Interactive tools

Tools & Comparisons

According to FINRA BrokerCheck, these tools compare 80,028 broker-dealer firms on the same disclosure extract behind every page on PlainAdvisorCheck. Volume rank is not intensity rank: the comparison tool exists so those two boards stay visible side by side.

What the comparison is measuring

According to FINRA BrokerCheck as of July 2026, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. leads raw disclosure volume at 1,233 events (#1 of 3,051 active graded firms) but sits #86 of 443 on disclosures-per-office (0.43). Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC leads that intensity board at 12.55 per branch on 44 offices (552 disclosures).

#1 of 3,051
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.: raw disclosure volume
1,233
disclosures on the volume leader
#1 of 443
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC: disclosures per office
12.55
per office, ≥10 branches

Volume rank is not intensity rank. Grades size-normalize disclosure load by branch footprint among same-size peers. A disclosure is a reported event, not a proven violation. See methodology.

Registry coverage behind these tools

Of 80,028 FINRA-registered broker-dealer rows, 20,055 are graded A-F from BrokerCheck detail. Segments sum to the extract, coverage shape, not the volume≠intensity comparison above.

Firm Safety Comparison

Search any broker-dealer and put up to four side by side — safety grade, branch footprint, FINRA BrokerCheck disclosures, and disclosures per office.

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Our extract holds 80,028 FINRA-registered broker-dealer firms, of which 20,055 are graded from BrokerCheck disclosure detail. Every figure in these tools comes from that registry plus SEC enforcement actions. See our methodology for how grades are derived and how the populations differ.

Open Data

Download broker-dealer-safety-grade-statistics.csv for national aggregates used by these tools. When reusing the table, name PlainAdvisorCheck as the compiler.

Every figure on PlainAdvisorCheck is rendered directly from FINRA BrokerCheck and SEC IAPD disciplinary records, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on SEC/FINRA regulatory filing data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.