Register of credentials
Our credentials, and where to check them.
Anyone can print a badge. So every award, rating and membership below is recorded with the organization that issued it, the date we last checked it, and a link that takes you off our website to verify it yourself.
- Legal name
- Allegiance Gold, LLC
- Formed
- 2017 California limited liability company
- Principal office
- 27001 Agoura Road, Suite 200Calabasas, California 91301
- Principals
- Mark Naaman, CEOAlex Ebkarian, COO
- Business
- Precious metals dealerGold, silver, platinum, palladium
- Record reviewed
- 16 September 2026Next review December 2026
The short answer
Allegiance Gold, LLC is a legitimate, established precious metals dealer. It was founded in 2017, is headquartered in Calabasas, California, and is co-owned by Mark Naaman and Alex Ebkarian. Money named it Best Overall Gold IRA Company for September 2026. It is a two-time Inc. 5000 honoree, holds an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau and a AAA rating from the Business Consumer Alliance, scores 4.9 out of 5 on Trustpilot, and belongs to the National Coin & Bullion Association and the American Numismatic Association.
It is not a bank, a broker-dealer, a registered investment adviser or a fiduciary, and no precious metals dealer is licensed or approved by the U.S. government. The full register is below, every entry linked to the organization that issued it, along with where to check the record independently.
The register
Five independent judgments, and what each one is actually measuring.
These organizations measure different things by different methods. Knowing which is which is more useful than a wall of stars. Every entry ends in a link that leaves this site.
01
MONEY
Best Overall
Gold IRA Company
Gold IRA Company
Best Overall Gold IRA Company
Issued by Money · editorial ranking
Money reviewed more than a dozen Gold IRA providers and placed Allegiance Gold first overall, citing product pricing published on the website, ordering through an online cart rather than a phone call, the depth of the educational library, specialists who handle the rollover, and independent reputation scores.
Money also recorded what may not suit everyone, and we are not going to hide it: account fees are not listed on our site (they are on the Gold IRA fees page, and the custodian's written schedule always controls) and there is a $10,000 minimum investment for an IRA. Better that you know now than after a phone call.
An editorial opinion from one publisher. Not a paid placement, and not a regulatory approval. Competing rankings pick different winners, and reading two or three of them is more useful than reading one.
- Dated
- September 2026
- Verified
- 16 Sep 2026
- Read the ranking
02
Inc. 5000 honoree, No. 749 and No. 2,187
Issued by Inc. · annual ranking of private-company growth
The Inc. 5000 ranks America's fastest-growing private companies on audited revenue growth over three years. Allegiance Gold placed No. 749 in 2023 and returned at No. 2,187 in 2024. Within the 2023 financial-services category it ranked No. 46.
We publish the exact years and numbers because "Inc. 5000 company" with no year attached is one of the most recycled claims in this industry.
A measurement of revenue growth. It says nothing about service quality, pricing or investment outcomes.
- Dated
- 2023, 2024
- Verified
- 16 Sep 2026
- Open Inc. profile
03
A+
Allegiance Gold's BBB rating: A+, Accredited
Issued by the Better Business Bureau
A+ is the top grade on the BBB's scale. It weighs complaint history, how complaints were resolved, transparency of business practices and time in business.
Two separate things get conflated constantly. Accreditation is a paid membership a company applies for and has to qualify for. The A+ is the BBB's own assessment. A company can hold a rating without being accredited, and paying for accreditation does not buy the grade.
Read the complaint detail rather than the letter. How a company answered its worst review tells you more than the grade above it.
- Status
- Accredited
- Verified
- 16 Sep 2026
- Open BBB profile
04
AAA
AAA rating, the highest grade issued
Issued by the Business Consumer Alliance
The BCA grades businesses from AAA down to F, weighing complaint volume and resolution, industry factors and length of operation. Allegiance Gold holds AAA, the top of the scale.
The BCA keeps a complaint file separate from the BBB's, which is why it is worth checking as well rather than instead.
A complaint-history grade, not a product or performance rating.
- Grade
- AAA of AAA–F
- Verified
- 16 Sep 2026
- Open BCA report
05
4.9
4.9 out of 5 from 330+ Allegiance Gold reviews
Collected by Trustpilot · open review platform
Trustpilot is open: any customer can post, and a company cannot delete a review it dislikes. Reviewers here tend to name the specialist they worked with, which makes the feedback easier to weigh than an anonymous score.
Sort by lowest rating first. The one- and two-star reviews are the informative ones. More are collected on our client reviews page.
Reviews from people who chose to write one. Ratings and counts move over time; the date beside this entry is when we last looked.
- Reviews
- 330+
- Verified
- 16 Sep 2026
- Read the reviews
A disclosure most companies leave in the footer. Allegiance Gold is a paid subscriber to the Better Business Bureau, Trustpilot and the Business Consumer Alliance. Paying for accreditation or a business account does not buy a rating — the grades come from complaint records and the scores come from customers — but you should know the commercial relationship exists before you weigh any of it.
Independent verification
Check the record yourself, including the parts we didn't write.
Ratings are summaries. The underlying records — complaint files, resolutions, corporate filings and regulator advisories — are public, and they are the better read. Here is where each one lives.
| Where to look | What it covers, and how to read it |
|---|---|
| BBB complaint file | Formal complaints filed over the last three years, the company's written response, and whether the customer accepted it. A firm with no complaints at all is usually a firm with few customers; what matters is the pattern and the answers. Open our file. |
| BCA complaint record | A separate complaint history with its own resolution record. Worth checking because something filed in one place does not appear in the other. Open our report. |
| Trustpilot, sorted worst first | Unfiltered customer reviews. Read the one- and two-star entries and check whether the company replied with a real answer or a template. Read them. |
| California Secretary of State | Confirms Allegiance Gold, LLC is a registered California entity and shows the filing history. Free business search, no account needed. |
| CFTC and your state attorney general | Where enforcement actions and consumer advisories about precious-metals fraud are published, for any dealer. CFTC. |
| Ask us directly | Ask what our most difficult client situation of the past year was and how it was resolved. A dealer that cannot answer that has told you something. 844-790-9191. |
Every entry above is a record we do not control and cannot edit. That is the point of listing them.
Checked everything above? Here is the low-pressure next step.
Fifteen minutes with a specialist, or the printed guide with nothing to sign. Either way there is no obligation to buy, and you can bring another dealer's quote with you.
Industry memberships
Who we answer to inside the industry.
Trade-association membership is not a licence and not a seal of approval. It means we participate in, and are held to the conduct standards of, organizations that set practice norms for coin and bullion dealers.
National Coin & Bullion Association
The trade association for the coin, currency and precious-metals bullion industry, and its watchdog on federal and state legislation. Member firms work to common standards on anti-money-laundering compliance, counterfeit detection, and tax and reporting rules.
Formerly the Industry Council for Tangible Assets (ICTA), which rebranded as NCBA in 2021 after 36 years under the old name. If you see ICTA on older material of ours, it is the same organization.
ncbassoc.org
American Numismatic Association
A nonprofit educational association for collectors, dealers and researchers of coins, chartered by Congress in 1912. Membership signals participation in the numismatic education community rather than a rating of the business.
It matters most when a conversation moves from bullion to collectible or graded coins, where valuation is a specialist skill and premiums behave very differently.
money.org
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The largest business federation in the United States. Membership is a business affiliation. It carries no consumer rating, no complaint record and no endorsement of any product we sell, and we would rather say that plainly than let a well-known seal imply something it does not mean.
uschamber.com
Independent custody
The most important credential is one we don't hold: your metal.
Inside a precious-metals IRA, three separate companies do three separate jobs. Allegiance Gold is only the first. That separation is the structural protection, and it is worth more than any entry in the register above.
Us · the dealer
Allegiance Gold
Sells the metal and discloses the product, price and premium. We never take custody of IRA assets and we are not a party to your IRA.
Independent · the custodian
A regulated trust company
Opens and administers the account, keeps the records, files the IRS reporting and directs settlement. Allegiance Gold is an approved dealer with STRATA Trust Company, among others.
Independent · the depository
A third-party vault
Physically holds the metal under the IRA arrangement, with its own insurance and audit controls. Allegiance Gold works with Delaware Depository, Brink's and IDS.
Storage partners and locations
Partner depository facilities include Wilmington and New Castle, Delaware; Boulder City and Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles, California; Salt Lake City, Utah; Shiner and Dallas, Texas; Aston, Pennsylvania; and New York, New York. Which facility applies to your account, whether storage is segregated or commingled, and the insurance that attaches are set out in the written custodian and depository documents, not by us.
The Gold IRA guide explains how storage and fees work, and the account forms are published in full. Delaware Depository is a Delaware-chartered limited-purpose trust company examined by the State Bank Commissioner and an approved depository of CME Group. Brink's and IDS operate their own vault networks.
STRATA Trust Company
A Texas-chartered trust company regulated by the Texas Department of Banking, operating since 2008 (formerly Self Directed IRA Services, Inc.) and one of the larger self-directed IRA custodians in the country. Allegiance Gold is an approved dealer. STRATA is the custodian, not an affiliate of Allegiance Gold, and it does not sell metals or give investment advice.
stratatrust.com
Regulatory standing
What we are, and what no entry in this register makes us.
Physical precious metals are not securities, and dealers are not licensed the way brokers and advisers are. That gap is where a lot of this industry's bad behaviour lives, so here is the plain version.
What Allegiance Gold is
- Allegiance Gold, LLC, a California limited liability company formed in 2017, principal office at 27001 Agoura Road, Suite 200, Calabasas, California 91301.
- A dealer in precious metals, selling physical gold, silver, platinum and palladium for direct ownership and for purchase inside self-directed IRAs.
- Subject to the Bank Secrecy Act's requirements for dealers in precious metals, stones and jewels, including a written anti-money-laundering programme. Read our AML programme.
- Subject to federal and state consumer-protection and advertising law, including the FTC Act and California consumer statutes.
What Allegiance Gold is not
- Not a registered investment adviser and not a fiduciary. Nobody here is authorised to give you personal investment advice.
- Not a broker-dealer, and not a member of FINRA or SIPC. Physical metals are not securities and are not SIPC-protected.
- Not a bank, and not your IRA custodian or depository.
- Not endorsed, sponsored, licensed or approved by the U.S. Mint, the U.S. Treasury, the IRS, the Royal Canadian Mint or any other government agency.
- Not FDIC insured. Physical metal can fall in value, pays no income, and is not a guaranteed store of purchasing power.
Why the second list is here at all. A credentials page is exactly where a reader is most likely to conclude a company is regulated in ways it is not. An A+ from a review bureau is not an approval from a financial regulator, and no mark on this page changes what precious metals are. Read the full risk disclosure before buying anything, from us or from anyone else.
Where the metal comes from
Sovereign mints are our suppliers, not our endorsers.
Plenty of dealers display mint logos in a way that implies an official relationship. There isn't one, for us or for them, and we would rather explain the actual supply chain.
United States Mint
The U.S. Mint is the nation's sole manufacturer of legal-tender coinage, established under the Coinage Act of 1792. It does not sell bullion coins to the public directly; it distributes them through a network of authorised purchasers, who supply dealers.
The American Gold Eagle and Silver Eagle products we sell are sourced through authorised wholesale distribution channels. Allegiance Gold is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the U.S. Mint or any government agency.
Royal Canadian Mint
In operation since 1911, the Royal Canadian Mint runs one of the world's most advanced gold and silver refineries. It produced the first .9999 fine bullion coin in 1982 and reached .99999 purity in 1998, which is why the Canadian Maple Leaf is a common choice for IRA-eligible bullion.
Allegiance Gold is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the Royal Canadian Mint. Mint marks appear here to identify the products we sell.
Product eligibility for an IRA depends on the specific item, not the mint that made it. Under Internal Revenue Code §408(m), qualifying bullion must meet statutory fineness and stay in the possession of a trustee; the American Gold Eagle qualifies under a separate statutory coin exception despite being below .995 fine. See the IRS rule, read what a Gold IRA is, and confirm any specific product with the custodian before purchase.
The other half of a credentials page
Things this page deliberately does not say.
Every claim below is one we could have made, and several are standard in this industry. Each is missing on purpose.
- 01No invented awards. If an award has no issuing organization, no year and no link, it is marketing copy. Every entry in the register has all three.
- 02No "government approved." No precious-metals dealer is approved, licensed or endorsed by the U.S. government, and a company that implies otherwise is telling you something about itself.
- 03No guaranteed returns and no guaranteed hedge. Gold can fall. It pays no income. It can underperform other assets for a decade at a time.
- 04No countdown clocks or "prices rise at midnight." Spot moves all day, every day. Urgency about a retirement decision is a sales tactic, not information.
- 05No confusing paid endorsements with reviews. Our endorsers are paid spokespeople and we label them that way. Reviews come from customers.
- 06No home-storage IRA pitch. IRC §408(m) requires qualifying IRA bullion to stay in the possession of a trustee. Personal possession can trigger a distribution.
If you ever catch us doing any of the above, the fastest way to get it fixed is to tell us: 844-790-9191.
Portable, and not just about us
How to verify any precious-metals dealer in about ten minutes.
Run this on Allegiance Gold. Then run it on whoever else you are considering. If a step turns up something we would rather you not see, we would still rather you saw it.
Find the legal entity name and its home state
A trading name is not a company. Look for the LLC or corporation name and address in the footer or terms. Ours is Allegiance Gold, LLC, 27001 Agoura Road, Suite 200, Calabasas, California. Look the entity up free in the California Secretary of State's business search.
Read the BBB complaint detail, not the letter grade
The grade is a summary. The useful part is the complaint text and, more telling, how the company responded. Templated responses are a signal. So are unanswered complaints.
Sort the reviews by lowest rating first
Five-star reviews all read alike. One- and two-star reviews tell you where a company fails and whether the failures cluster around pricing, delivery or pressure.
Ask for the buyback price on the exact product, today
Any dealer will quote a purchase price. Ask what they would pay to buy that same coin back this afternoon. The gap between the two numbers is your real break-even, and reluctance to state it is the single most useful answer you will get.
Confirm the custodian and depository are separate companies
Ask who the IRA custodian is, whether it is independent of the dealer, which depository holds the metal, and whether storage is segregated or commingled. Then confirm it with the custodian directly rather than with the salesperson.
Get the full fee schedule in writing before funding
Setup, annual administration, storage, transaction and wire fees, plus the product premium. Ask which fees are waived, for how long, and what they revert to. Ours are published on the Gold IRA fees page.
Check the trade associations and the regulators
Membership can be confirmed with the association itself. For fraud patterns and warnings about precious-metals schemes, the CFTC and your state attorney general publish consumer advisories worth ten minutes of reading.
Direct answers
Questions people ask before they trust a gold company.
Is Allegiance Gold legit?
Yes. Allegiance Gold, LLC is a registered California company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Calabasas, California. Money named it Best Overall Gold IRA Company for September 2026. Inc. lists it as an Inc. 5000 honoree at No. 749 in 2023 and No. 2,187 in 2024. It holds an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, a AAA rating with the Business Consumer Alliance and 4.9 out of 5 on Trustpilot, and it is a member of the National Coin & Bullion Association and the American Numismatic Association. Every one of those claims links to the organization that issued it in the register above, so you can confirm them without taking our word for anything.
Is Allegiance Gold a scam?
No. Allegiance Gold is a registered California company formed in 2017, with named owners, a published business address, a public complaint file at both the Better Business Bureau and the Business Consumer Alliance, and unfiltered customer reviews on Trustpilot. Those records are maintained by organizations we do not control, and we link to all of them rather than asking anyone to take a marketing claim on faith. If you are assessing any precious-metals dealer, the independent records listed above and the seven-step check further down are more reliable than anything a company says about itself.
Does Allegiance Gold have complaints?
Complaint records for Allegiance Gold are public and we link to them directly rather than summarising them. The Better Business Bureau file lists formal complaints from the last three years together with the company's written response and whether the customer accepted it. The Business Consumer Alliance keeps a separate record. Trustpilot reviews can be sorted lowest-first and cannot be deleted by the company. Any firm handling a large volume of transactions will have some complaints; what is worth reading is the pattern and how each one was answered.
Who owns Allegiance Gold?
Allegiance Gold was co-founded in 2017 by Mark Naaman, Chief Executive Officer, and Alex Ebkarian, Chief Operating Officer, and both are named publicly on the company leadership page. It is privately held and is not a subsidiary of a larger financial institution. Knowing who owns a dealer matters, because it tells you who is accountable if something goes wrong.
How long has Allegiance Gold been in business?
Allegiance Gold, LLC was formed in 2017, so it has been operating for roughly nine years as of 2026. Time in business is one of the factors the Better Business Bureau weighs in its rating, and it is worth checking against the founding date a company states, because the two do not always match.
Is Allegiance Gold BBB accredited, and what does that actually mean?
Yes. Allegiance Gold is a BBB Accredited Business with an A+ rating. Two separate things are going on. Accreditation is a paid membership a company applies for and must qualify for, while the A+ is the BBB's own grade based on complaint history, complaint resolution, transparency and time in business. A company can have a rating without being accredited, and paying for accreditation does not buy the grade.
Did Allegiance Gold pay Money for the "Best Overall" ranking?
No. Money's ranking is editorial. Money says it analysed more than a dozen gold IRA companies and compared them on pricing transparency, ordering experience, educational resources, reputation and customer experience. Publishers of this kind of ranking commonly earn affiliate commissions when a reader clicks through to a listed company, which is a different thing from paying for placement, and Money discloses its own practices on its site. It is one editorial opinion, not a regulatory finding, and it is worth reading alongside the competing rankings that pick a different company.
Is Allegiance Gold a fiduciary or a financial adviser?
No. Allegiance Gold is a precious-metals dealer. It is not a registered investment adviser, not a broker-dealer and not a fiduciary, and its employees are not authorised to give personal investment, tax or legal advice. When a dealer sells you a product it has a commercial interest in that sale, which is exactly why the fee schedule, the premium and the buyback price should be in writing before you decide. Consult your own adviser or tax professional about your circumstances.
Who holds the metal in an Allegiance Gold IRA?
Not Allegiance Gold. An independent IRA custodian administers the account and an independent depository physically holds the metal. Allegiance Gold is an approved dealer with STRATA Trust Company among other custodians, and works with Delaware Depository, Brink's and IDS for storage. The specific custodian, facility, allocation method and insurance applicable to your account are set out in your written custodian and depository documents, which control over anything on this page.
Is Allegiance Gold approved or licensed by the U.S. government?
No, and neither is any other precious-metals dealer. Physical bullion is not a security, so dealers are not licensed by the SEC or FINRA the way brokers and advisers are. Allegiance Gold is subject to Bank Secrecy Act anti-money-laundering requirements for dealers in precious metals, and to federal and state consumer-protection law, but it holds no government approval, endorsement or sponsorship, including from the U.S. Mint. Treat any company that suggests otherwise with care.
What is Allegiance Gold's minimum investment?
Money's September 2026 review reports a $10,000 minimum investment for an Allegiance Gold IRA. Minimums and promotional terms change, so confirm the current figure before funding an account. Current fee information is published on the Gold IRA page, and the custodian's written schedule controls.
What is the difference between ICTA and the National Coin & Bullion Association?
They are the same organization. The Industry Council for Tangible Assets rebranded as the National Coin & Bullion Association in 2021, after 36 years under the original name, to reflect a focus on coins and precious-metals bullion rather than tangible assets generally. ICTA remains the registered legal name. If you see ICTA on older Allegiance Gold material, it refers to NCBA.
Are the celebrity endorsements the same thing as customer reviews?
No, and they should never be read as if they were. Allegiance Gold's endorsers are paid spokespeople, disclosed as such on the endorsers page. Customer reviews on Trustpilot and the BBB come from people who transacted with the company and were not paid for the review. When you are weighing a company, the second group is evidence and the first group is advertising.
How current is the information on this page?
This register was last reviewed on September 16, 2026, and each entry carries its own verification date. Ratings, review counts, memberships and partner relationships change, so we re-check the page quarterly and after any material change. The next scheduled review is December 2026. If you find something here that no longer matches the source it links to, tell us at 844-790-9191 and we will correct it.
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Disclosures. Allegiance Gold is a paid subscriber to the Better Business Bureau, Trustpilot and the Business Consumer Alliance; evaluations and rankings through those services are based on independently verified client experience. Ratings, review counts, rankings and memberships shown on this page were verified on the dates stated and can change at any time. Third-party marks appear to identify the organizations named and do not imply their endorsement of Allegiance Gold.
Allegiance Gold and its employees are not authorized to serve as your personal investment advisor or to provide investment advice about securities or any other regulated financial instrument. Precious metals, like all investments, carry risk, are not suitable for all investors, and past performance does not guarantee future results. We do not guarantee any investment performance, future profits, or that any precious metal will retain its purchase value. Consult your own investment, tax or legal advisor before making any investment decision, and review the complete terms of purchase, including any cancellation rights. See the full risk disclosure, terms of use and privacy policy.
Register last reviewed 16 September 2026 by the Allegiance Gold Compliance & Editorial team. Next scheduled review December 2026. Sources: Money · Inc. · BBB · BCA · Trustpilot · NCBA · ANA · IRS · media coverage.
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