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Firm Total revenueFee revenue ▼Excess net capitalOperating expenses
1LPL Financial LLC$5,188,400,000$2,766,008,000$100,100,000$4,470,740,342
2Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC$4,804,002,854$2,638,804,78400
3Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC dba-Commonwealth Financial Network$1,425,306,063$976,195,820$69,487,4330
4Northwestern Mutual $1,219,479,000$786,939,000$31,276,8690
5Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.$906,665,662$509,612,090$1,862,175$860,066,326
6MML Investors Services, LLC$1,126,611,001$443,746,61300
7Kestra Financial, Inc$549,198,316$303,041,16700
8Securities America Inc.$700,700,000$299,300,000$8,900,0000
9Waddell & Reed Financial Advisors$522,793,569$259,863,842$56,859,0000
10Royal Alliance Associates Inc.$603,933,811$255,654,1980$82,882,692
11Cetera Advisor Networks$619,547,036$247,597,40800
12Equitable Advisors, LLC$913,766,249$237,451,393$17,474,857$839,351,631
13Lincoln Financial Network$782,425,686$217,746,81600
14Lincoln Investment Planning, LLC$336,840,000$199,932,000$18,420,000$79,102,299
15Voya Financial Advisors Inc.$458,805,517$170,595,490$48,736,2490
16Cetera Advisors$367,399,446$164,802,16200
17Avantax Investment Services, Inc.$373,173,600$164,353,527$3,665,758$68,071,711
18SagePoint Financial Inc.$405,712,335$136,968,0120$60,443,995
19Securian Financial Services Inc.$368,628,320$136,120,96100
20Triad Advisors, LLC$132,133,009$124,065,940$7,265,8760
21American Portfolios Financial Services Inc.$218,210,687$109,063,912$9,800,000$27,369,348
22FSC Securities Corp.$305,578,221$108,596,3870$46,959,453
23Geneos Wealth Management Inc.$132,288,399$98,751,679$1,107,2670
24Woodbury Financial Services$373,562,068$97,583,8090$61,341,896
25Park Avenue Securities LLC$213,712,000$87,087,00000
26Principal Securities, Inc. $316,187,460$80,468,487$11,382,0940
27First Allied Securities, Inc.$239,977,492$79,357,65400
28Cetera Financial Specialists$157,742,605$78,914,30500
29United Planners Financial Services$131,918,119$76,594,825$5,108,857$124,993,813
30Independent Financial Group, LLC$174,207,800$73,559,40000
31PlanMember Securities Corp.$97,311,000$71,573,000$5,100,0000
32KMS Financial Services, Inc.$122,780,641$60,795,192$7,128,658$117,203,696
33Summit Brokerage Services, Inc.$152,766,802$48,553,90800
34Cetera Financial Institutions$340,713,456$48,368,08300
35Ameritas Investment Company/Ameritas Advisory Services$139,100,000$47,400,000$6,280,864$20,500,000
36Sigma Financial Corp.$117,498,872$44,609,18500
37Centaurus Financial, Inc.$155,849,550$41,403,277$16,935,7810
38J.W. Cole Financial Inc.$121,435,444$40,715,794$4,490,243$9,789,324
39Concourse Financial Group Securities, Inc.$117,123,444$39,071,888$3,432,9690
40Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC$124,165,295$37,500,00000
41Securities Service Network LLC$100,445,000$35,994,000$8,684,0000
42Kovack Securities, Inc.$79,347,000$35,746,560$2,250,000$74,655,600
43Grove Point Financial, LLC$116,887,423$35,232,244$6,646,1990
44Investacorp Inc.$104,683,443$28,116,000$9,236,000$96,601,000
45Prospera Financial Services Inc.$54,156,438$26,514,253$7,696,516$14,603,953
46M Holdings Securities Inc. (M Securities)$175,742,932$25,836,194$2,119,983$15,189,990
47Harbour Investments Inc.$54,914,000$24,080,000$367,000$54,000,000
48Spire Investment Partners LLC$33,458,313$23,905,55100
49The Investment Center Inc.$56,702,206$23,788,089$932,000$54,847,473
50Founders Financial$29,136,901$22,144,045$1,016,096$27,233,750
51Equity Services Inc. $53,800,000$18,000,00000
52Berthel Fisher & Co. Financial Services Inc.$52,419,235$17,858,085$2,024,216$36,750,000
53Parkland Securities, LLC$63,395,514$16,864,05500
54Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.$109,330,863$16,805,778$10,203,306$25,992,515
55Crown Capital Securities L.P.$50,921,253$15,935,800$3,593,1790
56The O.N. Equity Sales Co.$77,096,757$13,245,972$2,560,056$75,275,242
57CFD Investments Inc.$31,198,973$12,685,490$519,669$18,486,216
58Arete Wealth$30,085,805$10,362,588$275,000$26,318,330
59Kalos Capital Inc.$32,066,600$8,044,03100
60LaSalle St. Securities LLC$40,833,000$8,000,000$2,000,000$4,000,000
61Packerland Brokerage Services Inc.$23,665,120$5,152,735$514,787$2,772,317
62Nationwide Planning Associates, Inc.$19,049,094$4,443,440$508,606$14,606,165
63Arkadios Capital$13,000,000$3,500,000$900,000$10,600,000
64Securities Management and Research$5,900,021$1,517,991$937,998$3,076,435
65Trutoro$973,829$544,918$26,802$1,008,332
66Alden Investment Group$1,694,232$43,692
67Fortune Financial Services, Inc.$19,629,452000
68The Leaders Group$72,532,0540$407,996$71,114,992
69World Capital Brokerage, Inc.$2,500,000000
70Trustmont Financial Group Inc.0000
71St. Bernard Financial Services Inc.0000
72Raymond James Financial Services Inc.$2,451,920,9310$33,143,0000
73Nations Financial Group
74BCG Securities, Inc.
75Broker Dealer Financial Services Corp.
76Cadaret, Grant & Co. Inc.
77Capital Analysts Inc.
78Century Securities Associates Inc.
79Coordinated Capital Securities Inc.
80Correll Co. Investment Services Corp.
81Cutter & Company, Inc.
82GBS Financial Corp.
83ING Advisor Network Inc.
84INVEST Financial Corp.
85Investment Centers of America Inc.
86National Planning Corporation (NPC)
87SII Investments Inc.
88NEXT Financial Group, Inc.
89Protected Investors of America Inc.
90Signator Investors Inc.
91Questar Capital Corp.
92Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network
93WRP Investments Inc.
94Wunderlich Securities Inc.
95LifeMark Securities Corp.
96Bolton Global Capital
97Hilltop Securities Independent Network Inc.
98Synergy Investment Group
99Leonard & Co.
100MetLife Inc.
101New England Securities Inc.
102Tower Square Securities Inc.
103Walnut Street Securities Inc.
104Foothill Securities Inc.
105Quest Capital Strategies Inc.
106Capital Investment Co.
107National Securities Corp.
108vFinance Investments Inc.
109Wall Street Access
110Cantella & Co. Inc.
111TFS Securities Inc.
112SA Stone
113Financial Telesis Inc.
114First Republic Securities Co.
115Financial Services International Corp.
116Quincy Cass Associates Inc.
117D.A. Davidson & Co.
118Williams Financial Group
119Finance 500 Inc.
120Foresters Equity Services Inc.
121CUNA Brokerage Services Inc.
122Ausdal Financial Partners
123SCF Securities Inc.
124Harbor Financial Services LLC
125TriCor Financial LLC
126Calton & Associates Inc.
127Bernardi Securities Inc.
128Allstate Financial Services LLC
129The Strategic Financial Alliance Inc.
130Infinity Financial Services
131Schwab Independent Branch Services (Franchise)
132Edward Jones
133David A. Noyes & Company
134Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak
135Vanderbilt Financial Group
136Advisor Group
137Atria Wealth Solutions
138CoastalOne

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