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Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC

Troy, MISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 169570

Filed as ARBOR WEALTH ADVISORS LLC

Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Troy, MI, registered since 2013, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 10, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2013
$657,749,792
assets under management
2 arrangements
Hourly, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC reports these compensation arrangements: hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC located?

Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC's principal office is in Troy, MI, according to its Form ADV.

Is Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2013. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 169570.

How much does Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC manage?

Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC reports $657,749,792 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 10, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $435,173,369 in the October 2021 data and $657,749,792 in the October 2026 data, up 51%. Total employees: 1 in October 2021 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (66).

Which custodians does Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC use?

Arbor Wealth Advisors 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 Arbor Wealth Advisors 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/169570

What changed in Arbor Wealth Advisors LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $587,267,119 to $657,749,792 (+12%).

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
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated February 10, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$657,749,792

$657,749,792 as of October 2026, filing dated February 10, 2026.

Discretionary: $654,129,682.Non-discretionary: $3,620,110.

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 Fewer than 5 Assets $1,012,347 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 66 Assets $656,737,445 (100%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2013 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
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
3 states or jurisdictions
FLMITX

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
$435M 2021 $498M 2022 $443M 2023 $514M 2024 $587M 2025 $658M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$657,749,7921February 10, 2026
October 2025$587,267,1191March 4, 2025
October 2024$514,339,3281January 30, 2024
October 2023$443,165,2441February 17, 2023
October 2022$497,970,9311February 17, 2022
October 2021$435,173,3691February 11, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $435,173,369 in the October 2021 data and $657,749,792 in the October 2026 data, up 51%.

Total employees: 1 in October 2021 and 1 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. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $587,267,119 to $657,749,792 (+12%).

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
arbor-wealth.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 Wealth Advisors LLC (CRD 169570): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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