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1st & Main Growth Partners
Filed as 1ST & MAIN GROWTH PARTNERS · Legal name The Banc Funds Company, L.L.C.
1st & Main Growth Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 1997, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 28, 2026.
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From the filingHow is 1st & Main Growth Partners compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), 1st & Main Growth Partners reports these compensation arrangements: performance-based fees; other.
Where is 1st & Main Growth Partners located?
1st & Main Growth Partners' principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is 1st & Main Growth Partners registered with the SEC or a state?
1st & Main Growth Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1997. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106305.
How much does 1st & Main Growth Partners manage?
1st & Main Growth Partners reports $680,414,583 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 28, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have 1st & Main Growth Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for 1st & Main Growth Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $1,105,404,966 in the October 2021 data and $680,414,583 in the October 2026 data, down 38%. Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 13 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does 1st & Main Growth Partners serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (3).
Does 1st & Main Growth Partners report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation) and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/106305
What changed in 1st & Main Growth Partners' recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $957,376,625 to $680,414,583 (-29%).
From the Form ADV filing
Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.
How the firm is compensated
Item 5.E- Performance-based fees
- Other
Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ
Fees and minimums
Form ADV Part 2AThe brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$680,414,583 as of October 2026, filing dated April 28, 2026.
A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means
Who the firm serves
Item 5.DA firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.
Advisory services
Item 5.G- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- The Banc Funds Company, L.L.C.
- Also doing business as
- 1ST & MAIN GROWTH PARTNERS
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 1997 (29 years)
- Employees
- Total: 13. Performing investment advisory functions: 10.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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1 other office, as of the May 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 112 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
- 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures
Assets and staff over time
Items 5.A, 5.F| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $680,414,583 | 13 | April 28, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $957,376,625 | 15 | March 28, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $1,077,342,851 | 18 | March 26, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $1,173,494,894 | 17 | March 30, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $1,316,413,639 | 16 | March 28, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $1,105,404,966 | 14 | May 28, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $1,105,404,966 in the October 2021 data and $680,414,583 in the October 2026 data, down 38%.
Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 13 in October 2026.
As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.
Changes in the filing
Last 12 months- April 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $957,376,625 to $680,414,583 (-29%).
Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.
Websites listed on Form ADV
Item 1.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
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AdvisorCensus. 1st & Main Growth Partners (CRD 106305): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/1st-and-main-growth-partners-chicago-il-106305