{ "schemaVersion": 1, "organisationId": "O-ea9cff3c45ad4ed19b634756ee1bfd92", "slug": "cme-group", "name": "CME GROUP INC.", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T09:50:41.388057Z", "sections": [ { "type": "OVERVIEW", "text": "CME Group Inc. operates a global derivatives marketplace, providing futures and options trading, clearing and related transaction services, market data, and fixed-income and foreign-exchange trading venues. Its major product areas include interest rates, equity indexes, energy, agriculture, metals and foreign exchange. The company describes its purpose as “where the world comes to manage risk.” [https://www.cmegroup.com/company/about-us.html]\n\nFor the year ended December 31, 2025, CME Group reported revenue of $6.52 billion. [T3156132][https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000115637526000009/cme-20251231.htm] It was headquartered in Chicago, with European headquarters in London, and reported approximately 3,875 employees worldwide at year-end. Its electronic market access reached customers in more than 150 countries. [P40705771][https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000115637526000009/cme-20251231.htm][https://www.cmegroup.com/company/history/global-offices.html]\n[T3156132][P40705771][https://www.cmegroup.com/company/about-us.html][https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1156375/000115637526000009/cme-20251231.htm][https://www.cmegroup.com/company/history/global-offices.html]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T09:50:41.388057Z" }, { "type": "PRODUCTS", "text": "CME Group offers futures and options across interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, agricultural commodities, energy and metals. Named contracts include Three-Month SOFR futures, whose contract unit is $2,500 multiplied by the contract-grade IMM Index, and WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil futures, with a 1,000-barrel contract size and a $0.01-per-barrel minimum tick. E-mini S&P 500 futures are sized at $50 multiplied by the index value. 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The company also offers real-time and historical market data, derived pricing, analytics, research and education tools, and benchmark products including CME Term SOFR and Term €STR Reference Rates. [P116554459][P84611307][P26464824][P70869133][P44773306][P44990855]\n\nIn 2025, clearing and transaction fees represented about 81% of total revenue, while market data accounted for about 12%. Among product lines, interest rates contributed about 26%, equity indexes 18%, energy 12%, agricultural commodities 10%, metals 5% and foreign exchange 3% of total revenue. Percentages are calculated from the reported 2025 revenue figures. 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[https://www.cmegroup.com/investor-relations/files/statement-on-modern-slavery.pdf]\n\nThe company does not report revenue by country or region in the cited filings. Its 2025 Form 10-K instead reports income before tax of $4,807.6 million in the United States and $522.9 million in foreign jurisdictions—approximately 90.2% and 9.8% of the total, respectively; these figures are not revenue shares. [T441096] CME reported 2025 international average daily trading volume of 8.4 million contracts, including 6.1 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and 1.9 million in Asia Pacific (APAC). [https://www.cmegroup.com/media-room/press-releases/2026/1/08/cme_group_internationalaveragedailyvolumereachesrecord84millionc.html] Its BrokerTec markets serve fixed-income and money-market trading across the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom and other international markets. 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[P115983008][P86079010]\n\nFor FY2025, CME’s revenue categories were clearing and transaction fees of $5,281.1 million (approximately 81.0% of total revenue), market data and information services of $803.1 million (12.3%), and other revenue of $436.4 million (6.7%), on total revenue of $6,520.6 million. These percentages describe revenue categories, not separate business segments. The single reported segment’s net income was $4,072.2 million; CME does not disclose segment contributions by individual product family. [T7111932][P98876396]\n[P115983008][P86079010][T7111932][P98876396]", "updatedAt": "2026-10-04T09:50:41.388057Z" }, { "type": "HISTORY", "text": "CME Group traces its origins to the Chicago Butter and Egg Board, formed in 1898; the organization became the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1919. [https://www.cmegroup.com/education/courses/introduction-to-futures/midwest-grain-trade-history-of-futures-exchanges] It introduced foreign-currency futures in 1972 and launched Eurodollar futures in 1981. Globex electronic trading began in 1992, followed by the E-mini S&P 500 contract in 1997. [https://www.cmegroup.com/stories/_files/longdesc/timeline.html] [https://investor.cmegroup.com/news-releases/news-release-details/cme-celebrates-25th-anniversary-benchmark-cme-eurodollar-futures] [https://www.cmegroup.com/content/dam/cmegroup/education/files/globex-retrospective-2012-06-12.pdf] [https://www.cmegroup.com/company/product-anniversaries.html]\n\nCME completed its initial public offering in December 2002. [https://www.cmegroup.com/investor-relations/investor-faqs.html] Its 2007 merger with the Chicago Board of Trade created CME Group; in 2008, CME Group acquired NYMEX Holdings, adding NYMEX and COMEX. 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