Questions this answers

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QuestionPrimary fit
Organisation governance and role-based control

A BrokerCheck firm report identifies direct owners and executive officers with position, start date, ownership band, management/policy-control flag, and dated indirect ownership/control relationships, limited to CRD-reported control.

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Organisation legal ownership and voting interests

For a selected covered firm, BrokerCheck identifies direct owners/executives with ownership bands and control flags plus dated indirect relationships within CRD scope.

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Professional regulatory action and discipline

BrokerCheck reports disciplinary and regulatory proceedings with initiator, initiation date, case number, status, resolution, resolution date, and sanctions; pending matters remain labelled pending.

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Typed person-to-organisation affiliations

For a name- or CRD-selected individual, BrokerCheck reports current and former registered firms and Form U4 employment entries with organisation, role, and dates; stale “Present” employment after registration ends must be corroborated.

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Organisation licence and authority standing

BrokerCheck firm reports show current SEC, SRO, and state registration standing within the securities domain.

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Organisation regulatory actions

BrokerCheck firm reports expose regulatory events, suspensions, event status or resolution, and dated history for covered firms.

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Professional licence standing

No-fee name or CRD lookup reports current registrations or licences within BrokerCheck scope.

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Shared organisation principals and representatives

For a name- or CRD-resolved individual, BrokerCheck reports current and former registered firms and employment entries with roles and dates; covered firm reports identify direct owners and executive officers. Cross-resolution can identify firms sharing the same resolved covered principal without treating registration or employment as ownership.

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Civil judgment history

Qualifying civil disclosures identify final court findings or injunctions, filing date, final status, resolution date, and ordered relief for the selected individual; they are not an exhaustive judgment corpus.

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Civil litigation involvement

BrokerCheck reports qualifying investment-related civil judicial proceedings with initiator, court-action filing date, court/case details, allegations, status, resolution, and resolution date; coverage is limited by CRD reporting rules.

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Criminal case history

For reportable criminal disclosures on a selected securities professional, BrokerCheck supplies court, docket, charges and dates, plea, disposition, status, status date, and disposition date; it is not a comprehensive criminal search.

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Organisation judgment history

Qualifying firm civil disclosures can identify a rendered judgment, filing date, resolution date, and relief for the selected firm; affiliate-only events are excluded and coverage is supplemental.

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Organisation litigation history

BrokerCheck firm disclosures include qualifying civil proceedings with involved firm, initiator, court, docket, filing date, status, resolution, and resolution date. Affiliate-only events must not be attributed to the selected firm.

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Organisation public customer dispute history

BrokerCheck firm reports expose arbitration disclosure events for buyer-selected covered firms through a standing public lookup. This is supplemental securities-firm dispute evidence, not an insurance-producer complaint census; affiliate-only events must not be attributed to the selected entity.

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Person professional customer dispute history

BrokerCheck is a standing public arbitrary-name or CRD lookup whose individual reports disclose customer disputes for covered registered professionals. Coverage is limited to documented securities or advisory capacity and does not establish general insurance-producer complaint history.

Fields it delivers

32 fields
CoverageNational

BrokerCheck covers firms and professionals in the U.S. securities industry regulated by FINRA.

Access & termsFree

FINRA publishes BrokerCheck data for direct public download through its data catalogue without a subscription or per-download charge. The no-cost public download is the route an ordinary business buyer can use, subject to FINRA’s published terms.

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