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Segment And Geographic Information
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Segment And Geographic Information [Abstract]  
Segment And Geographic Information 14.  Segment and Geographic Information

The Company has two operating business segments: electronic brokerage and market making. These segments are supported by the corporate segment, which provides centralized services and executes the Company’s currency diversification strategy.

The Company conducts its electronic brokerage business through certain Interactive Brokers subsidiaries, which provide electronic trade execution and clearing services to customers worldwide. The Company conducts its remaining market making business (see Note 2 – Discontinued Operations and Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Cost) principally through its Timber Hill subsidiaries on some of the world’s leading exchanges and market centers, primarily in exchange-traded equities, equity options and equity-index options and futures.

Significant transactions and balances between the Operating Companies occur, primarily as a result of certain Operating Companies holding exchange or clearing organization memberships, which are utilized to provide execution and clearing services to affiliates. Charges for transactions between segments are designed to approximate full costs. Intra-segment and intra-region income and expenses and related balances have been eliminated in this segment and geographic information to reflect the external business conducted in each segment or geographic region. Corporate items include non-allocated corporate income and expenses that are not attributed to segments for performance measurement, net gains and losses on positions held as part of the Company’s overall currency diversification strategy, corporate assets and eliminations.

Management believes that the following information by business segment provides a reasonable representation of each segment’s contribution to total net revenues and income before income taxes for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, and total assets as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018:

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(in millions)

Net revenues

Electronic brokerage

$

506

$

444

$

1,435

$

1,352

Market making

17

16

52

59

Corporate

(57)

(21)

(50)

Total net revenues

$

466

$

439

$

1,437

$

1,411

Income before income taxes

Electronic brokerage

$

331

$

292

$

883

$

866

Market making

8

7

25

25

Corporate

(58)

(23)

(63)

(4)

Total income before income taxes

$

281

$

276

$

845

$

887

September 30,

December 31,

2019

2018

(in millions)

Segment assets

Electronic brokerage

$

66,082

$

58,631

Market making

2,768

2,736

Corporate

(1,046)

(820)

Total assets

$

67,804

$

60,547


The Company operates its automated global business in the U.S. and international markets on more than 125 electronic exchanges and market centers. A significant portion of the Company’s net revenues are generated by subsidiaries operating outside the U.S. International operations are comprised of electronic brokerage and market making activities in 32 countries in Europe, Asia/Pacific and the Americas (outside the U.S.). The following table presents total net revenues and income before income taxes by geographic area for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018. The geographic analysis presented below is based on the location of the subsidiaries in which the transactions are recorded. This geographic information does not reflect the way the Company’s business is managed.

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2019

2018

2019

2018

(in millions)

Net revenues

United States

$

346

$

346

$

1,117

$

1,111

International

120

93

320

300

Total net revenues

$

466

$

439

$

1,437

$

1,411

Income before income taxes

United States

$

222

$

237

$

717

$

762

International

59

39

128

125

Total income before income taxes

$

281

$

276

$

845

$

887