Plus500
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Brand overview and official site
Plus500 operates through 5 legal entities recorded in the current FXVeritas research file across Cyprus, United Kingdom, Australia, Seychelles, and United States.
Official website snapshot
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What the research establishes
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What you can conclude
Brand-wide research records
Provider licence disclosure
Plus500AE Ltd / Plus500Gulf Securities LLC
Plus500AE describes a Category 4 permission and cannot hold client money or assets. It facilitates accounts with Plus500CY. Plus500Gulf has a separate issuer/seller permission; these are different roles.
Sources and scope →3 of 3 licence records have been checked against regulator information.
Important differences
Companies within the same brand can have different regulation and protections.
- Plus500CY Ltd
CySEC
- Plus500UK Ltd
FCA
Open items and verification notes
FSA list does not print an SD number for Plus500SEY Ltd.
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- NFA/CFTC registers were not opened for Plus500US Financial Services LLC.
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5 entity records
Where can residents use Plus500?
Confirmed residency evidence and an exact legal-entity route are both required. Account approval and product access remain subject to the entity’s terms.
Residency support is not confirmed here for 249 other countries or regions.
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Key Facts
From the current research file.
5
Legal entities in research file
3/3
Verified licences in research file
Varies by entity
Client protection
1
Official-source conflicts
Aug 23, 2026
Last checked
Active
Research coverage
Catalog-applicable comparison currently records 2 entities and 2 of 2 licences as verified. Research-file totals above can be larger.
Evidence Trail
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About Plus500
Plus500 is a brand used by several companies. Catalog previously stored Plus500CY Ltd CySEC 250/14 and Plus500UK Ltd FCA 509909. plus500.com is a CySEC approved domain for Plus500CY and an FSA-listed URL for Plus500SEY — host dual-use.
Plus500CY Ltd, company HE 333382, licence 250/14 of 10 October 2014, is regulator-verified. Do not hang that ICF on UK, AU, SEY, or US clients.
Related Research
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Research confidence
Research completeness/source coverage; not broker safety or suitability.
Licence verification
3 regulator-registers confirmed
3 licences recorded
Primary sources
Research file review
Latest source check
Outstanding issues
- Official-source discrepancies 1 View discrepancies
- Research gaps 2 View gaps
Researched by FXVeritas Research Desk · Evidence standard: Primary-source verification · Research evidence methodology · Editorial independence · Corrections policy
Research notes
Editorial summary from the research file. Recorded answers follow below.
Plus500 is a brand used by several companies. Catalog previously stored Plus500CY Ltd CySEC 250/14 and Plus500UK Ltd FCA 509909. plus500.com is a CySEC approved domain for Plus500CY and an FSA-listed URL for Plus500SEY — host dual-use.
Plus500CY Ltd, company HE 333382, licence 250/14 of 10 October 2014, is regulator-verified. Do not hang that ICF on UK, AU, SEY, or US clients.
Legal entities & current licences
Brand is not a licence. Each legal entity is listed with the current licence record(s) isolated for that entity.
Plus500
Plus500CY Ltd
- Jurisdiction
- CY
- Company number
- 333382
- Registered office
- 169-171 Arch. Makarios III Avenue, Cedars Oasis Tower, Floor 1, 3027 Limassol
- Status
- Not recorded
- Role
- CySEC CIF; plus500.com is a CySEC approved domain for this CIF
- Parent
- Not recorded
Plus500UK Ltd
- Jurisdiction
- GB
- Company number
- Not recorded
- Registered office
- 8 Angel Court, Copthall Avenue, London EC2R 7HJ
- Status
- Not recorded
- Role
- UK FCA firm named in Pillar 3; FCA licence identity matched on 2026-09-30; protection and account acceptance are separate checks
- Parent
- Not recorded
FCA · 509909
Regulator verified- Regulator
- FCA
- Licence number
- 509909
- Status
- active
- Permissions
- FCA Register matches Plus500UK Ltd, FRN 509909, Authorised since 29/06/2010. It permits holding and controlling client money; this is not an audit of actual custody. The register also flags disciplinary/regulatory action, which may be historical. Authorisation does not establish permission or compensation for every product.
- Issue date
- Not recorded
- Checked
- Sep 30, 2026
Research-file sourceFCA Register — Plus500UK Ltd — FRN 509909
Plus500AU Pty. Ltd.
- Jurisdiction
- AU
- Company number
- 32153301681
- Registered office
- Not recorded
- Status
- Not recorded
- Role
- ASIC AFSL issuer
- Parent
- Not recorded
Plus500SEY Ltd
- Jurisdiction
- SC
- Company number
- Not recorded
- Registered office
- Second Floor, The Quadrant, Victoria, Mahe
- Status
- SD number not printed on the FSA row
- Role
- Seychelles securities dealer name-listed on the FSA list; URL https://www.plus500.com.sc
- Parent
- Not recorded
No current licence record is recorded for this legal entity.
Plus500US Financial Services LLC
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Company number
- Not recorded
- Registered office
- Not recorded
- Status
- Not recorded
- Role
- US futures FCM named on geo-routed plus500.com homepage this session. NFA/CFTC registers not opened.
- Parent
- Not recorded
No current licence record is recorded for this legal entity.
Client routing
Only regions named on an official page or legal document. A site loading is not acceptance.
plus500.com geo-routed host (entity not closed)
Not recorded
Not recorded
Region
plus500.com geo-routed host (entity not closed)
Legal entity
Not recorded
Regulator / licence
Not recorded
Route protectionHost is a CySEC approved domain for Plus500CY, an FSA-listed URL for Plus500SEY, and this session geo-routed some URLs to Plus500US. Do not merge protections.
EvidenceCySEC approved domains, FSA capital-markets list, and geo-routed homepage.
This mapping still contains unknowns.
Australia / AFSL 417727
Plus500AU Pty. Ltd.
ASIC · 417727
Region
Australia / AFSL 417727
Legal entity
Plus500AU Pty. Ltd.
Regulator / licence
ASIC · 417727
Route protectionNo statutory ICF.
EvidenceASIC current AFS extract 202609.
Historical licences
Withdrawn, revoked, or closed retail authorisations. Not current onboarding licences.
No historical licence row was isolated.
Regulatory and corporate history
Dated events from official pages or registers. Incidents are historical records, not current licence status.
No dated history row was isolated.
Client protection
Shown per legal entity. Group-wide claims are not used.
Plus500CY Ltd
- Segregated client money
- unknown
- Negative balance protection
- unknown
- Investor compensation
- ICF is not inferred from CySEC 250/14. Company Information PDF confirms CIF services including safekeeping ancillary permission — still not ICF membership proof.
- Compensation limit
- Not recorded
- Retail / professional difference
- Not recorded
- Insolvency treatment
- Not recorded
Plus500UK Ltd
- Segregated client money
- unknown
- Negative balance protection
- unknown
- Investor compensation
- FSCS is not inferred from FRN 509909.
- Compensation limit
- Not recorded
- Retail / professional difference
- Not recorded
- Insolvency treatment
- Not recorded
Plus500AU Pty. Ltd.
- Segregated client money
- unknown
- Negative balance protection
- unknown
- Investor compensation
- No statutory ICF.
- Compensation limit
- Not recorded
- Retail / professional difference
- Not recorded
- Insolvency treatment
- Not recorded
Plus500SEY Ltd
- Segregated client money
- unknown
- Negative balance protection
- unknown
- Investor compensation
- No FSCS or ICF is stored.
- Compensation limit
- Not recorded
- Retail / professional difference
- Not recorded
- Insolvency treatment
- Not recorded
Accounts and trading conditions
Advertised figures only. Observed spreads were not measured. Marketing ECN/STP is not treated as the legal model.
- Brand-wide leverage is not stored.
- Observed spreads: not collected.
- Several plus500.com/Help/Regulation URLs geo-routed to US futures marketing.
No account-type table was isolated.
- Plus500 Trading Platform
Execution and conflicts
Legal documents first. Advertised ECN, STP, or NDD is not certified unless a legal policy confirms it.
- Advertised model
- Not recorded
- Legal model
- Not recorded
- Principal or agent
- Not recorded
- Venues
- Not recorded
- Liquidity-provider disclosure
- Not recorded
Funding and withdrawal
Only methods and rules isolated on opened official pages.
Sources
Primary-source ledger for this public record. Affiliate and coupon pages are excluded.
- Official broker website
Official broker source · Unverified · Not checked
Plus500CY Company Information PDF
Official legal document · official_legal_document · 2026-09-12View source
Plus500UK Pillar 3 disclosure
Official legal document · official_legal_document · 2026-09-12View source
ASIC current AFS extract 202609
Regulator · regulator · 2026-09-12View source
FSA Seychelles capital-markets list
Regulator · regulator · 2026-09-12View source
FCA Register — Plus500UK Ltd — FRN 509909
FCA · regulator_register · 2026-09-30View source
CySEC Plus500CY Ltd
Regulator · regulator · 2026-09-12View source
Official-source discrepancies
Official pages disagree. FXVeritas does not pick a winner. This is not a fraud or safety label.
Official-source discrepancy
Which company a plus500.com visitor contracts with
Source A: CySEC approved-domain list attaches plus500.com to Plus500CY Ltd 250/14.
Source B: FSA list names Plus500SEY Ltd with URL https://www.plus500.com.sc. Geo-routed plus500.com URLs this session named Plus500US Financial Services LLC.
Status: conflicting official sources · Last checked: Sep 12, 2026
Research gaps
Unknowns are part of the public record. They are not filled from other brokers.
- FSA list does not print an SD number for Plus500SEY Ltd.
- NFA/CFTC registers were not opened for Plus500US Financial Services LLC.
Recorded answers
Short answers from the full FXVeritas research file for Plus500. They describe recorded evidence, not safety or suitability.
What the sources show →Is Plus500 regulated?
What the provider discloses
Plus500AE Ltd / Plus500Gulf Securities LLC — Plus500AE describes a Category 4 permission and cannot hold client money or assets. It facilitates accounts with Plus500CY. Plus500Gulf has a separate issuer/seller permission; these are different roles. Sources and scope →
Independent regulatory check
FXVeritas records 5 legal entities in the research file for Plus500. 3 of 3 research-file licences are regulator-verified. Regulatory protection can differ by the entity serving the client.
A provider disclosure is not an independent licence confirmation. Match your agreement’s company name, service permissions and residence conditions before applying.
Which legal entities are recorded for Plus500?
The current FXVeritas file records 5 legal entities. A brand name is not a licence.
- Plus500CY Ltd
- Plus500UK Ltd
- Plus500AU Pty. Ltd.
- Plus500SEY Ltd
- Plus500US Financial Services LLC
Which regulators are recorded?
The current file records 5 regulator codes: CySEC, FCA, ASIC, Seychelles FSA, Unknown.
Which licence identifiers are recorded?
The current file records 3 licence identifiers.
- CySEC · 250/14Primary source
- ASIC · 417727Primary source
- FCA · 509909Primary source
How many research-file licences are verified?
FXVeritas has independently verified 3 of 3 research-file licences.
What client-protection evidence is recorded?
Client-protection evidence in this file is partial. Protection can differ by legal entity, and missing facts are not a finding that protection is absent.
What remains unresolved?
1 official-source discrepancy remains recorded. FXVeritas does not pick a winner among conflicting official sources.
Incidents and regulatory actions
Historical record only. A past settlement or withdrawn licence is not the current licence status.
No dated incident or regulatory action was isolated.
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