Global Gold Vault Stock (in metric tons) - May 2026
Market | This month | Last month | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| LBMA (Total) | 9,392 | 9,372 | 20 |
| ETFs (LBMA vaults) | 2,294 | ? | ? |
| LBMA Free Float (LBMA-ETFs) | 7,098 | ? | ? |
| COMEX | 880 | ? | ? |
| ETFs (NYC Vaults) | 94 | ? | ? |
| COMEX-SLV (free float) | 786 | ? | ? |
| SFE/SGE | ? | ? | ? |
Gold Vault Stock Free Float Calculations
I'm just starting to watch this closely, so it's possible that I missed some ETPs that are vaulting gold in the LBMA's London vaults, but I collected data from the following ETPs for this month:
GLD (London)
iShares Gold Trust (IAU)
iShares Gold Trust Micro (IAUM)
Aberdeen ETF
GraniteShares Gold Trust
Goldman Sachs ETF (AAAU)
Invesco Physical Gold ETP
iShares Physical Gold ETC (SGLN)
WisdomTree Physical Gold (PHAU)
WisdomTree Core Physical Gold (WGLD)
WisdomTree PHPM/PHPP
Xtrackers IE Physical Gold ETC Securities
Xtrackers Physical Gold ETC (EUR)
Xtrackers Physical Gold EUR Hedged ETC
Xtrackers IE Physical Gold EUR Hedged ETC Securities
Xtrackers IE Physical Gold GBP Hedged ETC Securities
Xtrackers Physical Gold ETC
Xtrackers Physical Gold GBP Hedged ETC
Global X Gold
Amundi Physical Gold ETC
GLD comprises 44% of the ETP total.
Similarly, I only found two ETPs carrying vault stock in COMEX's NYC vaults (GLD & IAU).
I'm not sure if SHFE or GLD data is publicly available. I haven't found it yet.
Global Free Float Observations
Using the LBMA's report, the West has an upper bound of ~7,884 metric tons of free float vault stock at the LBMA + COMEX (not owned by ETPs).
7,884t = 253,476,500 ozt x $4,500/ozt = $1.14T
Sources:
LBMA: https://www.lbma.org.uk/prices-and-data/london-vault-data
LBMA ETFs: I gathered the totals in a spreadsheet myself on May 30.
COMEX: I am saving COMEX gold stock reports and tracking the totals in a spreadsheet now.