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Absolute Capital Management, LLC

Pittsburgh, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 121484

Filed as ABSOLUTE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Absolute Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Pittsburgh, PA, registered since 2003, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 3, 2026.

23 years
registered since 2003
$742,497,713
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Absolute Capital Management, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Absolute Capital Management, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Absolute Capital Management, LLC located?

Absolute Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in Pittsburgh, PA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Absolute Capital Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Absolute Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2003. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 121484.

How much does Absolute Capital Management, LLC manage?

Absolute Capital Management, LLC reports $742,497,713 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 3, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have Absolute Capital Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Absolute Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $255,216,537 in the October 2021 data and $742,497,713 in the October 2026 data, up 191%. Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Absolute Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,677); high net worth individuals (167); other (113).

Which custodians does Absolute Capital Management, LLC use?

Absolute Capital Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Absolute Capital Management, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/121484

Does Absolute Capital Management, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 3, 2026 says: "Absolute Capital’s minimum account size is $30,000, but this amount is negotiable."

What changed in Absolute Capital Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $553,953,862 to $742,497,713 (+34%).

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
  • A percentage of assets under your management

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 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: $30,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Absolute Capital’s minimum account size is $30,000, but this amount is negotiable.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 3, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$742,497,713

$742,497,713 as of October 2026, filing dated June 3, 2026.

Discretionary: $730,790,884.Non-discretionary: $11,706,829.

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.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 1,677 Assets $275,405,349 (37%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 167 Assets $220,085,325 (30%)
Investment companies
Clients 3 Assets $231,782,822 (31%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 26 Assets $3,517,388 (0%)
Other
Clients 113 Assets $11,706,829 (2%)

A 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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2003 (23 years)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
42 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$255M 2021 $280M 2022 $257M 2023 $401M 2024 $434M 2025 $742M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$742,497,71312June 3, 2026
October 2025$433,985,39010March 4, 2025
October 2024$400,605,28110September 26, 2024
October 2023$257,461,94311March 20, 2023
October 2022$280,101,42711September 9, 2022
October 2021$255,216,53711August 18, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $255,216,537 in the October 2021 data and $742,497,713 in the October 2026 data, up 191%.

Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 12 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
  1. July 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $553,953,862 to $742,497,713 (+34%).
  2. June 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in NV.
  3. February 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $472,491,102 to $553,953,862 (+17%).
  4. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in IA.

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.I
abscap.comabscapfunds.comabsolutecapital.comabsolutecapitalmanagement.com

Source: 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. Absolute Capital Management, LLC (CRD 121484): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/absolute-capital-management-llc-pittsburgh-pa-121484