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Interactive Brokers regulation and licences

interactivebrokers.com

An automated electronic broker giving clients access to stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds and funds on more than 170 exchanges and market centres. Its parent, Interactive Brokers Group, Inc., is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker IBKR.

Ownership
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR), controlled through IBG Holdings LLC by its founder and chairman, Thomas Peterffy
Headquarters
Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Regulated entities
9 companies, 9 regulators
Last checked
10 October 2026

Regulated entities

EntityRegulatorJurisdictionLicence
Interactive Brokers LLCSEC, FINRA, CFTC and NFAUnited StatesSEC broker-dealer 8-47257; FINRA CRD 36418
Interactive Brokers (U.K.) LimitedFCAUnited KingdomFRN 208159
Interactive Brokers Ireland LimitedCentral Bank of IrelandIrelandReference C423427
Interactive Brokers Canada Inc.CIROCanadaCIRO member; Canadian Investor Protection Fund member
Interactive Brokers Australia Pty LtdASICAustraliaAFSL 453554
Interactive Brokers Hong Kong LimitedSFCHong KongSFC licensed corporation
Interactive Brokers Securities Japan Inc.Kanto Local Finance Bureau (JFSA)JapanRegistration No. 187
Interactive Brokers Singapore Pte. Ltd.MASSingaporeCMS licence CMS100917
Interactive Brokers India Pvt. Ltd.SEBIIndiaSEBI registration INZ000217730

As disclosed by the firm; last checked 10 October 2026 (see sources). Licences were independently verified in audit TBR-A-2026-024.

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