NAICS 523110 · Finance and Insurance
Investment Banking and Securities Dealing: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 4,035 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in underwriting, originating, and/or maintaining markets for issues of securities. Investment bankers act as principals (i.e., investors who buy or sell on their own account) in firm commitment transactions or act as agents in best effort and standby commitments. This industry also includes establishments acting as principals in buying or selling securities generally on a spread basis, such as securities dealers or stock option dealers.
Businesses classified here include
- Banking, investment
- Bond dealing (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing securities to investors)
- Commercial paper dealing (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing securities to investors)
- Investment banking
- Making markets for securities
- Market making for securities
- Paper, dealing of commercial (i.e., acting as principal in dealing securities to investors)
- Securities dealers (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing securities to investors)
- Securities dealing (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing securities to investors)
- Securities distributing (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing securities to investors)
- Securities floor traders (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing securities to investors)
- Securities flotation companies
- Securities originating (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing securities to investors)
- Securities trading (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing securities to investors)
- Securities underwriting
- Stock options dealing (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing securities to investors)
- Trading securities (i.e., acting as a principal in dealing securities to investors)
- Underwriting securities
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 523110), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for investment banking and securities dealing
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U.S. business numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
Top states for investment banking and securities dealing
- California 554 locations
- New York 486 locations
- Florida 368 locations
- Texas 343 locations
- Illinois 251 locations
- Pennsylvania 160 locations
- New Jersey 151 locations
- Massachusetts 125 locations
- Ohio 115 locations
- North Carolina 111 locations
All 50 states
- Alabama (20)
- Arizona (59)
- Arkansas (16)
- California (554)
- Colorado (105)
- Connecticut (85)
- Delaware (32)
- District of Columbia (34)
- Florida (368)
- Georgia (92)
- Hawaii (4)
- Idaho (10)
- Illinois (251)
- Indiana (48)
- Iowa (21)
- Kansas (20)
- Kentucky (14)
- Louisiana (51)
- Maine (8)
- Maryland (62)
- Massachusetts (125)
- Michigan (63)
- Minnesota (94)
- Mississippi (10)
- Missouri (37)
- Montana (5)
- Nebraska (10)
- Nevada (29)
- New Hampshire (10)
- New Jersey (151)
- New Mexico (7)
- New York (486)
- North Carolina (111)
- North Dakota (4)
- Ohio (115)
- Oklahoma (26)
- Oregon (25)
- Pennsylvania (160)
- Rhode Island (8)
- South Carolina (34)
- South Dakota (16)
- Tennessee (55)
- Texas (343)
- Utah (34)
- Vermont (3)
- Virginia (92)
- Washington (64)
- West Virginia (7)
- Wisconsin (52)
- Wyoming (4)