America market for ESG Ratings is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, corresponding to a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
The Europe market for ESG Ratings is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, registering a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
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The Asia Pacific market for ESG Ratings is projected to increase from US$ million in 2026 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % over 2026-2032.
Leading global companies in the ESG Ratings market include Morgan Stanley, Morningstar, Inc., S&P Global, FTSE Russell, Bloomberg, Moody's Corporation, Hearst Communications, Inc., Deutsche Börse Group and EcoVadis, among others. In 2025, the top three vendors together accounted for approximately % of global revenue.
Report Scope
This report provides a structured, data-driven view of the global ESG Ratings market, combining harmonized quantitative metrics with targeted qualitative insight to support business and growth strategy, market positioning, and capital allocation.
The ESG Ratings market size, estimates, and forecasts are presented in terms of revenue (US$ million), with 2025 as the base year and historical and forecast data for 2021-2032. The report segments the global ESG Ratings market by Type, Application, region/country, and company, provides regional market sizes at the segment level, profiles the competitive landscape and key players and their market ranks, and reviews technology trends and new product developments relevant to ESG Ratings.
Key Companies & Market Share Insights
This section analyzes the strategies and performance of leading companies in the global ESG Ratings market, including portfolio focus, innovation and product development, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, and geographic expansion used to sustain or enhance competitive positions. It also summarizes recent corporate developments and key financial indicators and provides global revenue and gross margin data by manufacturer for 2021-2026, enabling benchmarking of scale, profitability, and market share and supporting assessment of market concentration through indicators such as CR5 and CR10.
ESG Ratings Market by Company
Morgan Stanley
Morningstar, Inc.
S&P Global
FTSE Russell
Bloomberg
Moody's Corporation
Hearst Communications, Inc.
Deutsche Börse Group
EcoVadis
Arabesque
Exceet Group
London Stock Exchange Group
HIP Investor
FactSet
Corporate Knights
Syntao Green Finance
Susallwave
RKS
Governance Solutions Group
Nikkei
ESG Ratings Segment by Type
Issue-specific ESG scores
Category-specific ESG scores
General ESG scores
ESG Ratings Segment by Application
Supervision
Investment
Communication
ESG Ratings Segment by Region
North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries
Key Drivers & Barriers
High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.
Reasons to Buy This Report
1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global ESG Ratings market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of ESG Ratings and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of ESG Ratings.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of global and regional market size and CAGR for the history and forecast period (2021-2025, 2026-2031). It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 2: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 3: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 4: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 5: Detailed analysis of ESG Ratings companies' competitive landscape, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product introduction, revenue, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Concluding Insights of the report
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Scope & coverage.
Types
- Issue-specific ESG scores
- Category-specific ESG scores
- General ESG scores
Applications
- Supervision
- Investment
- Communication
Companies covered
- Morgan Stanley
- Morningstar, Inc.
- S&P Global
- FTSE Russell
- Bloomberg
- Moody's Corporation
- Hearst Communications, Inc.
- Deutsche Börse Group
- EcoVadis
- Arabesque
- Exceet Group
- London Stock Exchange Group
- HIP Investor
- FactSet
- Corporate Knights
- Syntao Green Finance
- Susallwave
- RKS
- Governance Solutions Group
- Nikkei
Inside the report.
1 Market Overview
- 1.1 Product Definition
- 1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 1.3 Global ESG Ratings Market Size Overview by Region 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 1.4 Global ESG Ratings Market Size by Region (2021-2032)
- 1.4.1 Global ESG Ratings Market Size by Region (2021-2026)
- 1.4.2 Global ESG Ratings Market Size by Region (2027-2032)
- 1.5 Key Regions ESG Ratings Market Size (2021-2032)
- 1.5.1 North America ESG Ratings Market Size Growth Rate (2021-2032)
- 1.5.2 Europe ESG Ratings Market Size Growth Rate (2021-2032)
- 1.5.3 Asia-Pacific ESG Ratings Market Size Growth Rate (2021-2032)
- 1.5.4 South America ESG Ratings Market Size Growth Rate (2021-2032)
- 1.5.5 Middle East & Africa ESG Ratings Market Size Growth Rate (2021-2032)
2 ESG Ratings Market by Type
- 2.1 Type Introduction
- 2.1.1 Issue-specific ESG scores
- 2.1.2 Category-specific ESG scores
- 2.1.3 General ESG scores
- 2.2 Global ESG Ratings Market Size by Type
- 2.2.1 Global ESG Ratings Market Size Overview by Type (2021-2032)
- 2.2.2 Global ESG Ratings Historic Market Size Review by Type (2021-2026)
- 2.2.3 Global ESG Ratings Market Size Forecasted by Type (2027-2032)
- 2.3 Global ESG Ratings Market Size by Regions
- 2.3.1 North America ESG Ratings Market Size Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 2.3.2 Europe ESG Ratings Market Size Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 2.3.3 Asia-Pacific ESG Ratings Market Size Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 2.3.4 South America ESG Ratings Market Size Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 2.3.5 Middle East and Africa ESG Ratings Market Size Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
3 ESG Ratings Market by Application
- 3.1 Type Introduction
- 3.1.1 Supervision
- 3.1.2 Investment
- 3.1.3 Communication
- 3.2 Global ESG Ratings Market Size by Application
- 3.2.1 Global ESG Ratings Market Size Overview by Application (2021-2032)
- 3.2.2 Global ESG Ratings Historic Market Size Review by Application (2021-2026)
- 3.2.3 Global ESG Ratings Market Size Forecasted by Application (2027-2032)
- 3.3 Global ESG Ratings Market Size by Regions
- 3.3.1 North America ESG Ratings Market Size Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 3.3.2 Europe ESG Ratings Market Size Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 3.3.3 Asia-Pacific ESG Ratings Market Size Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 3.3.4 South America ESG Ratings Market Size Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 3.3.5 Middle East and Africa ESG Ratings Market Size Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
4 Global Market Dynamics
- 4.1 ESG Ratings Industry Trends
- 4.2 ESG Ratings Industry Drivers
- 4.3 ESG Ratings Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 4.4 ESG Ratings Industry Restraints
5 Competitive Insights by Company
- 5.1 Global Top Players by ESG Ratings Revenue (2021-2026)
- 5.2 Global ESG Ratings Industry Company Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 5.3 Global ESG Ratings Key Company Headquarters & Area Served
- 5.4 Global ESG Ratings Company, Product Type & Application
- 5.5 Global ESG Ratings Company Commercialization Time
- 5.6 Market Competitive Analysis
- 5.6.1 Global ESG Ratings Market CR5 and HHI
- 5.6.2 Global Top 5 and 10 ESG Ratings Players Market Share by Revenue in 2025
- 5.6.3 2025 ESG Ratings Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
6 Company Profiles
- 6.1 Morgan Stanley
- 6.1.1 Morgan Stanley Company Information
- 6.1.2 Morgan Stanley Business Overview
- 6.1.3 Morgan Stanley ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.1.4 Morgan Stanley ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.1.5 Morgan Stanley Recent Developments
- 6.2 Morningstar, Inc.
- 6.2.1 Morningstar, Inc. Company Information
- 6.2.2 Morningstar, Inc. Business Overview
- 6.2.3 Morningstar, Inc. ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.2.4 Morningstar, Inc. ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.2.5 Morningstar, Inc. Recent Developments
- 6.3 S&P Global
- 6.3.1 S&P Global Company Information
- 6.3.2 S&P Global Business Overview
- 6.3.3 S&P Global ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.3.4 S&P Global ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.3.5 S&P Global Recent Developments
- 6.4 FTSE Russell
- 6.4.1 FTSE Russell Company Information
- 6.4.2 FTSE Russell Business Overview
- 6.4.3 FTSE Russell ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.4.4 FTSE Russell ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.4.5 FTSE Russell Recent Developments
- 6.5 Bloomberg
- 6.5.1 Bloomberg Company Information
- 6.5.2 Bloomberg Business Overview
- 6.5.3 Bloomberg ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.5.4 Bloomberg ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.5.5 Bloomberg Recent Developments
- 6.6 Moody's Corporation
- 6.6.1 Moody's Corporation Company Information
- 6.6.2 Moody's Corporation Business Overview
- 6.6.3 Moody's Corporation ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.6.4 Moody's Corporation ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.6.5 Moody's Corporation Recent Developments
- 6.7 Hearst Communications, Inc.
- 6.7.1 Hearst Communications, Inc. Company Information
- 6.7.2 Hearst Communications, Inc. Business Overview
- 6.7.3 Hearst Communications, Inc. ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.7.4 Hearst Communications, Inc. ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.7.5 Hearst Communications, Inc. Recent Developments
- 6.8 Deutsche Börse Group
- 6.8.1 Deutsche Börse Group Company Information
- 6.8.2 Deutsche Börse Group Business Overview
- 6.8.3 Deutsche Börse Group ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.8.4 Deutsche Börse Group ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.8.5 Deutsche Börse Group Recent Developments
- 6.9 EcoVadis
- 6.9.1 EcoVadis Company Information
- 6.9.2 EcoVadis Business Overview
- 6.9.3 EcoVadis ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.9.4 EcoVadis ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.9.5 EcoVadis Recent Developments
- 6.10 Arabesque
- 6.10.1 Arabesque Company Information
- 6.10.2 Arabesque Business Overview
- 6.10.3 Arabesque ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.10.4 Arabesque ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.10.5 Arabesque Recent Developments
- 6.11 Exceet Group
- 6.11.1 Exceet Group Company Information
- 6.11.2 Exceet Group Business Overview
- 6.11.3 Exceet Group ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.11.4 Exceet Group ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.11.5 Exceet Group Recent Developments
- 6.12 London Stock Exchange Group
- 6.12.1 London Stock Exchange Group Company Information
- 6.12.2 London Stock Exchange Group Business Overview
- 6.12.3 London Stock Exchange Group ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.12.4 London Stock Exchange Group ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.12.5 London Stock Exchange Group Recent Developments
- 6.13 HIP Investor
- 6.13.1 HIP Investor Company Information
- 6.13.2 HIP Investor Business Overview
- 6.13.3 HIP Investor ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.13.4 HIP Investor ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.13.5 HIP Investor Recent Developments
- 6.14 FactSet
- 6.14.1 FactSet Company Information
- 6.14.2 FactSet Business Overview
- 6.14.3 FactSet ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.14.4 FactSet ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.14.5 FactSet Recent Developments
- 6.15 Corporate Knights
- 6.15.1 Corporate Knights Company Information
- 6.15.2 Corporate Knights Business Overview
- 6.15.3 Corporate Knights ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.15.4 Corporate Knights ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.15.5 Corporate Knights Recent Developments
- 6.16 Syntao Green Finance
- 6.16.1 Syntao Green Finance Company Information
- 6.16.2 Syntao Green Finance Business Overview
- 6.16.3 Syntao Green Finance ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.16.4 Syntao Green Finance ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.16.5 Syntao Green Finance Recent Developments
- 6.17 Susallwave
- 6.17.1 Susallwave Company Information
- 6.17.2 Susallwave Business Overview
- 6.17.3 Susallwave ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.17.4 Susallwave ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.17.5 Susallwave Recent Developments
- 6.18 RKS
- 6.18.1 RKS Company Information
- 6.18.2 RKS Business Overview
- 6.18.3 RKS ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.18.4 RKS ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.18.5 RKS Recent Developments
- 6.19 Governance Solutions Group
- 6.19.1 Governance Solutions Group Company Information
- 6.19.2 Governance Solutions Group Business Overview
- 6.19.3 Governance Solutions Group ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.19.4 Governance Solutions Group ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.19.5 Governance Solutions Group Recent Developments
- 6.20 Nikkei
- 6.20.1 Nikkei Company Information
- 6.20.2 Nikkei Business Overview
- 6.20.3 Nikkei ESG Ratings Revenue, Global Share and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.20.4 Nikkei ESG Ratings Product Portfolio
- 6.20.5 Nikkei Recent Developments
7 North America
- 7.1 North America ESG Ratings Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.2 North America ESG Ratings Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 7.3 North America ESG Ratings Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
8 Europe
- 8.1 Europe ESG Ratings Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.2 Europe ESG Ratings Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 8.3 Europe ESG Ratings Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
9 Asia-Pacific
- 9.1 Asia-Pacific ESG Ratings Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 9.2 Asia-Pacific ESG Ratings Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 9.3 Asia-Pacific ESG Ratings Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
10 South America
- 10.1 South America ESG Ratings Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 10.2 South America ESG Ratings Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 10.3 South America ESG Ratings Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
11 Middle East & Africa
- 11.1 Middle East & Africa ESG Ratings Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 11.2 Middle East & Africa ESG Ratings Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 11.3 Middle East & Africa ESG Ratings Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
12 Concluding Insights
13 Appendix
- 13.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
- 13.2 Research Methodology
- 13.3 Research Process
- 13.4 Authors List of This Report
- 13.5 Data Source
- 13.5.1 Secondary Sources
- 13.5.2 Primary Sources
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