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Alley Company

Lake Forest, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 317544

Filed as ALLEY COMPANY · Legal name Alley Investment Management Company, LLC

Alley Company is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Lake Forest, IL, registered since 2021, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2021
$907,186,338
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Alley Company compensated?

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

Where is Alley Company located?

Alley Company's principal office is in Lake Forest, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Alley Company registered with the SEC or a state?

Alley Company is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 317544.

How much does Alley Company manage?

Alley Company reports $907,186,338 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Alley Company's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Alley Company: Regulatory assets under management: $779,990,680 in the October 2022 data and $907,186,338 in the October 2026 data, up 16%. Total employees: 6 in October 2022 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Alley Company serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (125); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (36); corporations or other businesses not listed above (6).

Which custodians does Alley Company use?

Alley Company's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Alley Company 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/317544

Does Alley Company state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 says: "The minimum account size is $2,000,000. Alley Company reserves the right to waive the minimum account size in its sole discretion."

What changed in Alley Company's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 5.

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

Account minimum: $2,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
The minimum account size is $2,000,000. Alley Company reserves the right to waive the minimum account size in its sole discretion.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 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
$907,186,338

$907,186,338 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $907,186,338.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 36 Assets $14,148,848 (2%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 125 Assets $830,359,299 (92%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 3 Assets $19,940,224 (2%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 6 Assets $42,737,967 (5%)

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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Alley Investment Management Company, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
4 states or jurisdictions
AZFLILMN

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
$780M 2022 $684M 2023 $765M 2024 $844M 2025 $907M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$907,186,3389March 30, 2026
October 2025$843,699,3618March 25, 2025
October 2024$765,472,9258March 27, 2024
October 2023$683,549,4626September 25, 2023
October 2022$779,990,6806March 11, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $779,990,680 in the October 2022 data and $907,186,338 in the October 2026 data, up 16%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2022 and 9 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 5.
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in TX.

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
alleycompanyllc.comfocusfinancialpartners.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. Alley Company (CRD 317544): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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