Ausdal Financial Partners, Inc.

• A percentage of assets under your management
• Hourly charges
• Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
• Commissions
• Other

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

Asset-based fee: up to 3% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 9, 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

$3,733,313,940 as of October 2026, filing dated April 13, 2026.

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

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.

• 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)
• Other

Also doing business as

ALBERTS WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC, AMERICAN IRA ADVISOR, APERATURE WEALTH PARTNERS, ARMOUR CAPITAL, LLC, B & N FINANCIAL, BCH WEALTH MANAGEMENT, BERMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH, BEVERLY CURMANSKIE FINANCIAL, LLC, BIG TIMBER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, BURGOYNE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, C&C ASSET MANAGEMENT, CAPITAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES, CARR WEALTH MANAGEMENT, CHICAGO FINANCIAL ADVISORS, CHOICES FINANCIAL SERVICES, CLARITY GROUP MIDWEST, COBRITY FINANCIAL, CORNERSTONE ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC, CROSS WALK WEALTH MANAGEMENT, DENIM AND DIAMONDS FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, DENNIS A. LIPOFF, PH.D & ASSOCIATES, LTD, DURMENT FINANCIAL PLANNING, ELLEFSON AND ASSOCIATES, ENGEL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, FARLEY FINANCIAL, FINANCIAL MATTERS GROUP, FIRST GEN PLANNING, FISCH FINANCIAL, LLC, FLOYD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., FOX VALLEY FINANCIAL, FREEDOM FINANCIAL GROUP, FROLICSTEIN FINANCIAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, FROMM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, GRAND GLAIZE WEALTH, GREENWAY ADVISORS, GUILLIATT AND ASSOCIATES, HALL FINANCIAL PARTNERS, HINSDALE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, INDIANO & COMPANY CPA'S INC, INFINITY CONSULTANTS INC., INFINITY TAX AND FINANCIAL, LLC, INSIGNIA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INTEGRITY FINANCIAL STRATEGIES, INTERVEST INTERNATIONAL, INC., J.R. DEWITT INSURANCE, JML THE LANCASTER CO, JOAN K. JOHNSON FINANCIAL, JULIAN FINANCIAL GROUP, KARSTENSON FINANCIAL SERVICES, KMETZ FINANCIAL, KVASNICKA & KNEIP, LICHTFUSS FINANCIAL SERVICES, M. BROWN FINANCIAL ADVISORS, MCLEMORE FINANCIAL, MINNER & COMPANY, P.C., MINT HILL WEALTH, MISSION CRITICAL FPI, NEWMAN & ASSOCIATES, NIEDERMEIER AGENCY, OCEAN CREST WEALTH MANAGEMENT, PASSPORT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, PAXTON FINANCIAL SERVICES, PINNACLE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, PRISM FINANCIAL GROUP, LTD., RETIREWELL USA, ROGER O. ANDERSON, CPA, RUSSELL WEALTH GROUP, SAFE HARBOR RETIREMENT CONSULTANTS, SALTIEL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, SCHNEIDER CONSULTANTS, SEABREEZE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, SEMRAU WEALTH STRATEGIES, SILVER BIRCH CAPITAL ADVISORS, STERLING FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES, STEWART WEALTH ADVISORS, STRATEGIC FINANCIAL PLANNING, STRAUTS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, T/V BROKERAGE, INC., TEAM PRIVATE WEALTH, THE CF PARTNERS, THE MCCAUSLAND GROUP, THE ONLY CORNERSTONE, THE SERPE INSURANCE AGENCY, THE WENSTRUP COMPANY, THOMAS G. SCHAEFER & ASSOCIATES, TIMBERLAND FINANCIAL GROUP, TJ SULLIVAN & COMPANY, TK FINANCIAL, WATERSEED WEALTH MANAGEMENT, WEALTH ADVISORS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC, WEALTH QC, WENGER FINANCIAL GROUP, WILSON WEALTH MANAGEMENT, WPF WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Registration

SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.

Registered since

2008 (18 years)

Employees

Total: 306. Performing investment advisory functions: 168.

Wrap fee program participation

Yes.

Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.Pershing LLC

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)

24 other offices, as of the May 2026 filing

Batavia, ILBettendorf, IABoca Raton, FLCanfield, OHClinton, IADowners Grove, ILEast Peoria, ILElkhorn, NEIndianapolis, INJoliet, ILKokomo, INMarinette, WIMcHenry, ILMint Hill, NCNaperville, ILOak Brook, ILOrland Park, ILOsage Beach, MOPalatine, ILSchaumburg, ILShorewood, MNWestern Springs, ILWhite Bear Lake, MNWilloughby, OH

States registered or notice-filed

51 states or jurisdictions

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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

5 Reports 5 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(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
• 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
• 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

Regulatory assets under management: $1,340,745,602 in the October 2021 data and $3,733,313,940 in the October 2026 data, up 178%.

Total employees: 256 in October 2021 and 306 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.

1. May 2026
   • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 5 yes answers, previously 6 (now no: 11.G).
2. April 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Intervest International Equities Corporation.
   • No longer lists the business name Granite Investment Service.
   • No longer lists the business name Kentwood Holdings, Inc.
   • No longer lists the business name McCausland Group.
   • No longer lists the business name Willy Miranda.
   • No longer lists the business name R-Axis.
   • Added the business name Infinity Tax and Financial, LLC.
   • Added the business name Floyd Financial Services, Inc..
   • Added the business name Prism Financial Group, Ltd..
   • Added the business name Pinnacle Wealth Management.
   • Added the business name Infinity Consultants Inc..
   • Added the business name Guilliatt and Associates.
   • Added the business name Stewart Wealth Advisors.
   • Added the business name Financial Matters Group.
   • Added the business name Roger O. Anderson, CPA.
   • Added the business name Minner & Company, P.C..
   • Added the business name J.R. Dewitt Insurance.
   • Added the business name Russell Wealth Group.
   • Added the business name Fisch Financial, LLC.
   • Added the business name Team Private Wealth.
   • Added the business name T/V Brokerage, Inc..
   • Added the business name Grand Glaize Wealth.
   • Added the business name Niedermeier Agency.
   • Added the business name Cobrity Financial.
   • Added the business name Kmetz Financial.
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 152 to 168.
   • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,134,630,563 to $3,733,313,940 (+75%).
   • Added an office in Boca Raton, FL.
   • Added an office in Canfield, OH.
   • Added an office in Marinette, WI.
   • Added an office in Osage Beach, MO.
   • Added an office in Shorewood, MN.
   • Added an office in Western Springs, IL.
   • Added an office in White Bear Lake, MN.
   • Added an office in Willoughby, OH.
   • No longer lists an office in Jeffersonville, IN.
   • No longer lists an office in Kokomo, IN.
   • No longer lists an office in North Oaks, MN.
   • No longer lists an office in Omaha, NE.
   • No longer lists an office in Sylvanai, OH.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.