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Barnes Wealth Management Group

Bakersfield, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 132189

Filed as BARNES WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP · Legal name Barnes Wealth Management Group, Inc.

Barnes Wealth Management Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Bakersfield, CA, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 17, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$477,213,262
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Barnes Wealth Management Group compensated?

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

Where is Barnes Wealth Management Group located?

Barnes Wealth Management Group's principal office is in Bakersfield, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Barnes Wealth Management Group registered with the SEC or a state?

Barnes Wealth Management Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 132189.

How much does Barnes Wealth Management Group manage?

Barnes Wealth Management Group reports $477,213,262 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 17, 2026 (65% discretionary).

How have Barnes Wealth Management Group's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Barnes Wealth Management Group: Regulatory assets under management: $148,648,095 in the October 2021 data and $477,213,262 in the October 2026 data, up 221%. Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Barnes Wealth Management Group serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (709); high net worth individuals (124); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (41).

Which custodians does Barnes Wealth Management Group use?

Barnes Wealth Management Group's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Principal Securities, Inc. and Voya Retirement Advisors, LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Barnes Wealth Management Group 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/132189

What changed in Barnes Wealth Management Group's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $411,644,298 to $477,213,262 (+16%).

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)
  • 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

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 17, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$477,213,262

$477,213,262 as of October 2026, filing dated March 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $308,385,095.Non-discretionary: $168,828,167.

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 709 Assets $135,992,125 (28%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 124 Assets $167,132,670 (35%)
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 41 Assets $168,828,167 (35%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 6 Assets $637,308 (0%)
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 17 Assets $4,622,992 (1%)
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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Barnes Wealth Management Group, Inc.
Also doing business as
IRONWOOD RETIREMENT PLAN CONSULTANTS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
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
3 states or jurisdictions
CAPATX

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
$149M 2021 $155M 2022 $282M 2023 $337M 2024 $412M 2025 $477M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$477,213,26212March 17, 2026
October 2025$411,644,29811March 28, 2025
October 2024$336,831,52310March 26, 2024
October 2023$282,151,19811September 27, 2023
October 2022$154,920,48510March 31, 2022
October 2021$148,648,09511April 13, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $148,648,095 in the October 2021 data and $477,213,262 in the October 2026 data, up 221%.

Total employees: 11 in October 2021 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
  1. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $411,644,298 to $477,213,262 (+16%).

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
barneswealth.comironwoodretirementplanconsultants.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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AdvisorCensus. Barnes Wealth Management Group (CRD 132189): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/barnes-wealth-management-group-bakersfield-ca-132189