Flow Traders

Company Description

Flow Traders is a global electronic market maker, meaning it continuously buys and sells financial products to provide liquidity that keeps markets running smoothly. When you buy an ETF through your broker, there's a good chance Flow Traders was on the other side of that trade, ensuring you could execute at a fair price without delay. The company specializes in exchange-traded products (ETPs), particularly ETFs, and is Europe's largest ETF market maker. Flow Traders provides liquidity for more than 13,000 ETP listings across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Beyond ETFs, the firm trades equities, fixed income, commodities, foreign exchange, and increasingly digital assets like cryptocurrencies. Its proprietary technology platform enables trading across global markets in milliseconds. Founded in 2004 in Amsterdam by Jan van Kuijk and Roger Hodenius, Flow Traders has grown into a globally significant liquidity provider. The firm went public on Euronext Amsterdam in 2015. Unlike traditional financial institutions, Flow Traders earns money from the tiny spread between buy and sell prices across millions of daily transactions, requiring sophisticated technology and risk management. Headquartered in Amsterdam with approximately 870 employees across offices in Europe, North America, and Asia, Flow Traders generated approximately $965 million in trailing twelve-month revenue. Under new CEO Thomas Spitz (who took over in September 2025), the company continues expanding into digital assets and fixed income. In October 2025, Flow Traders secured a $275 million credit facility to support growth, partnering with institutional investors to expand its market-making capabilities.