There's no debating that 2026 has been a stellar year thus far for IPO activity, with 331 new filings YTD (as of September 8). Following two years in the deep freeze and a tepid, watching-and-waiting recovery, Wall Street's primary issuance desk is

Dodging The September Slump: Inside The 2026 IPO Rebound

Summary

• 2026 is pacing toward the strongest IPO performance since the 2021 boom, logging 331 new filings and 280 completed offerings YTD, already exceeding full Q1–Q3 levels from 2025.
• Only 10 companies have withdrawn their IPO applications so far in 2026, a drastic drop from the 157 capitulation withdrawals seen during the 2022 rate shock.
• Anthropic’s rumored timeline shift into October is a tactical move to bypass September’s historical seasonality, inflation prints, and Fed rate decision, setting up a potential green light for mega-cap peers like OpenAI to follow before year-end.

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