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      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>General Motors Co.</name>
        <lei>54930070NSV60J38I987</lei>
        <title>General Motors Co.</title>
        <cusip>37045V100</cusip>
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          <isin value="US37045V1008"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="37045V100"/>
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        <balance>19415.00000000</balance>
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        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>1446417.50000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.505121424275</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>FedEx Corp.</name>
        <lei>549300E707U7WNPZN687</lei>
        <title>FedEx Corp.</title>
        <cusip>31428X106</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US31428X1063"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="31428X106"/>
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        <balance>14386.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>5124005.48000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.789417610099</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Crown Holdings, Inc.</name>
        <lei>NYLWZIOY8PUNIT4JOE22</lei>
        <title>Crown Holdings, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>228368106</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US2283681060"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="228368106"/>
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        <balance>29402.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>2947550.50000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.029350728047</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>STAG Industrial, Inc.</name>
        <lei>549300QWYX2W6FASVQ07</lei>
        <title>STAG Industrial, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>85254J102</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US85254J1025"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="85254J102"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>33646.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>1213274.76000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.423702751666</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>EURO</name>
        <lei>N/A</lei>
        <title>EURO</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <other otherDesc="ISO Currency code" value="EUR"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>-0.01000000</balance>
        <units>OU</units>
        <descOthUnits>Currencies</descOthUnits>
        <currencyConditional curCd="EUR" exchangeRt="0.86516416"/>
        <valUSD>-0.01000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>-0.00000000349</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Short</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>STIV</assetCat>
        <issuerConditional desc="Foreign currencies" issuerCat="OTHER"/>
        <invCountry>XX</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Dominion Energy, Inc.</name>
        <lei>ILUL7B6Z54MRYCF6H308</lei>
        <title>Dominion Energy, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>25746U109</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US25746U1097"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="25746U109"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>66233.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>4094524.06000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.429899613990</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>CVS Health Corp.</name>
        <lei>549300EJG376EN5NQE29</lei>
        <title>CVS Health Corp.</title>
        <cusip>126650100</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US1266501006"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="126650100"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>85271.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>6124163.22000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>2.138695119621</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Carlyle Group, Inc. (The)</name>
        <lei>529900NGGVF94UK6PG95</lei>
        <title>Carlyle Group, Inc. (The)</title>
        <cusip>14316J108</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US14316J1088"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="14316J108"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>29100.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>1408149.00000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.491757205974</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.</name>
        <lei>54930032LHW54PQUJD44</lei>
        <title>Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>34964C106</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US34964C1062"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="34964C106"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>43534.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>1696519.98000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.592462818384</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Pound Sterling</name>
        <lei>N/A</lei>
        <title>Pound Sterling</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <other otherDesc="ISO Currency code" value="GBP"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>62974.12000000</balance>
        <units>OU</units>
        <descOthUnits>Currencies</descOthUnits>
        <currencyConditional curCd="GBP" exchangeRt="0.75551526"/>
        <valUSD>83352.55000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.029108579489</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>STIV</assetCat>
        <issuerConditional desc="Foreign currencies" issuerCat="OTHER"/>
        <invCountry>GB</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>British American Tobacco plc</name>
        <lei>213800FKA5MF17RJKT63</lei>
        <title>British American Tobacco plc</title>
        <cusip>110448107</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US1104481072"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="110448107"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>111640.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>6527590.80000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>2.279581076685</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>GB</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <loanByFundCondition isLoanByFund="Y" loanVal="6460935.00000000"/>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Lockheed Martin Corp.</name>
        <lei>DPRBOZP0K5RM2YE8UU08</lei>
        <title>Lockheed Martin Corp.</title>
        <cusip>539830109</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US5398301094"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="539830109"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>4115.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>2487064.85000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.868538813515</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Citizens Financial Group, Inc.</name>
        <lei>2138004JDDA4ZQUPFW65</lei>
        <title>Citizens Financial Group, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>174610105</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US1746101054"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="174610105"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>25087.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>1504467.39000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.525393747526</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Texas Instruments, Inc.</name>
        <lei>WDJNR2L6D8RWOEB8T652</lei>
        <title>Texas Instruments, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>882508104</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US8825081040"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="882508104"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>24179.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>4694111.06000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.639288839036</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.</name>
        <lei>6WQI0GK1PRFVBA061U48</lei>
        <title>Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.</title>
        <cusip>31620M106</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US31620M1062"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="31620M106"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>99124.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>4649906.84000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.623851734213</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>CSX Corp.</name>
        <lei>549300JVQR4N1MMP3Q88</lei>
        <title>CSX Corp.</title>
        <cusip>126408103</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US1264081035"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="126408103"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>28447.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>1167749.35000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.407804257670</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Henkel AG &amp; Co. KGaA</name>
        <lei>549300VZCL1HTH4O4Y49</lei>
        <title>Henkel AG &amp; Co. KGaA (Preference)</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="DE0006048432"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="S50767052"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>34396.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <currencyConditional curCd="EUR" exchangeRt="0.86516416"/>
        <valUSD>2657062.62000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.927905846690</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EP</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>DE</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>

        <fairValLevel>2</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
    </invstOrSecs>
    <explntrNotes>


      <explntrNote note="Monthly returns presented in B.5.a have been calculated without deducting any applicable sales loads or redemption fees." noteItem="B.5.a"/>



    </explntrNotes>
    <signature>
      <ncom:dateSigned>2026-03-31</ncom:dateSigned>
      <ncom:nameOfApplicant>BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc.</ncom:nameOfApplicant>
      <ncom:signature>Chuck Pulsfort</ncom:signature>
      <ncom:signerName>Chuck Pulsfort</ncom:signerName>
      <ncom:title>Assistant Treasurer</ncom:title>
    </signature>
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  <documents>XXXX</documents>
</edgarSubmission>
