Question: how many years did it take the stock market to recover after 2008?
Answer: How Many Months Did It Take For The Market To Recover To The Pre-Crisis Peak? The markets took about 25 years to recover to their pre-crisis peak after bottoming out during the Great Depression. In comparison, it took about 4 years after the Great Recession of 2007-08 and a similar amount of time after the 2000s crash.