Arizona
Broker-dealer firm disciplinary records from FINRA BrokerCheck
Data updated July 2026
Arizona at a glance
As of July 2026, Arizona registers 25 broker-dealer firms on FINRA BrokerCheck - 17 carry a clean record and 148 disclosures are on file statewide.
- 25
- registered firms
- 17
- with a clean record (Grade A)
- 148
- total disclosures statewide
- 5.9
- disclosures per firm (avg)
How Arizona ranks
A state's raw firm count and its disciplinary clean-record rate measure two different things, and they do not always move together. A jurisdiction can host a large number of broker-dealer firms simply because it is a major financial hub, while a smaller state with far fewer registered firms can post a cleaner disciplinary record in relative terms, or vice versa. Comparing both rankings side by side, rather than looking at either figure in isolation, gives a fuller picture of what is actually happening on the ground in a given state.
By firm count, Arizona is #21 of 56 states and territories. By clean-record rate (Grade A share, among the 33 states with at least 10 registered firms, a floor that keeps a state with only a handful of firms from swinging to an extreme rate on a tiny sample), it ranks #7 of 33. These ranks diverge notably -- a smaller firm footprint here still carries a comparatively strong clean-record rate. Neither ranking implies wrongdoing on its own; always review an individual firm's own size-normalized grade before drawing a conclusion about it specifically.
Grade Distribution
How Arizona's 25 graded broker-dealers split across the size-normalized A-F safety scale.
Firms by Disclosure Count
Inside Arizona's Broker-Dealer Landscape
Arizona has 25 actively registered broker-dealer firms in FINRA's public register, of which 17 (68.0%) carry a clean Grade-A record with no reportable BrokerCheck disclosures.
The state's aggregate disciplinary footprint totals 148 disclosures on BrokerCheck, averaging 5.9 per firm. Grade distribution across Arizona's broker-dealers: 17 graded A, 7 graded B, 0 graded C, 0 graded D, and 1 graded F. That means 68.0% of graded firms hold an A and 4.0% fall into the D or F bands.
Grades reflect our internal model weighing disclosure volume against firm size and scope; they are editorial signals, not FINRA ratings. Disclosure totals on BrokerCheck represent reported events, not proven violations, large multistate firms headquartered in Arizona will naturally carry more disclosures than small single-office firms. This page is informational only and is not financial, legal, or investment advice. Before hiring any Arizona advisor, confirm the firm's current record at FINRA BrokerCheck and review the specific representative's individual CRD report.
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