How many SFC-licensed firms and people are there in Hong Kong?
The Hong Kong SFC public register currently lists this many licensed corporations and licensed individuals. It is the headline measure of the city’s regulated securities and futures industry.
5,794
Licensed corporations
136,395
Licensed individuals
The numbers
CompaniesIndividuals
Source: SFC public register, compiled by SFC Radar. Figures update as the register is re-scraped.
How to use this data
- Market sizing — gauge the total addressable market of licensed firms and professionals before entering or investing.
- Benchmarking — frame any single firm or person against the whole population.
- Research & journalism — a sourced, dated headcount of HK’s regulated finance workforce.
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