Assets under management in European exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded products (ETPs) went from $2.27trn at the end of December 2024 to $2.37trn at the end of January 2025.

ETFGI, a research and consulting firm, reported that “net inflows of $32.93bn in January are the highest January inflows on record.” January 2025 marked the “28th month of consecutive net inflows.” 

European ETF assets were collectively up by 84% compared to the end of 2020 and by 370% compared to a decade ago, ETFGI’s figures showed.

In addition to net inflows, European ETFs were buoyed by gains in developed market indices, including in the US (S&P 500 +2.78%), Germany (+9.04%) and Sweden (+8.81%).

Ishares had four of the top 10 European ETFs by net inflows in January 2025, while Vanguard had two and State Street’s SPDR, Amundi, DWS’s Xtrackers and UBS had one each.

There were a total of 3,127 European ETFs listed on 29 exchanges at the end of the month.

, or exchange-traded funds, and ETPs, or exchange-traded products, automatically track an index or type of financial asset, and can be bought or sold in real time on the stock market. Many investors put their savings in ETFs because they typically have lower management fees.