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Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC

Portland, MESEC-registered investment adviserCRD 143733

Filed as BIGELOW INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Portland, ME, registered since 2007, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 8, 2026.

19 years
registered since 2007
$555,188,616
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC located?

Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Portland, ME, according to its Form ADV.

Is Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2007. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 143733.

How much does Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC manage?

Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC reports $555,188,616 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 8, 2026 (78% discretionary).

How have Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $369,838,579 in the October 2021 data and $555,188,616 in the October 2026 data, up 50%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 8 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (180); high net worth individuals (134); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (10).

Which custodians does Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC use?

Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC 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/143733

What changed in Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the June 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in VA.

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 February 23, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$555,188,616

$555,188,616 as of October 2026, filing dated May 8, 2026.

Discretionary: $434,536,682.Non-discretionary: $120,651,934.

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 180 Assets $75,869,102 (14%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 134 Assets $335,204,720 (60%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 1 Assets $7,153,293 (1%)
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 10 Assets $121,216,876 (22%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $15,083,591 (3%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 1 Assets $661,034 (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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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
  • 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
2007 (19 years)
Employees
Total: 8. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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
9 states or jurisdictions
CAFLMAMENHNJNYTXVA

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
$370M 2021 $384M 2022 $404M 2023 $467M 2024 $476M 2025 $555M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$555,188,6168May 8, 2026
October 2025$476,220,8238April 1, 2025
October 2024$467,432,8517September 3, 2024
October 2023$403,705,7734August 14, 2023
October 2022$383,895,3576September 14, 2022
October 2021$369,838,5795March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $369,838,579 in the October 2021 data and $555,188,616 in the October 2026 data, up 50%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 8 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. June 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in VA.
  2. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $476,220,823 to $555,188,616 (+17%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in NJ.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in LA.
  4. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in TX.

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
bigelowadvisors.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. Bigelow Investment Advisors, LLC (CRD 143733): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bigelow-investment-advisors-llc-portland-me-143733