List of Financial Brokers in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 75,152 financial brokers in the USA, one in every 850 US companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 1,583 firms employ 50 people or more. One in nine financial brokers is based in New York, Houston, Dallas, Chicago and Miami. Below you find the largest financial brokers in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

75,152 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies75,1521 in850 US companiesCities6,304Largest cityNew York 4,348Sole traders3%Employees1-4 (82%)Revenue$100-500K (66%)Email38%Phone66%Website51%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	The Goldman Sachs Group INC	USA	New York	200 West St	New York	10282	goldmansachs.*****	1998	$125,097,000,000	46,530	Corporation	450	2923466
2	Morgan Stanley	USA	New York	1585 Broadway	New York	10036	morganstanley.*****	1981	$119,662,000,000	80,000	Corporation	1635	0923632
3	Galaxy Digital INC.	USA	New York	300 Vesey St	New York	10282-5803	galaxy.*****	2018	$61,355,667,000	700	Corporation	N/A	5866067
4	The Charles Schwab CORPORATION	USA	Westlake	3000 Schwab Way	Harris	76262-8104	schwab.*****	1986	$23,921,000,000	33,000	Corporation	1276	2108673
5	Jones Financial Companies, L.l.l.p.	USA	Des Peres	12555 Manchester Rd	St. Louis County	63131-3710	edwardjones.*****	1987	$17,897,000,000	55,000	Partnership of unknown type	15295	LP0000443
6	Lpl Financial Holdings INC.	USA	San Diego	4707 Executive Dr	San Diego	92121	lpl.*****	1989	$16,989,479,000	10,000	Corporation	744	4050142
7	Charles Schwab & CO., INC.	USA	Westlake	3000 Schwab Way	Harris	76262-8104	aboutschwab.*****	1987	$16,161,000,000	5,000	Corporation	1276	N/A
8	Raymond James Financial, INC.	USA	St. Petersburg	880 Carillon Pkwy	Pinellas	33716-1100	raymondjames.*****	1962	$15,912,000,000	19,500	Corporation	3230	444750
9	Morgan Stanley & CO. LLC	USA	New York	1585 Broadway	New York	10036-8293	morganstanley.*****	1935	$14,100,430,827	27,838	Corporation	1635	0735211
10	Jefferies Financial Group INC.	USA	New York	520 Madison Ave	New York	10022-4344	jefferies.*****	1962	$10,823,677,000	7,787	Corporation	253	223833
11	Interactive Brokers Group, INC.	USA	Greenwich	1 Pickwick Plz	Ct	06830-5551	interactivebrokers.*****	1977	$10,424,000,000	3,182	Corporation	50	4251887
12	The Charles Schwab Family Of Funds	USA	San Francisco	211 Main St	San Francisco	94105-1901	schwab.*****	2021	$7,651,350,396	5	Corporation	1276	N/A
13	Ubs Securities LLC	USA	New York	11 Madison Ave	New York	10010-3643	ubs.*****	1996	$5,968,182,828	4,300	Corporation	1796	2561817
14	Raymond James & Associates INC	USA	St. Petersburg	880 Carillon Pkwy	Pinellas	33716-1100	raymondjames.*****	1974	$5,331,000,000	10,000	Corporation	3230	341815
15	Evercore INC.	USA	New York	55 E 52nd St Fl 38	New York	10055-0023	evercore.*****	1996	$3,855,820,000	2,570	Corporation	57	4006016
16	Virtu Financial, INC.	USA	New York	1633 Broadway	New York	10019	virtu.*****	2008	$3,632,118,000	1,027	Corporation	47	5417315
17	Cantor Fitzgerald L P	USA	New York	499 Park Ave	New York	10022-1240	cantor.*****	1992	$3,318,116,343	8,800	Partnership of unknown type	498	2310515
18	Western & Southern Mutual Holding Company	USA	Cincinnati	400 Broadway St	Hamilton	45202-3312	westernsouthern.*****	2000	$3,302,147,000	4,000	Corporation	195	1181732
19	Citigroup Global Markets Holdings INC.	USA	New York	388 Greenwich St	New York	10013-2362	citigroup.*****	1997	$3,251,368,280	39,000	Corporation	7099	424942
20	Navient CORPORATION	USA	Herndon	13865 Sunrise Valley Dr Ste 110	Fairfax County	20171-6188	navient.*****	1973	$3,199,000,000	670	Corporation	49	5427680
21	Bgc Group, INC.	USA	New York	499 Park Ave	New York	10022-1876	bgcg.*****	2023	$2,941,460,000	4,560	Corporation	313	5570842
22	H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C.	USA	Miami	1450 Brickell Ave Fl 31	Miami-dade	33131-3460	hig.*****	1998	$2,812,407,752	3,371	Corporation	585	2927221
23	GWL&A Financial INC.	USA	Greenwood Village	8515 E Orchard Rd	Arapahoe	80111-5002	empower.*****	2014	$2,753,272,000	6,600	Corporation	1087	2943336
24	Robinhood Markets, INC.	USA	Menlo Park	85 Willow Rd	San Mateo	94025-3656	robinhood.*****	2013	$2,628,000,000	2,958	Corporation	20	5417648
25	Royalty Pharma PLC	USA	New York	110 E 59th St	New York	10022-1382	royaltypharma.*****	1996	$2,378,193,000	100	Corporation	5	N/A

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Largest financial brokers in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in New York, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Morgan Stanley is the largest financial broker in the USA by headcount. 1,583 firms employ 50 people or more; 791 employ 100 or more.

1New York80,069 staff
2Des Peres55,000 staff
3New York46,000 staff
4New York39,000 staff
5Westlake33,000 staff
6New York32,400 staff
7Canton16,000 staff
8Weehawken15,505 staff
9Indianapolis13,840 staff
10St. Petersburg10,000 staff

By employee size · 75,046 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	61,712	82%
5-9	7,224	10%
10-19	2,809	4%
20-49	1,718	2%
50-99	792	1%
100-199	462	0.6%
200-499	183	0.2%
500-999	81	0.1%
1,000+	65	<0.1%

82% have 1 to 4 people; 1,718 have 20 to 49; 1,583 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	10,814	22%
$100K-$500K	32,657	66%
$500K-$1M	2,186	4%
$1M-$5M	2,948	6%
$5M-$10M	293	0.6%
$10M-$50M	279	0.6%
$50M-$100M	81	0.2%
$100M-$500M	77	0.2%
$500M+	70	0.1%

66% between $100,000 and $500,000; 2,948 between $1M and $5M; 800 above $5M.

Where in the USA?

New York has the most financial brokers in the USA (4,348), ahead of Houston (1,206), Dallas (1,018), Chicago (933) and Miami (677). Together the five hold one in nine of them. Relative to their size, Greenwich, New York and Boston have the most: 3.8 to 7.1 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

6,304 US cities have at least one financial broker; 1,417 have ten or more; 1,959 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Financial brokers per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.12. Greenwich has 7.1 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By county 1,512 counties

County	Firms	%
New York	4,350	6%
Los Angeles	2,044	3%
Harris	1,450	2%
Cook	1,398	2%
Orange	1,394	2%
Dallas	1,365	2%
Ct	1,219	2%
Maricopa	1,164	2%
Miami-Dade	1,081	1%
Suffolk	889	1%

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How many financial brokers are there in the USA?

Financial brokers in the USA

75,152

21 October 2026

There are 75,152 financial brokers in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 850 US companies. About 6 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,159 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 47,509 63%
Head offices: 1,983
Branch offices: 25,660

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 6211.

30,331 of the 75,152 are corporations and LLCs (40%); 2,261 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Financial brokers in New York

New York has 4,348 financial brokers, 0.6% of all 732,093 New York companies and 405% above the national share. Two in three New York firms have fewer than five people; 244 have 50 or more. 16 new firms were entered in 2026, 296 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 2,904 · 67%
5-9: 629 · 14%
10-19: 312 · 7%
20-49: 256 · 6%
50+: 244 · 6%

Legal form

Sole traders: 26 · 0.6%
Partnerships: 397 · 9%
Corporations and LLCs: 2,296 · 53%
Other or none: 1,629 · 37%

Of the US total: 5.8%
Of all New York companies: 0.6%
Against the national share: 5.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 16
Entered 2025: 56
Of USA's 2026 entries: 1.4%

Old

Before 1990: 296 · 7%
1990 or later: 4,052 · 93%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 9.7%

Reachable

Email: 1,577 · 36%
Phone: 2,910 · 67%
Website: 2,401 · 55%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 347 · 9%
$100K-$500K: 1,850 · 47%
$500K-$1M: 323 · 8%
$1M and more: 1,458 · 37%

Largest

180,069
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Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 75,046 US financial brokers with a known headcount, 61,712 (82%) have one to four people, 7,224 have five to nine, 4,527 have ten to 49 and 1,583 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (32,657, 66%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 1068,936 92%
Small 10 to 494,527 6%
Medium 50 to 2491,437 2%
Large 250+146 0.2%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

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firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 507 more than $10 million.

1,159

firms were entered in 2026.

Newcomers in the USA in 2026

1,159 financial brokers were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 6 a working day, after 1,961 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

1,4802022
1,4922023
1,4222024
1,9612025
1,1592026 so far

1,140 of this year's 1,159 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1New York652 staff
2San Francisco330 staff
3San Francisco300 staff
4Columbus60 staff
5New York30 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 6 insurance agents for every financial broker in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Insurance Agents	461,655	53%	86%
Insurance Companies	139,201	23%	88%
Financial Brokers	75,152	51%	82%
Finance Companies	31,646	63%	83%
Debt Collection Agencies	14,834	31%	79%
Pension Funds	2,938	50%	72%

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How reachable are they?

Financial brokers are easier to reach than the average US company: 66% list a phone number and 51% a website.

Email28,659 38%
Phone49,431 66%
Website38,530 51%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in thirty-three US financial brokers work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Two in five are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders2,2613%
Partnerships2,0743%
Corporations and LLCs30,33140%
No form on record or other40,48654%

Single-site: 63%
Head offices: 1,983
Branches: 25,660

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 16 US financial brokers from before 1900, 183 from before 1950 and 3,067 from before 1990.

1854
1. Lexington
1863
1. Richmond
1863
1. Fall River
1866
1. Norwalk
1868
1. New York
1869
1. New York

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US financial brokers date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many financial brokers are there in the USA?

There are 75,152 financial brokers in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 850 US companies.

Which is the largest financial broker in the USA?

Morgan Stanley in New York, with 80,069 staff. By revenue The Goldman Sachs Group in New York leads with $125.1 billion a year.

Which US city has the most financial brokers?

New York, with 4,348, ahead of Houston (1,206), Dallas (1,018), Chicago (933) and Miami (677). Relative to its size, Greenwich has the most: 7.1 times the national share.

How many financial brokers are there in New York?

4,348, which is 0.6% of all 732,093 New York companies and 405% above the national share.

How big is a typical financial broker?

Small. 82% of the 75,046 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 1,583 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are US financial brokers sole traders or companies?

One in thirty-three (2,261) are sole traders, 3% are partnerships and 40% (30,331) are corporations and LLCs.

How many financial brokers started in 2026?

1,159 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 1,961 in 2025. 1,140 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest financial broker in the USA?

Hilliard Lyons in Lexington, 1854, followed by Davenport & Company in Richmond (1863) and Richard Wolfson in Fall River (1863). 16 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers financial brokers?

Our platform filters them on SIC 6211 (security brokers, dealers, and flotation companies).

Can I download the full list?

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