Free SEBI Check

Is this number on SEBI's list?

Someone says they're a SEBI-registered adviser? Type their number or name. We search SEBI's official registers and show you what they list.

When you press Check, what you typed goes to our server and to SEBI's website to search the register. We don't save it. Have a whole message to check? Use the Tip Checker.

What INA and INH mean

In India, anyone who gives investment advice or research for money must be registered with SEBI, the stock market regulator. Each one gets a number.

INA

+ 9 digits, e.g. INA0000XXXXX

Investment Adviser

Someone who gives personal advice about your money for a fee, based on your situation.

SEBI's Investment Adviser register

INH

+ 9 digits, e.g. INH0000XXXXX

Research Analyst

Someone who publishes research reports and views on shares, usually for many people at once.

SEBI's Research Analyst register

Check it yourself on SEBI

Takes about a minute. SEBI's own website is always the final word.

1
Open the right register on SEBI's website
Numbers starting with INA: the Investment Adviser register. Numbers starting with INH: the Research Analyst register.
2
Type the number in “Registration No.” and press GO
Leave the other boxes empty. You can search by “Name / Trade Name” instead, but a number is more exact.
3
Compare the details
Does the name match the person or company messaging you? Scammers often copy a real adviser's number and name. Use the phone and email SEBI lists, not the ones in the message.
4
Before you pay, check the UPI ID
SEBI Check tells you whether a UPI ID belongs to a SEBI-registered intermediary.

Remember

Registered doesn't mean right.
A SEBI registration is a licence, not a promise that a tip will work.
Nobody can guarantee returns.
Not even a SEBI-registered adviser. A promise of fixed or “sure-shot” profits is a warning sign.
Numbers can be copied.
A real number in a message doesn't prove the sender is the person it belongs to.