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Market Insights

Aggregate statistics across Hong Kong’s SFC public register — what activities firms and individuals are licensed for, how the market has grown, and licence status at a glance.

How to read & use these statistics

This page turns the raw register into a market map. A few ways to use it:

Regulated-activity breakdown — which licence types have the most active firms and people. Read it as demand and competition for each business line.
Activity trend (below) — whether each activity is growing or shrinking. Useful for timing a new licence application or a hiring push.
Licensing growth per year — overall market maturity; bursts usually follow regulatory changes (e.g. the 2003 SFO migration, the 2023+ virtual-asset regime).
Licence breadth — specialists (1 activity) vs full-service houses (4+). Helps position a firm or read a competitor.
Disciplinary actions over time — the enforcement climate, i.e. compliance risk in the sector.
Market concentration — how dominated each role market is by the biggest firms (reps cluster at large brokers; ROs are spread widely).

Handy for investors sizing up a firm to buy or build, job-seekers spotting where the roles are, and compliance teams benchmarking.