IG licence numbers

IG's UK licence numbers are FCA 195355 for IG Markets Limited and FCA 114059 for IG Index Limited. Two companies, two numbers, and which one you deal with depends on whether you are spread betting or trading CFDs. The group runs twelve companies in total, including a licensed Swiss bank, and the register carries one detail about IG's South African arm that its marketing does not.

The numbers, by market

Verified at each regulator's own source.

Where you sign up	Company	Licence	If it fails
UK, CFDs	IG Markets Limited	FCA 195355	FSCS, £85,000
UK, spread betting and shares	IG Index Limited	FCA 114059	FSCS, £85,000
European Union	IG Europe GmbH	BaFin 148759	German EdW, €20,000
Switzerland	IG Bank S.A.	FINMA, a licensed bank and securities dealer	esisuisse, CHF 100,000
Australia	IG Australia Pty Ltd	AFSL 515106	None for derivatives
Singapore	IG Asia Pte Ltd	MAS Capital Markets Services licence	None
South Africa	IG Markets South Africa Limited	FSCA FSP 41393, and an ODP authorisation	None
United States	tastyfx LLC	NFA 0509630	None for retail forex
Dubai	IG Limited	DFSA	None
Bermuda	IG Securities	BMA investment business and digital assets 54814	None

Two UK numbers, and why it matters which one you have

IG splits its UK business across two authorised companies. IG Markets Limited (195355) is the CFD firm. IG Index Limited (114059) is the spread betting and share dealing firm. Both hold and control client money and both bring the FSCS at £85,000.

The practical consequence is about the compensation limit rather than the licence. FSCS protection is per eligible person, per firm. Two separate authorised firms means two separate £85,000 ceilings, so a client with a spread betting account and a CFD account is not sharing one limit across both. That is an unusual structural advantage and IG does not market it.

What the register shows about South Africa

IG publishes FSCA FSP 41393 and states that it holds an OTC Derivative Provider authorisation. Both check out, and the ODP part is the one that counts, because an FSP licence alone covers advice and intermediary services while issuing CFDs as principal requires the ODP.

Reading the FSCA's OTC Derivative Providers register on 24 September 2026 turns up two IG entries rather than one:

• IG MARKETS SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED (South African Branch): Approved. Local, non-bank, at The Marc, Tower 2, 9th Floor, 129 Rivonia, Sandton.
• IG MARKETS LIMITED: Application Withdrawn. Foreign, non-bank, at Cannon Bridge House, 25 Dowgate Hill, London EC4R 2YA.

So the UK company applied for its own South African ODP authorisation and withdrew the application, and the South African branch holds one instead. Nothing here is wrong. It is a reminder that a group name on a register is not the same as the specific entity that would face you, and that the register records the applications that did not complete as well as the ones that did.

Forty previous names on the UK licence

The FCA entry for IG Markets Limited carries forty previous trading names, and almost all of them are other firms' CFD brands. IG has historically run white-label platforms for third parties on its own authorisation, which is legal, disclosed and visible only if you open the trading names table on the register.

It is worth knowing because a broker you met under a different name may have been IG underneath, and because the contrast is stark: Saxo carries one previous name and Interactive Brokers carries one, both cosmetic.

Check it yourself

Search 195355 and 114059 separately on register.fca.org.uk. Expand the trading names table on each, and set results per page to 200 so the previous names load. Our guide covers the same steps for any FCA firm.

Frequently asked questions

What is IG's FCA number?

IG has two. IG Markets Limited is FCA 195355 and handles CFDs. IG Index Limited is FCA 114059 and handles spread betting and share dealing. Both are authorised, both hold and control client money, and both bring FSCS cover at £85,000 per eligible person per firm.

Is IG a bank?

In Switzerland, yes. IG Bank S.A. is licensed by FINMA as a bank and securities dealer and sits on the esisuisse member list, which brings deposit protection to CHF 100,000 per client. Elsewhere IG is a broker rather than a bank, and the UK entities are investment firms under the FCA rather than banks under the PRA.

Is IG regulated in South Africa?

Yes. IG Markets South Africa Limited holds FSCA FSP 41393 and appears on the FSCA's OTC Derivative Providers register with status Approved as at 24 September 2026, which is the authorisation needed to issue CFDs as principal. The same register shows a separate entry for IG Markets Limited, the UK company, with status Application Withdrawn.

Sources

Financial Conduct Authority register, IG Markets Limited FRN 195355 and IG Index Limited FRN 114059, including the forty previous trading names on the IG Markets entry. Checked 19 September 2026.

Financial Sector Conduct Authority OTC Derivative Providers register: all 95 entries read through the pagination control on 24 September 2026. IG Markets South Africa Limited (South African Branch) status Approved; IG Markets Limited status Application Withdrawn.

Entity and licence details for the EU, Swiss, Australian, Singaporean, US, Dubai and Bermudan companies are recorded in our IG review and were read at each regulator's own source.