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Balance Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Worthington, OH, registered since 2025, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 15, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Balance Wealth compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Balance Wealth reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).
What does Balance Wealth's brochure say about its fees?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 15, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.4% to 1.2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.
Where is Balance Wealth located?
Balance Wealth's principal office is in Worthington, OH, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Balance Wealth registered with the SEC or a state?
Balance Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 329589.
How much does Balance Wealth manage?
Balance Wealth reports $386,652,646 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 15, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Balance Wealth's assets and staff changed since 2025?
In the Form ADV data for Balance Wealth: Regulatory assets under management: $348,405,283 in the October 2025 data and $386,652,646 in the October 2026 data, up 11%. Total employees: 10 in October 2025 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Balance Wealth serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (451); high net worth individuals (102).
Which custodians does Balance Wealth use?
Balance Wealth's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Altruist Financial LLC and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Balance Wealth 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/329589
Does Balance Wealth state an account minimum?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 15, 2026 says: "Adviser does not require a minimum account value to open or maintain an account."
What changed in Balance Wealth's recent Form ADV filings?
In the August 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
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 2AAsset-based fee: 0.4% to 1.2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)
The brochure's wording
Adviser’s standard asset-based fee schedules generally range from 0.40% to 1.20% of assets designed to be under Adviser’s management, charged monthly in advance of each month
Account minimum: None
The brochure's wording
Adviser does not require a minimum account value to open or maintain an account.
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 15, 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$386,652,646 as of October 2026, filing dated July 15, 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
Who the firm serves
Item 5.DA 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
- Pension consulting services
- Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Balance Wealth Partners LLC
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2025 (1 year)
- Employees
- Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 9.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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)
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2 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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17 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $386,652,646 | 12 | July 15, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $348,405,283 | 10 | July 17, 2025 |
Regulatory assets under management: $348,405,283 in the October 2025 data and $386,652,646 in the October 2026 data, up 11%.
Total employees: 10 in October 2025 and 12 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- August 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- April 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $348,405,283 to $386,652,646 (+11%).
- Changed its office addresses in Montrose, CO.
- No longer lists an office in Columbus, OH.
- Registered or notice-filed in IN.
- December 2025
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 9.
- Added an office in Liberty Township, OH.
- No longer lists an office in Middletown, 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.
Websites listed on Form ADV
Item 1.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Balance Wealth (CRD 329589): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/balance-wealth-worthington-oh-329589