Who owns the brokers: all 29 owner groups
29 companies own the brokers in our data. The 10 biggest are IG Group Holdings plc, Capital Com Group, Deriv Group (formerly Binary.com / Regent Markets), FXCM / Stratos Group International, HF Markets Group (HFM, formerly HotForex), OANDA Global Corporation, Octa (formerly OctaFX), RoboForex, Admirals Group AS, AvaTrade (Ava Trade Markets / AVA Trade EU). Each owner page lists its brands, companies, licences and regulator fines, with sources.
| Owner | Ownership | HQ | Brokers | Fines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IG Group Holdings plc | listed (LSE:IGG) | United Kingdom | 4 | 2 |
| Capital Com Group | private (Viktor Prokopenya via VP Capital, 100% since 2021) | Cyprus | 2 | 1 |
| Deriv Group (formerly Binary.com / Regent Markets) | private (founder-CEO Jean-Yves Sireau; ownership % not public) | Malta | 2 | |
| FXCM / Stratos Group International | subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group (via Stratos); majority sale to AvaTrade agreed Oct 2026, pending | United States | 2 | 2 |
| HF Markets Group (HFM, formerly HotForex) | private (owners not publicly confirmed) | Cyprus | 2 | |
| OANDA Global Corporation | private (FTMO, since 1 Dec 2025; previously CVC Asia Fund IV from 2018) | United States | 2 | 1 |
| Octa (formerly OctaFX) | private (owners not disclosed) | Cyprus | 2 | 1 |
| RoboForex | private (owners not publicly confirmed) | Belize | 2 | |
| Admirals Group AS | private (Alexander Tsikhilov ~76% directly and via DVF Group OÜ; bonds listed on Nasdaq Tallinn) | Estonia | 1 | |
| AvaTrade (Ava Trade Markets / AVA Trade EU) | private (founders Emanuel Kronitz and Negev Nosatski ~35% each as of 2025; reported sale of ~half to Zvika Barinboim group, completion not confirmed) | Ireland | 1 | |
| Axi (AxiCorp) | private (owners not publicly confirmed) | Australia | 1 | |
| CMC Markets plc | listed (LSE:CMCX) | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 |
| Eightcap | private (owners not publicly confirmed) | Australia | 1 | 1 |
| eToro Group Ltd | listed (NASDAQ:ETOR) | Israel | 1 | 2 |
| Exness Group | private (founders Petr Valov and Igor Lychagov; ownership chain not public) | Cyprus | 1 | 1 |
| FBS | private (founder Satthakarn Chuenkomol per Crunchbase/Wikipedia; not verified on Tier-1 source) | Belize | 1 | 1 |
| FP Markets (First Prudential Markets) | private (owners not publicly confirmed) | Australia | 1 | |
| FxPro Group Limited | private (owners not named on FxPro's own pages) | United Kingdom | 1 | |
| IC Markets | private (founder Andrew Budzinski, reportedly 100% via Bud Corporation) | Australia | 1 | 1 |
| Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. | listed (NASDAQ:IBKR) | United States | 1 | 1 |
| Pepperstone Group Limited | private (FX Group Holdings / Fiona Lock & Tamas Szabo group majority; founders Owen Kerr & Joe Davenport reported ~40%) | Australia | 1 | 3 |
| Plus500 Ltd | listed (LSE:PLUS) | Israel | 1 | 3 |
| Saxo Bank A/S | private (Bank J. Safra Sarasin ~71% since Mar 2026; deal for founder's remaining ~28.7% agreed Jul 2026, pending) | Denmark | 1 | 2 |
| Swissquote Group Holding Ltd | listed (SIX:SQN) | Switzerland | 1 | |
| ThinkMarkets (TF Global Markets) | private (owners not publicly confirmed) | Australia | 1 | |
| Tickmill Group | private (co-founders Ingmar and Illimar Mattus, with Nikolai Nikolajenko) | United Kingdom | 1 | |
| Vantage Markets | private (owners not publicly confirmed; founder reported as Christian Dove) | Australia | 1 | |
| XM Group (Trading Point) | private (owners not publicly confirmed) | Cyprus | 1 | |
| XTB S.A. | listed (WSE:XTB) | Poland | 1 | 2 |