Public registries · United States · Agency detail
Investor.gov — Investor.gov (SEC Office of Investor Education and Advocacy)
Parent: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Domains in this note: investor.gov, sec.gov.
What they regulate
Investor.gov is the SEC’s investor-education and advocacy portal (OIEA). It helps the public understand securities risks and find register tools — it is not itself a broker-dealer or investment-adviser licence register. Use SEC/FINRA primary tools to verify firms. Indexed ≠ endorsed.
Always prefer the live .gov site over a third-party mirror. Index ≠ endorsement.
How to verify
- Investor.gov home — SEC investor education and advocacy — not a substitute for BrokerCheck or Form ADV.
- Check a broker / adviser tools — Prefer live investor.gov and SEC register links over mirrors.
Official portal: https://www.investor.gov/
BrokerMafia vertical bridges
Related — not .gov
- FINRA BrokerCheck — FINRA is not a .gov site — still the common broker-dealer lookup.
Questions this page answers
Is Investor.gov a licence register?
No. It is education/advocacy. Confirm broker-dealers and advisers on SEC and FINRA primary tools.
Investor.gov vs SEC.gov EDGAR?
Investor.gov is consumer-facing education; EDGAR and SEC firm searches are filing/register surfaces.
Is a BrokerMafia agency page an endorsement?
No. Index ≠ endorsement. BrokerMafia is not a government agency and does not issue licenses.
Where is the full .gov directory?
https://brokermafia.com/usa/ — with JSON/CSV downloads that include the full local SLD inventory from CISA.
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