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Arvest Wealth Management

Lowell, ARSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 42057

Filed as ARVEST WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Legal name Arvest Investments, Inc.

Arvest Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Lowell, AR, registered since 2005, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$3,439,741,668
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Arvest Wealth Management compensated?

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

Where is Arvest Wealth Management located?

Arvest Wealth Management's principal office is in Lowell, AR, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 19 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

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

Arvest Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 42057.

How much does Arvest Wealth Management manage?

Arvest Wealth Management reports $3,439,741,668 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (29% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Arvest Wealth Management: Regulatory assets under management: $2,443,071,733 in the October 2021 data and $3,439,741,668 in the October 2026 data, up 41%. Total employees: 257 in October 2021 and 238 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Arvest Wealth Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (6,100); high net worth individuals (589); corporations or other businesses not listed above (59).

Which custodians does Arvest Wealth Management use?

Arvest Wealth Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Pershing LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Arvest Wealth Management report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), 11.D(5) (another regulator's denial, suspension, or revocation of a registration or license, bar, or restriction), and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). 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/42057

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

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 216 to 173. Regulatory assets under management went from $2,824,855,462 to $3,439,741,668 (+22%). Changed its office addresses in Fayetteville, AR. Changed its office addresses in Joplin, MO. Changed its office addresses in Rogers, AR. Changed its office addresses in Wagoner, OK. Added an office in Duncan, OK. Added an office in Hot Springs, AR. Added an office in Little Rock, AR. Added an office in Springdale, AR. No longer lists an office in Bentonville, AR. No longer lists an office in Jacksonville, AR. No longer lists an office in Mission, KS. No longer lists an office in Norman, OK. No longer lists an office in Tulsa, OK.

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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$3,439,741,668

$3,439,741,668 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $997,487,385.Non-discretionary: $2,442,254,283.

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 6,100 Assets $1,625,199,711 (47%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 589 Assets $1,311,150,975 (38%)
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 23 Assets $19,348,330 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 35 Assets $140,564,594 (4%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 4 Assets $100,100,118 (3%)
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 59 Assets $243,377,940 (7%)
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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Arvest Investments, Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 238. Performing investment advisory functions: 173.
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)
19 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Bartlesville, OKBella Vista, ARBentonville, ARDuncan, OKFayetteville, ARFort Smith, ARHot Springs, ARJoplin, MOLittle Rock, ARMountain Home, ARNorth Little Rock, AROklahoma City, OKOverland Park, KSRogers, ARSiloam Springs, ARSpringdale, ARSpringfield, MOTulsa, OKWagoner, OK
States registered or notice-filed
52 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.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?
  • 11.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's activity?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

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
$2.44B 2021 $3.04B 2022 $2.7B 2023 $2.59B 2024 $2.82B 2025 $3.44B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$3,439,741,668238March 30, 2026
October 2025$2,824,855,462232July 29, 2025
October 2024$2,593,400,723252September 18, 2024
October 2023$2,704,710,870247August 10, 2023
October 2022$3,042,119,688242September 28, 2022
October 2021$2,443,071,733257September 3, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,443,071,733 in the October 2021 data and $3,439,741,668 in the October 2026 data, up 41%.

Total employees: 257 in October 2021 and 238 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 216 to 173.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,824,855,462 to $3,439,741,668 (+22%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Fayetteville, AR.
    • Changed its office addresses in Joplin, MO.
    • Changed its office addresses in Rogers, AR.
    • Changed its office addresses in Wagoner, OK.
    • Added an office in Duncan, OK.
    • Added an office in Hot Springs, AR.
    • Added an office in Little Rock, AR.
    • Added an office in Springdale, AR.
    • No longer lists an office in Bentonville, AR.
    • No longer lists an office in Jacksonville, AR.
    • No longer lists an office in Mission, KS.
    • No longer lists an office in Norman, OK.
    • No longer lists an office in Tulsa, OK.
  2. February 2026
    • 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
appointments.arvest.com/servicearvest.acquiadam.com/portals/dwxqvhcx/ArvestWealthManagementLibraryarvest.comarvest.com/WEALTHarvest.com/documents-and-resources/awm-disclosuresshare.arvest.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. Arvest Wealth Management (CRD 42057): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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