Data For Client Registration | Interactive Brokers

The information necessary to establish a client account through our API varies based on several key factors:

Customer Type
- FD= Fully-Disclosed Introducing Broker
- FA= Registered Investment Advisor
- OWD= One Way Disclosed Introducing Broker
- NonQI= Non-Disclosed Introducing Broker ; Non Qualified Intermediary
- QI with Trading= Non-Disclosed Introducing Broker; Qualified Intermediary where clients have access to trading
- QI with No Trading= Non-Disclosed Introducing Broker; Qualified Intermediary where clients do not have access to trading via IBKR system (eg. Trades will be placed via FIX).
Registration Type
- Hybrid
- Full Integration
Account Type
- Retail = Individual, Joint, Retirement, ISA
- Entity = SMSF, Trust, Organization
IBKR Entity Driven by entity which master account is associated with. While accounts are accepted from citizens or residents of all countries except citizens or residents of those countries that are prohibited by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control, advisors/brokers may be limited from opening accounts for applicants that reside in the following countries:
- United States: Available to U.S. based IB-LLC brokers and advisors only.
- Canada: Available to IB-CAN brokers and advisors only.
- Hong Kong: Available to IB-HK brokers and advisors only.
- Australia: Available to IB-AU brokers and advisors only.
- Japan: Available to IBLLC brokers and advisors that are FSA Registered only.
- United Kingdom: Available to IB-UK brokers only.
- Singapore: Available to IB-SG brokers and advisors only.
- EEA: Available to IB-IE or IB-CE brokers and advisors only.


Austria	Cyprus	Finland	Hungary	Lativa	Malta	Portugal	Spain
Belgium	Czech Republic	France	Iceland	Liechtenstein	Netherlands	Romania	Sweden
Bulgaria	Denmark	Germany	Ireland	Lithuania	Norway	Slovakia
Croatia	Estonia	Greece	Italy	Luxembourg	Poland	Slovenia

Expand each section to see specific data requirements by Customer Type. Refer to schema for structure of the JSON.

Object	FD	FA	OWD	NonQI	QI With Trading	QI No Trading
Account Holder(s)*
email*	Y	Y	Y- email address of broker OR client is accepted.	Y- email address of broker OR client is accepted.	Y- email address of broker OR client is accepted.	Y- email address of broker OR client is accepted.
name* first, last	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
dateOfBirth	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
countryOfBirth	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
numDependents	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
maritalStatus	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
identification ID Document, citizenship	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
mailingAddress country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
residenceAddress country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y- country only.
phones number, type- Mobile Required	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
employmentType	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
employmentDetails If EMPLOYED or SELFEMPLOYED: employer, occupation, employerBusiness, employerAddress	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
taxResidencies* country and tin	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
Tax Form w8Ben, w9	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
withholdingStatement	N	N	N	N	Y	Y
IBKR Agreements and Disclosures	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
Proof of Address and Proof of ID Documents	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	N
Account Information
financialInformation netWorth, liquidNetWorth, annualNetIncome	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
sourcesOfWealth	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
investmentExperience yearsTrading, tradesPerYear, knowledgeLevel	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
regulatoryInformation account holder or immediate family member controller, employee of a publicly traded company or a registered rep	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
accounts* baseCurrency, margin	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
tradingPermissions*	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
investmentObjectives	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
advisorWrapFees*	N	Y	N	N	N	N
IRA Beneficiaries
name first, last	Y	Y	–	–	–	–
dateOfBirth	Y	Y	–	–	–	–
relationship	Y	Y	–	–	–	–
ownership	Y	Y	–	–	–	–
identification citizenship	Y	Y	–	–	–	–
mailingAddress country, state, city, street1, postalCode	N	N	–	–	–	–
residenceAddress country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y	–	–	–	–

Object	FD	FA
Junior Contact Information	Y	Y
name* first, last	Y	Y
residenceAddress country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y
mailingAddress country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y
dateOfBirth	Y	Y
countryOfBirth	Y	Y
identification ID Document, citizenship	Y	Y
taxResidencies* country and tin	Y	Y
sourcesOfWealth	Y	Y
Tax Form w8Ben
Registered Contact
email*	Y	Y
name* first, last	Y	Y
dateOfBirth	Y	Y
countryOfBirth	Y	Y
mailingAddress country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y
residenceAddress country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y
identification ID Document, citizenship
phones number, type- Mobile Required	Y	Y
employmentType	Y	Y
employmentDetails If EMPLOYED or SELFEMPLOYED: employer, occupation, employerBusiness, employerAddress	Y	Y
IBKR Agreements and Disclosures	Y	Y
Proof of Address and Proof of ID Documents	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)
Account Information
financialInformation netWorth, liquidNetWorth, annualNetIncome	Y	Y
investmentExperience yearsTrading, tradesPerYear, knowledgeLevel	Y	Y
regulatoryInformation account holder or immediate family member controller, employee of a publicly traded company or a registered rep	Y	Y
accounts* baseCurrency, margin	Y	Y
tradingPermissions*	Y	Y
investmentObjectives	Y	Y
advisorWrapFees*	Y	Y
title code	Y	Y

Object	FD	FA	OWD	NonQI	QI with Trading	QI No Trading
Trustee(s)
trustees authorizedToSignOnBehalfOfOwner, authorizedTrader, primaryTrustee	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
email*	Y	Y	Y- email address of broker OR client is accepted.	Y- email address of broker OR client is accepted.	Y- email address of broker OR client is accepted.	Y- email address of broker OR client is accepted.
name* first, last	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
dateOfBirth	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
countryOfBirth	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
identification ID Document, citizenship	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
mailingAddress country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
residenceAddress country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y- country only.
phones number, type- Mobile Required	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
employmentType	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
employmentDetails (If EMPLOYED or SELFEMPLOYED) employer, occupation, employerBusiness, employerAddress	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
taxResidencies* country and tin	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
Proof of Address and Proof of ID Documents	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	N
Trust Information
identification dateFormed, formationCountry, formationState, name, registrationCountry, registrationNumber, registrationType, typeOfTrust	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
address country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
financialInformation netWorth, liquidNetWorth, annualNetIncome	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
sourcesOfWealth	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
investmentExperience yearsTrading, tradesPerYear, knowledgeLevel	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
regulatoryInformation	N/A- User will answer questions when completing online steps.	N/A- User will answer questions when completing online steps.	Y	N	N	N
accounts baseCurrency, margin	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
tradingPermissions	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
investmentObjectives	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
advisorWrapFees	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Grantors
name first, last	Y	N	–	–	–	–
dateOfBirth	Y	N	–	–	–	–
relationship	Y	Y	–	–	–	–
identification citizenship	Y	Y	–	–	–	–
mailingAddress country, state, city, street1, postalCode	N	N	–	–	–	–
residenceAddress country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	N	N	–	–	–	–
Beneficiaries
name first, last	Y	Y	–	–	–	–
ownershipPercentage	Y	Y	–	–	–	–

Object	FD	FA	OWD	NonQI	QI with Trading	QI No Trading
Associated Entities
associatedIndividual authorizedToSignOnBehalfOfOwner, authorizedTrader	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
email*	Y	Y	Y- email address of broker OR client is accepted.	Y- email address of broker OR client is accepted.	Y- email address of broker OR client is accepted.	Y- email address of broker OR client is accepted.
name* first, last	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
dateOfBirth	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
countryOfBirth	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
identification ID Document, citizenship	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
mailingAddress country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
residenceAddress country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y- country only.
phones number, type- Mobile Required	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
employmentType	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
employmentDetails (If EMPLOYED or SELFEMPLOYED) employer, occupation, employerBusiness, employerAddress	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
taxResidencies* country and tin	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
Proof of Address and Proof of ID Documents	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	Y (If Trulioo Verification is NoMatch)	N
Organization Information
organization tradeIntentionType, type, typeOfTrading, usTaxPurposeType	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
taxResidencies* country and tin	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
identification businessDescription, formationCountry, identification, identificationCountry, name	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
placeOfBusiness country*, state, city, street1, postalCode	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N
financialInformation netWorth, liquidNetWorth, annualNetIncome	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
sourcesOfWealth	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N
investmentExperience yearsTrading, tradesPerYear, knowledgeLevel	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
regulatoryInformation	N/A- User will answer questions when completing online steps.	N/A- User will answer questions when completing online steps.	Y	N	N	N
accounts baseCurrency, margin	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
tradingPermissions	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
investmentObjectives	Y	Y	N	N	N	N
advisorWrapFees	N	Y	N	N	N	N

*Required for Hybrid; otherwise optional if coordinated with the API Solutions team. If provided for Hybrid, data will be prefilled.