In the United States, the number of shares outstanding may be obtained from quarterly filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
[9] In Italy, the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) provides on its website a register of issuers with latest total shares.
[10] Since outstanding shares are an essential detail of publicly traded companies the number can be found on the local stock exchange websites.
Beyond stock charts and listed prices, they also provide the companies' number of outstanding shares.
Examples include the Brazilian BM&FBOVESPA,[11] the Swiss SIX,[12] the Borsa Italiana[13] and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (where shares outstanding are termed "Capital Listed for Trading").