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Atwood & Palmer, Inc.

Kansas City, MOSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 104995

Filed as ATWOOD & PALMER, INC.

Atwood & Palmer, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Kansas City, MO, registered since 1990, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 25, 2026.

36 years
registered since 1990
$2,037,056,697
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Atwood & Palmer, Inc. compensated?

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

Where is Atwood & Palmer, Inc. located?

Atwood & Palmer, Inc.'s principal office is in Kansas City, MO, according to its Form ADV.

Is Atwood & Palmer, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Atwood & Palmer, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1990. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 104995.

How much does Atwood & Palmer, Inc. manage?

Atwood & Palmer, Inc. reports $2,037,056,697 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 25, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Atwood & Palmer, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Atwood & Palmer, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $1,112,085,547 in the October 2021 data and $2,037,056,697 in the October 2026 data, up 83%. Total employees: 8 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 Atwood & Palmer, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (358); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (153); charitable organizations (8).

Which custodians does Atwood & Palmer, Inc. use?

Atwood & Palmer, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Atwood & Palmer, 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/104995

What changed in Atwood & Palmer, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $1,723,355,253 to $2,037,056,697 (+18%).

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 firm's brochure (dated August 25, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,037,056,697

$2,037,056,697 as of October 2026, filing dated August 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,037,056,697.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 153 Assets $35,650,247 (2%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 358 Assets $1,912,894,475 (94%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 8 Assets $57,969,340 (3%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 6 Assets $30,542,635 (1%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1990 (36 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
11 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
$1.11B 2021 $1.27B 2022 $1.25B 2023 $1.44B 2024 $1.72B 2025 $2.04B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,037,056,6979August 25, 2026
October 2025$1,723,355,2539March 11, 2025
October 2024$1,439,869,0028March 19, 2024
October 2023$1,245,986,2698April 14, 2023
October 2022$1,267,246,1878March 24, 2022
October 2021$1,112,085,5478March 9, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,112,085,547 in the October 2021 data and $2,037,056,697 in the October 2026 data, up 83%.

Total employees: 8 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
  1. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,723,355,253 to $2,037,056,697 (+18%).
  2. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in NE.

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
atwoodpalmer.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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