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Asset Planning, Inc

Los Alamitos, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 111535

Filed as ASSET PLANNING, INC

Asset Planning, Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Los Alamitos, CA, registered since 2004, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 26, 2026.

22 years
registered since 2004
$553,464,866
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Asset Planning, Inc compensated?

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

Where is Asset Planning, Inc located?

Asset Planning, Inc's principal office is in Los Alamitos, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Asset Planning, Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Asset Planning, Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2004. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 111535.

How much does Asset Planning, Inc manage?

Asset Planning, Inc reports $553,464,866 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 26, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Asset Planning, Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Asset Planning, Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $377,155,892 in the October 2021 data and $553,464,866 in the October 2026 data, up 47%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Asset Planning, Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (187); high net worth individuals (186).

Which custodians does Asset Planning, Inc use?

Asset Planning, Inc'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 Asset Planning, Inc 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/111535

What changed in Asset Planning, Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the February 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 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
  • 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 January 23, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$553,464,866

$553,464,866 as of October 2026, filing dated January 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $552,342,089.Non-discretionary: $1,122,777.

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 187 Assets $79,918,251 (14%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 186 Assets $471,086,153 (85%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $2,460,462 (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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2004 (22 years)
Employees
Total: 5. 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
2 states or jurisdictions
CATX

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
$377M 2021 $447M 2022 $394M 2023 $446M 2024 $506M 2025 $553M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$553,464,8665January 26, 2026
October 2025$506,033,3226March 10, 2025
October 2024$446,497,6486September 17, 2024
October 2023$394,378,4475September 1, 2023
October 2022$446,695,8076March 11, 2022
October 2021$377,155,8925March 23, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $377,155,892 in the October 2021 data and $553,464,866 in the October 2026 data, up 47%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 5 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. February 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 5.

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
assetplanninginc.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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