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E-Brokerage Market Projected to Reach $34.6 Billion by 2034 as Record Retail Trading Volumes Lift Platforms

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E-Brokerage Market Projected to Reach $34.6 Billion by 2034 as Record Retail Trading Volumes Lift Platforms. (2026, October 3). Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/globenewswire/e-brokerage-market-projected-to-reach-34-6-billion-by-2034-as-record-retail-trading/article_a7d3af69-efb2-58a5-86d3-89b40f8336be.html

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Global Market Insights forecasts the e-brokerage market will grow from $14.1 billion in 2024 to $34.6 billion by 2034, at a compound annual growth rate of 9.4%. Retail investors currently dominate the market, accounting for 68%, and mobile platforms are crucial, representing about 44% of the sector. This projection is based on data from major players like Webull Corporation, Robinhood Markets, Inc., SoFi Technologies, Inc., and The Charles Schwab Corporation, which have reported significant growth in trading volumes and daily average trades over recent quarters.
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Global Market Insights projected the e-brokerage market to reach $34.6 billion by 2034, with a compound annual growth rate of 9.4% from 2025 to 2034. Retail investors currently hold about 68% of the market, while mobile-based platforms account for around 44%. The report also noted that in 2024, the e-brokerage market was valued at $14.1 billion, highlighting a significant growth trajectory driven by increasing retail trading volumes. Earlier research from Global Market Insights predicted the stock trading and investing applications market to be worth $126 billion by 2032, indicating a compound annual growth rate of over 19% from 2023 to 2032, with mobile-based apps holding more than 60% of the market in 2022. Companies like Stock Preachers (stockpreachers.com), Quote Daddy (quotedaddy.com), Webull Corporation (NASDAQ: BULL), Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD), SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), and The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) are key players in this evolving market landscape.

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Active Companies from around the markets with current developments this week include: Stock Preachers (stockpreachers.com), Quote Daddy (quotedaddy.com), Webull Corporation (NASDAQ: BULL), Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD), SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), and The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW).
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🔮 Global Market Insights’ stock trading and investing applications report, published in September 2023, valued that market at $24.1 billion in 2022 and projected $126 billion by 2032, a compound annual growth rate of over 19% from 2023 to 2032, with the mobile-based segment holding over 60% of the market in 2022.

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Stock Preachers News Commentary - Global Market Insights valued the e-brokerage market at $14.1 billion in 2024 and projects $34.6 billion by 2034, a compound annual growth rate of 9.4% from 2025 to 2034. asserted
Insights → value → 2034
The firm says retail investors hold 68% of the market and mobile-based platforms account for around 44%. asserted
platforms → say → %
Active Companies from around the markets with current developments this week include: Stock Preachers (stockpreachers.com), Quote Daddy (quotedaddy.com), Webull Corporation (NASDAQ: BULL), Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD), SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), and The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW). asserted
Companies → include → Preachers
An earlier report from the same firm covers the app layer. asserted
report → cover → layer
Global Market Insights’ stock trading and investing applications report, published in September 2023, valued that market at $24.1 billion in 2022 and projected $126 billion by 2032, a compound annual growth rate of over 19% from 2023 to 2032, with the mobile-based segment holding over 60% of the market in 2022. asserted
segment → publish → 2022
That report predates this year’s results and uses a different market definition from the e-brokerage figure above, so the two should be read as separate forecasts, not one trend line. asserted
two → predate → forecasts
Reported activity this year is consistent with the direction of those forecasts. asserted
activity → report → forecasts
Schwab’s second quarter daily average trades reached a record 11.9 million, up 57% from a year earlier. asserted
trades → reach → record
Robinhood reported equity trading volume of $335.4 billion for August, up 68% from August 2025. asserted
Robinhood → report → August
Webull reported second quarter revenue up 51% year over year, and SoFi reported member growth of 35%. asserted
SoFi → report → %
Each figure is company-reported and detailed below. asserted
figure → report → ?
Activity growth and share-price performance are not the same thing, and this commentary does not suggest that any company named here is a buy. asserted
company → suggest → ?
Public equities in the group have moved unevenly this year, and the companies below are included as sector context. asserted
companies → move → context
What the activity data does show is that more individual investors are placing more trades, and that raises the value of the information that sits around a trade: live quotes, company filings, insider activity and institutional holdings. asserted
that → show → trade
That information layer is where two free resources, both covered below, are positioned: Stock Preachers for market news, technical analysis and chart setups, and Quote Daddy for live quotes, filings and institutional holdings. asserted
resources → cover → quotes
- Stock Preachers pairs market news with technical analysis on trend, support and resistance, volume and momentum, under the tagline “Read the chart. asserted
Preachers → pair → chart
- Free newsletter and e-book: Stock Preachers offers a free alerts newsletter and the 27-page “Knowledge is Power” guide to reading the news, reading the chart and managing risk. asserted
Knowledge → offer → risk
- Quote Daddy is free to use, with no credit card required, goto: quotedaddy.com. asserted
card → use → ?
- Canadian coverage across TSX, TSX-V and CSE, with Canadian listings delayed by 15 minutes or more, per the FAQ. asserted
listings → delay → FAQ
- SEC filings and Form 4 insider activity appear on stock pages. asserted
filings → appear → pages
- 13F filings from top investors and disclosed congressional trades are on the Top Investors page. asserted
filings → disclose → page
Its sections include The Roadmap, a weekly market analysis series, Technical Analysis, Market Recaps, a Newswire section, Lessons and StockTalk. asserted
sections → include → Roadmap
The site describes its coverage as “market news, technical analysis, chart setups and small-cap stock commentary,” and its About page and homepage attribute commentary to “the Stock Preacher.” asserted
page → describe → Preacher
The content is informational and educational and is not investment advice, and the site warns that investing in penny stocks and small-cap stocks is highly speculative. asserted
investing → warn → stocks
The two products cover different parts of the same job. asserted
products → cover → job
Stock Preachers is built around reading the chart and the news. asserted
Preachers → build → chart
Quote Daddy is a stock-tracking application owned and operated by Market Equities Limited. asserted
Daddy → track → Limited
The site describes it as “Every quote that matters, in one clean dashboard.” asserted
that → describe → dashboard
It states plainly that it is not a broker-dealer and does not execute trades, so it does not compete with the brokerages below for order flow. asserted
it → state → flow
It competes for the screen an investor checks before and after a trade. asserted
investor → compete → trade
The brokerages in this sector bundle research and charts into their own apps. asserted
brokerages → bundle → apps
Independent trackers such as Quote Daddy sit alongside them. asserted
trackers → sit → them
Per its site, Quote Daddy covers interactive candlestick charts, live bid and ask spreads for U.S. stocks, key fundamentals, watchlists that sync across devices, portfolio profit and loss, a markets section for indices, futures, crypto and top movers, and AI-written summaries of daily market movement. asserted
that → cover → movement
Its Top Investors section publishes the latest 13F filings from major fund managers alongside disclosed trades by members of Congress. asserted
section → publish → Congress
It says 13F filings and congressional disclosures are reported on a delay of roughly 45 days, that the one-year return figures shown on investor profiles are rough, illustrative and unverified, and that AI briefings “can occasionally get something wrong” and are not financial advice. uncertain
something → say → profiles
Market data is supplied by third parties, including Finnhub. asserted
data → supply → Finnhub
In a sector where record volumes are being reported, those caveats matter as much as the features. asserted
caveats → report → features
Webull Corporation (NASDAQ: BULL) Webull reported second quarter 2026 results on August 19. asserted
Webull → report → August
Total revenues increased 51% year over year to $198.8 million, and net income attributable to the Company was $24.4 million. asserted
income → increase → Company
Registered users increased 13% to 28.2 million, funded accounts increased 8% to 5.13 million, and customer assets totaled $28.5 billion, a 79% increase. asserted
assets → increase → billion
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