Private company

Futures Industry Association

Logo: Panteone2995, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

American trade association

The Futures Industry Association (FIA) is a trade association in the United States composed of futures commission merchants. A futures commission merchant is analogous to a broker; they are entities that accept orders and payment for commodity futures for execution on a futures exchange. The FIA states that it believes its regular members are responsible for more than 80% of the customer business transacted on US futures exchanges.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1955Founded1
  • HeadquartersWashington, D.C.1
  • Websitefia.org
  • Legal formcompany1

The Futures Industry Association (FIA) is a trade association in the United States composed of futures commission merchants. A futures commission merchant is analogous to a broker; they are entities that accept orders and payment for commodity futures for execution on a futures exchange. The FIA states that it believes its regular members are responsible for more than 80% of the customer business transacted on US futures exchanges.2

Timeline

  1. 1955Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3