Equity Trust Company

Equity Trust Company is a financial services company that enables individual investors, financial professionals and institutions to diversify investment portfolios through alternative asset classes, including real estate, tax liens, private equity and precious metals. Equity Trust Company (or its affiliates) offers custodial services for alternative investments, investment in alternative assets with individual retirement accounts, back-office solutions for RIAs, brokerage services, directed trustee services and more. Equity Trust Company has grown from its roots as a brokerage firm founded in 1974 into one of the nation’s leading self-directed IRA custodians—recognized by Investopedia as Best Overall Self-Directed IRA Custodian from 2020 to 2025. Today, we support hundreds of thousands of investors with a wide range of alternative asset solutions. Visit for more information. For career opportunities, visit