# Financial advisors in Evanston, IL > AdvisorCensus lists 20 investment advisory firms with a principal office in Evanston, Illinois (part of the Chicago metro area), drawn from Form ADV filings as of October 2026. Firms are listed alphabetically; the full Chicago metro area, including neighboring cities, is on its own page. Firms may request removal from the directory, so this count can differ from the number of firms that file Form ADV. Source: Form ADV filings as of October 2026. Rebuilt monthly. HTML page: https://advisorcensus.com/advisors/il/chicago/evanston ## At a glance - Investment advisory firms: 20 - Registration: SEC-registered investment adviser: 17, State-registered investment adviser: 2, Exempt reporting adviser: 1 - How firms are compensated (Form ADV Item 5.E; shares of the firms that file it): Fee-only (AdvisorCensus test) 4 (21%); Percentage of assets 19 (100%); Hourly charges 2 (11%); Fixed fees 5 (26%); Commissions 1 (5%); Performance-based fees 10 (53%); Other 3 (16%); No compensation arrangements reported 1 - Regulatory assets under management (Item 5.F): Under $25 million 1 (5%); $100 million to $500 million 9 (45%); $500 million to $1 billion 1 (5%); $1 billion to $5 billion 6 (30%); Over $5 billion 1 (5%); Not reported 2 (10%) - Years registered: Under 5 years 5 (25%); 5 to 9 years 3 (15%); 10 to 19 years 8 (40%); 20 years or more 4 (20%) ## Firms (page 1 of 1, 1 to 20 of 20, sorted by name) | Firm | CRD | City | Registration | Assets band | Years registered | Compensation | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Appleby Advisory LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/appleby-advisory-llc-evanston-il-281415) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/appleby-advisory-llc-evanston-il-281415.md)) | 281415 | Evanston, IL | State-registered investment adviser | Not reported | 11 | % of assets | | [Barrel Ventures Management, LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/barrel-ventures-management-llc-evanston-il-330756) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/barrel-ventures-management-llc-evanston-il-330756.md)) | 330756 | Evanston, IL | Exempt reporting adviser | Not reported | 2 | Not reported | | [Blue Sky Investment Partners, Inc.](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/blue-sky-investment-partners-inc-evanston-il-145318) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/blue-sky-investment-partners-inc-evanston-il-145318.md)) | 145318 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 0 | % of assets, Hourly | | [Bondurant Investment Advisory, LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bondurant-investment-advisory-llc-evanston-il-297290) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bondurant-investment-advisory-llc-evanston-il-297290.md)) | 297290 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 0 | % of assets, Fixed fee, Other | | [Evanston Capital Management, LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/evanston-capital-management-llc-evanston-il-120338) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/evanston-capital-management-llc-evanston-il-120338.md)) | 120338 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $1 billion to $5 billion | 24 | % of assets, Performance fee | | [Fidus Investment Advisors, LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/fidus-investment-advisors-llc-evanston-il-156981) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/fidus-investment-advisors-llc-evanston-il-156981.md)) | 156981 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $1 billion to $5 billion | 15 | % of assets, Performance fee | | [Grosse Point Capital Management](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/grosse-point-capital-management-evanston-il-310057) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/grosse-point-capital-management-evanston-il-310057.md)) | 310057 | Evanston, IL | State-registered investment adviser | Under $25 million | 6 | % of assets, Fixed fee | | [Industrial Opportunity Partners, LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/industrial-opportunity-partners-llc-evanston-il-156994) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/industrial-opportunity-partners-llc-evanston-il-156994.md)) | 156994 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $1 billion to $5 billion | 14 | % of assets, Performance fee | | [Kingsbury Capital Investment Advisors LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/kingsbury-capital-investment-advisors-llc-evanston-il-145658) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/kingsbury-capital-investment-advisors-llc-evanston-il-145658.md)) | 145658 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 6 | % of assets, Hourly, Fixed fee, Commissions | | [LFL Advisers, LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/lfl-advisers-llc-evanston-il-163963) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/lfl-advisers-llc-evanston-il-163963.md)) | 163963 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $500 million to $1 billion | 10 | % of assets, Performance fee, Other | | [Lind Capital Partners](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/lind-capital-partners-evanston-il-165810) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/lind-capital-partners-evanston-il-165810.md)) | 165810 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 13 | % of assets | | [Magnetar Asset Management LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/magnetar-asset-management-llc-evanston-il-285287) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/magnetar-asset-management-llc-evanston-il-285287.md)) | 285287 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $1 billion to $5 billion | 9 | % of assets, Performance fee | | [Magnetar Financial LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/magnetar-financial-llc-evanston-il-136045) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/magnetar-financial-llc-evanston-il-136045.md)) | 136045 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | Over $5 billion | 21 | % of assets, Performance fee, Other | | [Maxwell Street Capital Partners, LP](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/maxwell-street-capital-partners-lp-evanston-il-329585) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/maxwell-street-capital-partners-lp-evanston-il-329585.md)) | 329585 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 0 | % of assets, Performance fee | | [Pluscios Management LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/pluscios-management-llc-evanston-il-146761) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/pluscios-management-llc-evanston-il-146761.md)) | 146761 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 18 | % of assets, Performance fee | | [Romano Wealth Management](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/romano-wealth-management-evanston-il-3215) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/romano-wealth-management-evanston-il-3215.md)) | 3215 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $1 billion to $5 billion | 40 | % of assets, Fixed fee | | [Seed Wealth Management, Inc.](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/seed-wealth-management-inc-evanston-il-171920) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/seed-wealth-management-inc-evanston-il-171920.md)) | 171920 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 4 | % of assets | | [Siena Capital Partners GP, LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/siena-capital-partners-gp-llc-evanston-il-162073) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/siena-capital-partners-gp-llc-evanston-il-162073.md)) | 162073 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 11 | % of assets, Performance fee | | [Silver Oak Services Partners,llc](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/silver-oak-services-partners-llc-evanston-il-160904) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/silver-oak-services-partners-llc-evanston-il-160904.md)) | 160904 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $1 billion to $5 billion | 14 | % of assets, Performance fee | | [Zimmerman Wealth Management, LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/zimmerman-wealth-management-llc-evanston-il-127526) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/zimmerman-wealth-management-llc-evanston-il-127526.md)) | 127526 | Evanston, IL | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 23 | % of assets, Fixed fee | ## Questions people ask **How many financial advisory firms are there in Evanston, IL?** AdvisorCensus lists 20 investment advisory firms with a principal office in Evanston, Illinois (part of the Chicago metro area), from Form ADV filings as of October 2026: 17 SEC-registered, 2 state-registered, and 1 exempt reporting adviser. Firms may request removal, so the count can differ slightly from the number of firms that file Form ADV. **How many fee-only financial advisors are in Evanston, IL?** 4 of the 20 firms meet AdvisorCensus's fee-only test: paid only by a percentage of assets, hourly charges, fixed fees, or subscription fees on Form ADV Item 5.E (no commissions, performance-based fees, or other compensation), with no sales-related compensation ties in the same filing: no employee registered with a broker-dealer or licensed as an insurance agent (Item 5.B), no brokerage, insurance, real estate, or other product sales business (Item 6.A), no related broker-dealer, insurance company, real estate broker, or futures commission merchant (Item 7.A), and no referral fees from others or other sales interest (Item 8). Form ADV has no fee-only box, so this is derived from the filing; it is not a fee-only certification, and a firm's own page lists its compensation arrangements as filed. **How many financial advisors in Evanston, IL offer financial planning?** 6 of the 19 firms in Evanston, IL that answer Form ADV Item 5.G, which asks what advisory services a firm provides, report financial planning services, as of October 2026. Exempt reporting advisers do not answer Item 5.G. Each firm page lists every advisory service the firm reports. **Are the financial advisors in Evanston, IL fiduciaries?** Every firm on this page is an investment adviser that files Form ADV, and an investment adviser owes its clients a fiduciary duty under federal law, made up of a duty of care and a duty of loyalty: it must act in the client's best interest and not put its own interests ahead of the client's, and must eliminate its conflicts of interest or disclose them fully and fairly. Form ADV has no fiduciary box because the duty comes with being an investment adviser. The duty covers the firm's advice; a firm or its people may also sell securities through a broker-dealer or insurance as licensed agents, roles held to other standards. The 4 firms that meet AdvisorCensus's fee-only test report none of those sales ties. **How do I check whether a financial advisor has disciplinary disclosures?** Each firm page shows how many Form ADV Item 11 disciplinary questions the firm answered yes and links to the firm's record on the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site (adviserinfo.sec.gov), where the detail of each disclosure is public. Individual advisers' records are on the same site and on FINRA BrokerCheck. **Does AdvisorCensus rate, verify, or recommend these firms?** No. The directory shows what each firm filed, in alphabetical order unless you choose another sort, and no firm's position depends on payment. Firms that claim their page can add a description and links, marked as provided by the firm; the filed facts are never changed by that content. **What does regulatory assets under management mean?** Regulatory assets under management (RAUM) is the figure a firm reports on Form ADV Item 5.F: the securities portfolios it provides continuous and regular supervisory or management services for, at market value, including assets managed without discretion. 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Financial advisors in Evanston, IL: 20 firms from Form ADV filings as of October 2026.