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Arbor Investment Advisors

Winston Salem, NCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 111077

Filed as ARBOR INVESTMENT ADVISORS · Legal name Arbor Investment Advisors, LLC

Arbor Investment Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Winston Salem, NC, registered since 2001, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 3, 2026.

25 years
registered since 2001
$1,288,361,286
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Arbor Investment Advisors compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Arbor Investment Advisors reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Arbor Investment Advisors located?

Arbor Investment Advisors' principal office is in Winston Salem, NC, according to its Form ADV.

Is Arbor Investment Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

Arbor Investment Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2001. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 111077.

How much does Arbor Investment Advisors manage?

Arbor Investment Advisors reports $1,288,361,286 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 3, 2026 (88% discretionary).

How have Arbor Investment Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Arbor Investment Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $744,029,799 in the October 2021 data and $1,288,361,286 in the October 2026 data, up 73%. Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 8 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Arbor Investment Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (290); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (181); charitable organizations (7).

Which custodians does Arbor Investment Advisors use?

Arbor Investment Advisors' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Arbor Investment Advisors 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/111077

Does Arbor Investment Advisors state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 says: "The Registrant generally requires a minimum asset level of $1,000,000 for investment advisory services."

What changed in Arbor Investment Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in PA.

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
  • 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 brochure for them.

Account minimum: $1,000,000

The brochure's wording
The Registrant generally requires a minimum asset level of $1,000,000 for investment advisory services.

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
$1,288,361,286

$1,288,361,286 as of October 2026, filing dated September 3, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,134,617,922.Non-discretionary: $153,743,364.

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 181 Assets $82,086,381 (6%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 290 Assets $1,163,116,306 (90%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $14,596,160 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 7 Assets $28,182,370 (2%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $380,069 (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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Arbor Investment Advisors, LLC
Also doing business as
ARBOR INVESTMENT ADVISORS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2001 (25 years)
Employees
Total: 8. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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
10 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
$744M 2021 $860M 2022 $813M 2023 $957M 2024 $1.09B 2025 $1.29B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,288,361,2868September 3, 2026
October 2025$1,085,323,7738March 27, 2025
October 2024$956,721,6968April 26, 2024
October 2023$813,415,1418March 8, 2023
October 2022$859,711,5758March 29, 2022
October 2021$744,029,7998September 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $744,029,799 in the October 2021 data and $1,288,361,286 in the October 2026 data, up 73%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 8 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. October 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in PA.
  2. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,085,323,773 to $1,288,361,286 (+19%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in CO.
  3. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in WA.
  4. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in CA.

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
arborinvest.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. Arbor Investment Advisors (CRD 111077): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/arbor-investment-advisors-winston-salem-nc-111077