emperor-mew/finra-firms

FINRA BrokerCheck firms (broker-dealers + registered investment advisers)

13,285 broker-dealers and registered investment advisers (RIAs) indexed by FINRA. BrokerCheck is presented as a search-UI-only product at brokercheck.finra.org; the backing JSON API isn't documented anywhere. The disclosure_fl=Y flag is the regulatory red-flag tripwire that KYC vendors charge $50k+/yr for. 922 firms flagged.

Live API

This dataset is served via a live REST API at api.ai-analytics.org. The card you're reading exists so HuggingFace's index can route AI agents + researchers to the canonical source.

• API endpoint: https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/finra/firms/check
• Dataset landing page: https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/finra-firms
• DataCatalog (JSON-LD): https://api.ai-analytics.org/.well-known/dataset.json
• DCAT-US (data.gov-compatible): https://api.ai-analytics.org/data.json

Quick start

# Recent records (JSON)
curl 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/finra/firms/check?limit=10'

# Browse on the web
open 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/finra-firms'

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

This dataset is also accessible via MCP at https://api.ai-analytics.org/mcp — Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP-compatible agents can call it directly.

Source

• Agency: FINRA / Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
• Primary source: https://brokercheck.finra.org/
• License: CC0 1.0 Universal (derived data). Underlying federal works are US public domain under 5 USC 105 / 17 USC 105.
• Update cadence: Per agency (most refresh daily via Cloudflare Cron Trigger)

Keywords

FINRA, BrokerCheck, broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, RIA, regulatory disclosure, financial advisor

Citation

@misc{ai_analytics_finra_firms_2026,
  title  = {{name}},
  author = {AI Analytics},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/finra-firms},
  note   = {Derived from FINRA / Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. License: CC0 1.0.}
}

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