Information number of financial advisers operating in the retail intermediary market since 1980 - April 2023


Reference Case Number: FOI10063

Freedom of Information: Right to know request:

 The number of financial advisers operating in the retail intermediary market since 1980 and how this number has changed each year.  

FCA response:

We can provide the requested information in Table 1 below. Please note that we do not hold relevant data for the period preceding 2010.

Table 1. Number of individual financial advisers, advising on retail investments by year.

YearNumber of Advisers 
201049,599
201144,525
201237,651
201334,536
201434,438
201534,438
201634,133
201734,992
201835,867
201936,413
202036,707
202136,644
202237,237