Center for Research in Securities Prices

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The Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) is a provider of historical stock market data.

The CRSP was founded in the 1960s by James H. Lorie, a professor of Business Administration, with a grant from Merrill Lynch Fenner & Pierce. The Center is a part of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago. CRSP maintains some of the largest and most comprehensive proprietary historical databases in stock market research. Academic researchers and investment professionals rely on CRSP for accurate, survivor bias-free information which provides a foundation for their research and analyses. As of 2006, CRSP claims almost 500 clients.

CRSP's flagship databases include: common stocks on the NYSE from 1926, AMEX from 1962, and NASDAQ from 1972; CRSP Indices; NASDAQ and S&P 500 Composite Indices; NASDAQ and AMEX Industry Indices; US Treasury Bonds; Survivor Bias-Free Mutual Funds; market capitalization reports; proxy graphs for 10-K SEC filings; and other custom datasets. In partnership with Compustat, CRSP provides the CRSP/Compustat Merged Database, and in partnership with the Ziman School of Real Estate at UCLA's Anderson School of Business, the CRSP/Ziman REIT Data Series.