Compare Gold IRA Companies. Choose with Confidence.

Augusta Precious Metals has been in business since 2012 and is headquartered in Casper, Wyoming. The company specializes in facilitating precious metals IRAs — both 401(k) rollovers and IRA transfers. Every prospective customer is offered a free one-on-one web conference led by Devlyn Steele, the company's Harvard-trained director of education. Augusta uses salaried educators (no commission) who explain everything, including risks. The $50,000 minimum reflects the company's focus on serious retirement investors. Preferred custodian is Equity Trust, with storage at the Delaware Depository.

Birch Gold Group has been in business since 2003 and helps Americans diversify retirement savings with physical gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. They facilitate Precious Metals IRAs with rollovers from Traditional, Roth, SEP, and SIMPLE IRAs, plus 401(k) and 403(b) plans. Birch works with multiple custodians and depositories including Delaware Depository, Brink's, and International Depository Services, with storage locations across the country.

Priority Gold is a gold IRA specialist headquartered in Dallas, Texas that focuses on precious metals IRAs and direct physical bullion purchases. The company holds an A+ BBB rating, a AAA rating with the Business Consumer Alliance, a 5-star TrustLink rating, and has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies. Priority Gold covers the first-year administration fee for all qualifying IRA accounts, and waives the first-year storage fee for investments of $50,000 or more. The company works with Equity Trust and STRATA Trust as custodians, and stores metals at Delaware Depository.