Where the iGaming supply chain is licensed

The companies that power online gambling — the game studios, platforms, payment processors and compliance vendors — are a different population from the operators whose brands players see. As of 2026-07-13, across 33 regulated markets and 5,175 active gambling licences, that supply chain holds the majority of the licence register in a few mature markets — and has no licence class at all in two of the largest.

Suppliers hold roughly 70% of Sweden's and the Isle of Man's active licence registers and 55% of Gibraltar's — but 0% of Germany's and 0% of Brazil's, where no supplier licence class exists at all. Malta, widely described as the industry's supplier hub, sits mid-pack once its B2B and B2C licence classes are separated.

1. The supply hubs are small, mature European markets. Sweden, the Isle of Man and Gibraltar license more suppliers than operators. These are where the B2B side of the industry is concentrated and formally regulated.

2. The biggest new markets do not license suppliers at all. Germany and Brazil license operators only; suppliers enter through certification and B2B supply agreements, not a licence. That is a structural feature of how those regimes are designed — not a gap in the data.

3. Malta's "supplier hub" reputation is inflated by the raw count. Its supplier share is mid-pack once B2B and B2C classes are separated — a useful correction for anyone sizing the Maltese vendor market from headline licence totals.

Figures are distinct active licence-holders per regulator, classified as B2B (supplier) or B2C (operator). Where a regulator publishes a native supplier/operator licence class (for example the UK, Sweden and Malta), that class is used; elsewhere the classification comes from resolved company type. The classification-coverage column is the share of each market's licence-holders we could confidently classify — we publish it so the numbers can be judged, not taken on trust. Only markets above 90% coverage are stated as findings. Coverage is measured over the registers we read, so on its own it cannot reveal a register we have not read: a share is stated only where we also read every register in which the regulator licenses suppliers. Where we do not — Romania's ONJN Class II licences and Ontario's AGCO supplier registrations — the row carries no share.

What is not in this report. We deliberately do not publish per-quarter licence "flow" (issues vs revocations over time) or multi-market operator ratios: issue-date coverage and cross-market entity resolution are not yet complete enough across every regulator to state those honestly. When they are, they will be added here with their own coverage disclosure. Full sourcing and cadence: methodology.

Source: iGaming Operators, compiled from official gambling-regulator registries across 33 markets. iGaming Operators is a B2B market-intelligence and data provider — not a gambling operator, casino or sportsbook. It does not accept bets or process player funds. This report may be quoted and reused with attribution (CC BY 4.0); a link to this page is appreciated.

This map is built on the one layer we can prove to the byte — licensing, cross-checked against official regulator registries. That is deliberate: a data report should rest on what is independently verifiable. But the licence register is the backbone of a larger, live picture, not the product itself.

The same companies are tracked as they move. When one enters a new market, expands, shows commercial or corporate-group activity, or wins an award, that change surfaces with the verified decision-maker attached — so a vendor can reach the right buyer while the move is still live, in the 30–60 day window when value is highest, not months later. Licensing proves who is real; the moves are the reason to act now. iGaming Operators is a B2B market-intelligence and data provider — not a gambling operator.