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Atlas Brown

Louisville, KYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 133408

Filed as ATLAS BROWN · Legal name Atlas Brown, Inc.

Atlas Brown is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Louisville, KY, registered since 2004, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2004
$605,223,761
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Atlas Brown compensated?

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

Where is Atlas Brown located?

Atlas Brown's principal office is in Louisville, KY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Atlas Brown registered with the SEC or a state?

Atlas Brown is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2004. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 133408.

How much does Atlas Brown manage?

Atlas Brown reports $605,223,761 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have Atlas Brown's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Atlas Brown: Regulatory assets under management: $421,811,132 in the October 2021 data and $605,223,761 in the October 2026 data, up 43%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Atlas Brown serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (388); high net worth individuals (52); corporations or other businesses not listed above (6).

Which custodians does Atlas Brown use?

Atlas Brown's 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 Atlas Brown 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/133408

Does Atlas Brown state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 says: "Atlas Brown does not require any specific minimum initial investment."

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: None

The brochure's wording
Atlas Brown does not require any specific minimum initial investment.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 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
$605,223,761

$605,223,761 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $584,784,499.Non-discretionary: $20,439,262.

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 388 Assets $204,616,986 (34%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 52 Assets $349,888,804 (58%)
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 Fewer than 5 Assets $42 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $50,238,211 (8%)
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 6 Assets $479,718 (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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Atlas Brown, Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2004 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 6.
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
9 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
$422M 2021 $449M 2022 $430M 2023 $455M 2024 $568M 2025 $605M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$605,223,7619March 27, 2026
October 2025$567,526,4329March 28, 2025
October 2024$455,213,1899March 27, 2024
October 2023$429,726,7409March 27, 2023
October 2022$449,197,9899March 24, 2022
October 2021$421,811,1329March 26, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $421,811,132 in the October 2021 data and $605,223,761 in the October 2026 data, up 43%.

Total employees: 9 in October 2021 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
atlasbrown.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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