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Advisor Resource Council

Dallas, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 164109

Filed as ADVISOR RESOURCE COUNCIL

Advisor Resource Council is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Dallas, TX, registered since 2012, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$3,486,476,414
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Advisor Resource Council compensated?

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

Where is Advisor Resource Council located?

Advisor Resource Council's principal office is in Dallas, TX, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 22 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Advisor Resource Council registered with the SEC or a state?

Advisor Resource Council is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 164109.

How much does Advisor Resource Council manage?

Advisor Resource Council reports $3,486,476,414 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have Advisor Resource Council's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Advisor Resource Council: Regulatory assets under management: $2,121,520,047 in the October 2021 data and $3,486,476,414 in the October 2026 data, up 64%. Total employees: 121 in October 2021 and 119 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Advisor Resource Council serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (9,565); high net worth individuals (2,134); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (72).

Which custodians does Advisor Resource Council use?

Advisor Resource Council's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and LPL Financial LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Advisor Resource Council report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), 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/164109

What changed in Advisor Resource Council's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: No longer lists the business name ARC Retirement Consultants. No longer lists the business name Mergent Group. Added the business name Carroll Wealth Management. Employees performing advisory functions went from 81 to 70. Regulatory assets under management went from $3,015,318,532 to $3,486,476,414 (+16%). Added an office in Tulsa, OK. No longer lists an office in Broken Arrow, OK. No longer lists an office in Santa Rosa, CA. Registered or notice-filed in DE. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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 March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$3,486,476,414

$3,486,476,414 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,365,655,963.Non-discretionary: $120,820,451.

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 9,565 Assets $1,464,425,970 (42%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 2,134 Assets $1,876,369,868 (54%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 72 Assets $113,878,605 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 38 Assets $17,413,845 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 27 Assets $14,388,126 (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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
360 WEALTH MANAGEMENT, 360 WEALTH PARTNERS, 360 WEALTH PLANNERS LLC, ABACUS WEALTH BUILDERS, AIQ ASSET MANAGEMENT, ARK CAPITAL, AZAELA WEALTH PARTNERS, BARFIELD WEALTH MANAGEMENT, BENGE FINANCIAL GROUP, CARROLL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, CSB WEALTH MANAGEMENT, DALLAS FINANCIAL PLANNER, DON HUBBARD INVESTMENT SERVICES, ENCORE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, FOUNDATION WEALTH PARTNERS, FRONT LINE ADVISOR GROUP, GENERATIONS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, JACKSON WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LEMOINE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LIGHTFORCE FINANCIAL, MCLEMORE FINANCIAL GROUP, NAPA VALLEY FINANCIAL, PARSONS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, RIDGEMARK FINANCIAL, RLBROWN FINANCIAL, ROYAL STONE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, SIMMONS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, THE TEXAS MONEY MANAGER, VALTRUM, VALUES FIRST PLANNING, VTI FINANCIAL
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 119. Performing investment advisory functions: 70.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
22 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Allen, TXBixby, OKDallas, TXEdmond, OKFrisco, TXHeath, TXKeller, TXLarkspur, CALarose, LAMansfield, TXMesquite, TXNapa, CAOxford, MSPalestine, TXRichardson, TXRoanoke, TXSanta Rosa, CASouthlake, TXStephenville, TXTulsa, OKTyler, TXWeatherford, TX
States registered or notice-filed
44 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 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(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 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
$2.12B 2021 $2.71B 2022 $2.32B 2023 $2.45B 2024 $3.02B 2025 $3.49B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$3,486,476,414119March 31, 2026
October 2025$3,015,318,532123May 30, 2025
October 2024$2,452,820,334123September 20, 2024
October 2023$2,318,721,938134September 29, 2023
October 2022$2,714,064,722146September 7, 2022
October 2021$2,121,520,047121August 16, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,121,520,047 in the October 2021 data and $3,486,476,414 in the October 2026 data, up 64%.

Total employees: 121 in October 2021 and 119 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
    • No longer lists the business name ARC Retirement Consultants.
    • No longer lists the business name Mergent Group.
    • Added the business name Carroll Wealth Management.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 81 to 70.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,015,318,532 to $3,486,476,414 (+16%).
    • Added an office in Tulsa, OK.
    • No longer lists an office in Broken Arrow, OK.
    • No longer lists an office in Santa Rosa, CA.
    • Registered or notice-filed in DE.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. December 2025
    • Added the business name Front Line Advisor Group.
    • Added an office in Bixby, OK.
    • No longer lists an office in Jenks, OK.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
360wealthplanners.com360wm.net360wm.org360wmp.comabacuswealthbuilders.comabemansour.comadvisorresourcecouncil.comaiqam.comashleyhodge.comazaleawp.combarfieldwealthmanagement.combengefinancial.combiggfinancial.combradweddle.comcsbwm.netdallasfinancialplanner.netdjacksonwm.comdonhubbardinvestments.comencorewealthmanagment.comflowermoundcfp.comfoundationwealthpartners.comfrontlineadvisorsinc.comgfmrockwall.comlauraskalak.comlemoinewealth.comlightforcefinancial.commclemoregroup.comnapavalleyfinancial.comparsonswealth.comrlbrownfinancial.comroyalstonewealthmanagement.comsimmonswm.comthearkcapital.comvaltrum.comvaluesfirstplanning.comvtifinancial.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. Advisor Resource Council (CRD 164109): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/advisor-resource-council-dallas-tx-164109