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Bernzott Capital Advisors

Camarillo, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 104583

Filed as BERNZOTT CAPITAL ADVISORS

Bernzott Capital Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Camarillo, CA, registered since 1999, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 20, 2026.

26 years
registered since 1999
$265,385,563
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bernzott Capital Advisors compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bernzott Capital Advisors reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Bernzott Capital Advisors located?

Bernzott Capital Advisors' principal office is in Camarillo, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Bernzott Capital Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

Bernzott Capital Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1999. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 104583.

How much does Bernzott Capital Advisors manage?

Bernzott Capital Advisors reports $265,385,563 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 20, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have Bernzott Capital Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Bernzott Capital Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $1,224,295,977 in the October 2021 data and $265,385,563 in the October 2026 data, down 78%. Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 3 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bernzott Capital Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (145); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (39); corporations or other businesses not listed above (14).

Which custodians does Bernzott Capital Advisors use?

Bernzott Capital Advisors' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Investments as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Bernzott Capital Advisors 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/104583

What changed in Bernzott Capital Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 3 to 2. Registered or notice-filed in FL.

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

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.

Minimum annual fee: None

The brochure's wording
Bernzott Capital Advisors does not impose a minimum annual fee, and we do not charge any fees to establish an account or terminate an account.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 20, 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
$265,385,563

$265,385,563 as of October 2026, filing dated April 20, 2026.

Discretionary: $260,181,433.Non-discretionary: $5,204,130.

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 39 Assets $6,224,411 (2%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 145 Assets $189,717,652 (71%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 6 Assets $6,001,852 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 9 Assets $25,703,518 (10%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 1 Assets $5,204,130 (2%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 14 Assets $32,534,000 (12%)

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
  • 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
1999 (26 years)
Employees
Total: 3. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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
CAFLTX

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
$1.22B 2021 $1.24B 2022 $682M 2023 $311M 2024 $285M 2025 $265M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$265,385,5633April 20, 2026
October 2025$285,196,7814April 28, 2025
October 2024$311,084,2054April 11, 2024
October 2023$681,972,2288August 24, 2023
October 2022$1,244,765,54811March 31, 2022
October 2021$1,224,295,97711March 19, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,224,295,977 in the October 2021 data and $265,385,563 in the October 2026 data, down 78%.

Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 3 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 3 to 2.
    • Registered or notice-filed in FL.
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in FL, MA, MI, VA.

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
bernzott.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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