Licence map
Interactive Brokers
Last updated 2026-09-26Jump to the details ↓
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What you’d get, depending on where you live
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Licence hereFCA 208159Authorised
Signs you upNot checkedNot on record yet
Retail leverage capNot checked
If the firm failsNot checkedNot checked for this country
Min depositNot checked
PlatformsNot checked
Licence map
2 licences, 2 regulators
The protection comes from the licensed company that signs you up, not from the brand name.
- Step 1 · The brand"Interactive Brokers" is the name you see on the website.
- Step 2 · Where it's licensedEach licence is issued in a specific country.
- Step 3 · Who supervises itEach regulator has its own rules and safety net.
Not checkedWe haven’t yet recorded which Interactive Brokers company signs up residents of each country. A licence in your country doesn’t prove you’d be onboarded by that company.
Licences · FCA register · SEC register
Scores
Protection and conditions, never one number
How safe your money is and how good the deal is are different questions, so they get different scores.
Protection3.5 / 5
Licences and oversight3.5
ConditionsNot enough data
We need more checked facts before we score this. It is not a zero.
Protection weights
Licences and oversight100%
Conditions weights
Advertised costs30%
Funding20%
Platforms15%
Mobile app10%
Markets offered10%
Support10%
Research2.5%
Guides2.5%
Weights are re-balanced over the measures we have for this firm · scale 0–5
Details
The checked facts
Each block shows where it came from and when we read it. “Not checked” means we haven’t. It doesn’t mean “no”.
Not checked yetAccounts · Advertised costs · Funding methods · Platforms and apps · Security · Account opening · Markets · Support · Non-trading fees. We haven’t read these for Interactive Brokers yet, which isn’t the same as “none”.
Licences
Every licence on record
2026-09-23United KingdomAuthorised
2026-09-23United StatesAuthorised
Status as of each check. “Not verified” means nobody has checked that register yet. Status changes are recorded from 1 October 2026; a licence with no entries has no recorded history, which doesn’t mean it never changed.