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Accel Wealth Management

Waverly, IASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 286201

Filed as ACCEL WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Legal name Accel Wealth Management LLC

Accel Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Waverly, IA, registered since 2017, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 4, 2026.

9 years
registered since 2017
$1,147,752,700
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Accel Wealth Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Accel Wealth Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Accel Wealth Management located?

Accel Wealth Management's principal office is in Waverly, IA, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Accel Wealth Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Accel Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 286201.

How much does Accel Wealth Management manage?

Accel Wealth Management reports $1,147,752,700 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 4, 2026 (93% discretionary).

How have Accel Wealth Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Accel Wealth Management: Regulatory assets under management: $615,060,673 in the October 2021 data and $1,147,752,700 in the October 2026 data, up 87%. Total employees: 18 in October 2021 and 19 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Accel Wealth Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,124); high net worth individuals (166); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (80).

Which custodians does Accel Wealth Management use?

Accel Wealth Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Principal Securities, Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Accel Wealth Management report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/286201

What changed in Accel Wealth Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Added an office in Cedar Falls, IA.

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
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

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 firm's brochure (dated August 4, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,147,752,700

$1,147,752,700 as of October 2026, filing dated August 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,071,495,911.Non-discretionary: $76,256,789.

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 1,124 Assets $309,289,832 (27%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 166 Assets $346,774,054 (30%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 80 Assets $471,614,425 (41%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,684,252 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $10,381,772 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 11 Assets $6,150,979 (1%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,857,386 (0%)

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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Accel Wealth Management LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (9 years)
Employees
Total: 19. Performing investment advisory functions: 10.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing
Cedar Falls, IACedar Rapids, IAWest des Moines, IA
States registered or notice-filed
8 states or jurisdictions
AZFLIAKSMNMOTXWI

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 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.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related 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
$615M 2021 $810M 2022 $823M 2023 $947M 2024 $974M 2025 $1.15B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,147,752,70019August 4, 2026
October 2025$973,955,25720April 30, 2025
October 2024$947,333,82020March 29, 2024
October 2023$823,284,77921September 5, 2023
October 2022$810,327,87219September 27, 2022
October 2021$615,060,67318August 12, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $615,060,673 in the October 2021 data and $1,147,752,700 in the October 2026 data, up 87%.

Total employees: 18 in October 2021 and 19 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. April 2026
    • Added an office in Cedar Falls, IA.
  2. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $973,955,257 to $1,147,752,700 (+18%).
    • Changed its office addresses in West des Moines, IA.
    • Registered or notice-filed in KS.
  3. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in IL, MI.

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
acceladvantage.comaccelwealthmanagement.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. Accel Wealth Management (CRD 286201): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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