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Prop firm statistics (2026)
Counts and distributions from the firms in our own database - no outside industry figures. Data as of 4 November 2026.
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Prop firm statistics at a glance
Prop Firm Pal tracks 680 prop firms and lists 110 with enough published data to compare. Among listed firms, the median evaluation price to a $100,000 account is $439 (half fall between $355 and $544). 54% of listed firms that state a profit split offer 90% or more on at least one account. Of 419 firms with three months of traffic estimates, 179 lost more than 40% of their traffic over the three months to September 2026.
How many prop firms are there
Every firm record Prop Firm Pal publishes, and the 110 with enough published data to compare.
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Challenge prices
The cheapest one-, two- or three-step evaluation to a $100,000 account, in US dollars, for the 71 listed firms that sell one. Prices under $50 are left out as promotional.
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Median price
Medians over every US-dollar evaluation plan at that size. Each size links to its plans.
Profit splits
The highest profit split each listed firm offers on any account, for the 98 that state one.
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Drawdown types
How the maximum drawdown is measured, as each listed firm states it. A firm with any trailing plan is counted as trailing.
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Payout frequency
The payout schedules the 105 listed firms with one on record state. A firm with several schedules is counted under each, so shares add up to more than 100%.
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See the firms themselves: prop firms with daily payouts and prop firms with no consistency rule.
Challenge types and platforms
What listed firms sell, and the platforms they offer. A firm selling several types or platforms is counted under each.
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Closures and traffic trends
Operating status as each firm’s own website states it, and three-month website traffic estimates to September 2026.
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An offline website is not proof a firm has closed; it is recorded separately from a closure the firm announced.
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Trends cover the 419 of 566 firms with at least three months of traffic estimates. Falling traffic is not proof a firm is in trouble. Every firm, band by band, is on the prop firm health tracker.
How these statistics are made
How these statistics are made
Every number on this page is computed from Prop Firm Pal’s own database when the site is built, and each table names the firms it counts. “Tracked” means every firm record we publish; “listed” means the firms we hold enough on to compare - verified by a person, or sourced from the firm’s own website and cited. Prices, splits, drawdown and payout figures come from listed firms only, so a firm we know nothing about is never counted as a “no”.
The ranking these figures sit beside is explained on the methodology page. To cite a figure, link to this page and give the date above.
FAQs - prop firm statistics
Answered from the figures on this page.
Prop Firm Pal tracks 680 prop firms. 110 of them publish enough - prices, rules and payout terms - to be compared side by side; the rest are in the directory with what little they state.
Among the 71 listed firms that sell one, the cheapest evaluation to a $100,000 account has a median price of $439. Half cost between $355 and $544.
80% is the most common maximum profit split: 39 of the 98 listed firms that state a split top out there.
Of the 105 listed firms with a payout schedule on record, the most common schedule is on demand (37 firms). 19 state a daily schedule on at least one account.
69 listed firms use a trailing maximum drawdown on at least one plan and 21 use only static; the rest do not state which.
0 tracked firms say on their own website that they have closed and 1 that they are winding down; 85 more had a website offline when last checked, which is not proof of closure. Separately, 179 of 419 firms with traffic estimates lost more than 40% of their traffic over the three months to September 2026.
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Card, crypto, bank transfer and other ways to pay for challenges.
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How firms pay traders-Wise, crypto, bank wire and more.
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Prop trading is generally legal in most countries, but the regulatory status of specific prop firms can vary. Some jurisdictions have introduced rules affecting how prop firms operate or market their services. Certain prop firms also restrict access to traders in specific countries. Prop Firm Pal includes restricted country information on individual firm pages so you can quickly check whether a firm is available to traders in your region.
Yes, most prop firms charge a one-time challenge fee to enter an evaluation program. This fee typically ranges from around $50 for smaller account sizes to several hundred dollars for larger funded accounts. The fee covers access to the evaluation environment. If you pass, some firms refund the challenge fee with your first payout. Firms offering free challenges are rare and often compensate by taking a larger profit split or applying stricter conditions.
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