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Free tools built on the same official FINRA BrokerCheck and SEC data behind every page on PlainAdvisorCheck — compare 80,028 broker-dealer firms on the metrics that decide safety.

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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According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's BrokerCheck database and the Securities and Exchange Commission's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure system, more than 27,000 broker-dealer firms were on file as of June 2026. Every figure in these tools comes straight from those two registries. See our methodology for how grades are derived.

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.