# Financial advisors for retirement plans in Cleveland, OH

> AdvisorCensus lists 64 investment advisory firms with a principal office in the Cleveland metro area that report retirement plans among their clients on Form ADV Item 5.D, from filings as of October 2026. Item 5.D asks each firm which types of clients it advises; reporting a client type means the firm serves it, not that it serves only that type. Firms are listed alphabetically; each firm's page lists its client types as filed.

Source: Form ADV filings as of October 2026. Rebuilt monthly. HTML page: https://advisorcensus.com/advisors/oh/cleveland/for-retirement-plans/page/2

## At a glance

- Investment advisory firms: 64
- Registration: SEC-registered investment adviser: 52, State-registered investment adviser: 12
- How firms are compensated (Form ADV Item 5.E; shares of the firms that file it): Fee-only (AdvisorCensus test) 15 (23%); Percentage of assets 64 (100%); Hourly charges 38 (59%); Subscription fees (newsletter or periodical) 1 (2%); Fixed fees 49 (77%); Commissions 4 (6%); Performance-based fees 9 (14%); Other 17 (27%)
- Regulatory assets under management (Item 5.F): Under $25 million 3 (5%); $25 million to $100 million 10 (16%); $100 million to $500 million 18 (28%); $500 million to $1 billion 14 (22%); $1 billion to $5 billion 6 (9%); Over $5 billion 13 (20%)
- Years registered: Under 5 years 12 (19%); 5 to 9 years 12 (19%); 10 to 19 years 21 (33%); 20 years or more 19 (30%)

## Firms (page 2 of 2, 51 to 64 of 64, sorted by name)

| Firm | CRD | City | Registration | Assets band | Years registered | Compensation |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Redwood Financial Network](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/redwood-financial-network-solon-oh-157834) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/redwood-financial-network-solon-oh-157834.md)) | 157834 | Solon, OH | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 12 | % of assets, Hourly, Fixed fee, Other |
| [Reed Financial Services, Inc.](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/reed-financial-services-inc-cleveland-oh-112179) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/reed-financial-services-inc-cleveland-oh-112179.md)) | 112179 | Cleveland, OH | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 37 | % of assets, Hourly, Fixed fee, Commissions |
| [Return on Life Wealth Partners](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/return-on-life-wealth-partners-cleveland-oh-112879) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/return-on-life-wealth-partners-cleveland-oh-112879.md)) | 112879 | Cleveland, OH | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 9 | % of assets, Hourly, Subscription, Fixed fee |
| [River Wealth Management LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/river-wealth-management-llc-medina-oh-309167) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/river-wealth-management-llc-medina-oh-309167.md)) | 309167 | Medina, OH | State-registered investment adviser | $25 million to $100 million | 6 | % of assets, Fixed fee |
| [Riverview Research, LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/riverview-research-llc-independence-oh-162318) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/riverview-research-llc-independence-oh-162318.md)) | 162318 | Independence, OH | SEC-registered investment adviser | $500 million to $1 billion | 12 | % of assets, Fixed fee |
| [Shaker Investments](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/shaker-investments-beachwood-oh-119135) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/shaker-investments-beachwood-oh-119135.md)) | 119135 | Beachwood, OH | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 24 | % of assets, Performance fee |
| [SKA Financial Services,inc.](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ska-financial-services-inc-fairview-park-oh-107348) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ska-financial-services-inc-fairview-park-oh-107348.md)) | 107348 | Fairview Park, OH | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 4 | % of assets, Hourly, Fixed fee |
| [Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/stratos-wealth-advisors-llc-beachwood-oh-283816) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/stratos-wealth-advisors-llc-beachwood-oh-283816.md)) | 283816 | Beachwood, OH | SEC-registered investment adviser | Over $5 billion | 10 | % of assets, Hourly, Fixed fee, Other |
| [Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/stratos-wealth-partners-ltd-beachwood-oh-153184) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/stratos-wealth-partners-ltd-beachwood-oh-153184.md)) | 153184 | Beachwood, OH | SEC-registered investment adviser | Over $5 billion | 16 | % of assets, Hourly, Fixed fee, Other |
| [Tidmore Retirement Planning Specialists](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/tidmore-retirement-planning-specialists-beachwood-oh-121028) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/tidmore-retirement-planning-specialists-beachwood-oh-121028.md)) | 121028 | Beachwood, OH | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 0 | % of assets, Fixed fee, Other |
| [Townsend Holdings LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/townsend-holdings-llc-cleveland-oh-160006) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/townsend-holdings-llc-cleveland-oh-160006.md)) | 160006 | Cleveland, OH | SEC-registered investment adviser | Over $5 billion | 14 | % of assets, Hourly, Fixed fee, Performance fee, Other |
| [Ultra Advisors LLC](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ultra-advisors-llc-lyndhurst-oh-301668) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ultra-advisors-llc-lyndhurst-oh-301668.md)) | 301668 | Lyndhurst, OH | State-registered investment adviser | Under $25 million | 7 | % of assets |
| [Vantage Financial Group, Inc.](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/vantage-financial-group-inc-cleveland-oh-105950) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/vantage-financial-group-inc-cleveland-oh-105950.md)) | 105950 | Cleveland, OH | SEC-registered investment adviser | $500 million to $1 billion | 37 | % of assets, Hourly, Fixed fee, Commissions |
| [Winslow Asset Management Inc](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/winslow-asset-management-inc-beachwood-oh-106337) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/winslow-asset-management-inc-beachwood-oh-106337.md)) | 106337 | Beachwood, OH | SEC-registered investment adviser | $500 million to $1 billion | 34 | % of assets, Fixed fee |

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## Questions people ask

**Which financial advisors in Cleveland, OH work with retirement plans?**
64 investment advisory firms with a principal office in the Cleveland metro area report retirement plans among their clients on Form ADV Item 5.D, as of October 2026; this page lists them. Form ADV Item 5.D asks every registered adviser which types of clients it advises, with the number of each and the assets it manages for them; a firm appears here when it reports at least one.

**How many financial advisory firms are there in Cleveland, OH?**
AdvisorCensus lists 200 investment advisory firms with a principal office in the Cleveland metro area, from Form ADV filings as of October 2026: 108 SEC-registered, 82 state-registered, and 10 exempt reporting advisers. 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 Cleveland, OH?**
49 of the 200 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 Cleveland, OH offer financial planning?**
122 of the 190 firms in Cleveland, OH 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 Cleveland, OH 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 49 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. It measures scale, not performance or quality.

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Cite as: AdvisorCensus. Financial advisors for retirement plans in Cleveland, OH: 64 firms from Form ADV filings as of October 2026.