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Bison Investment Advisors, LLC

The Woodlands, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 149775

Filed as BISON INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

Bison Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in The Woodlands, TX, registered since 2025, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 4, 2026.

1 year
registered since 2025
$157,535,698
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bison Investment Advisors, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Bison Investment Advisors, LLC located?

Bison Investment Advisors, LLC's principal office is in The Woodlands, TX, according to its Form ADV.

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

Bison Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 149775.

How much does Bison Investment Advisors, LLC manage?

Bison Investment Advisors, LLC reports $157,535,698 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 4, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Bison Investment Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2025?

In the Form ADV data for Bison Investment Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $140,113,679 in the October 2025 data and $157,535,698 in the October 2026 data, up 12%. Total employees: 4 in October 2025 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

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

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (99); high net worth individuals (59); corporations or other businesses not listed above (6).

Which custodians does Bison Investment Advisors, LLC use?

Bison Investment Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Banque Pictet & CIE SA, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Inspira Financial Trust, Keystone National Group and Megatal Capital Investments as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Bison Investment Advisors, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/149775

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

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $140,113,679 to $157,535,698 (+12%).

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 4, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$157,535,698

$157,535,698 as of October 2026, filing dated March 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $157,535,698.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 99 Assets $66,979,671 (43%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 59 Assets $78,412,484 (50%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $7,803,044 (5%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 6 Assets $4,340,499 (3%)

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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2025 (1 year)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Banque Pictet & CIE SACharles Schwab & Co., Inc.Inspira Financial TrustKeystone National GroupMegatal Capital Investments

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
2 states or jurisdictions
LATX

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

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 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(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?

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

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$140M 2025 $158M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$157,535,6984March 4, 2026
October 2025$140,113,6794July 27, 2025

Regulatory assets under management: $140,113,679 in the October 2025 data and $157,535,698 in the October 2026 data, up 12%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2025 and 4 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 $140,113,679 to $157,535,698 (+12%).

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
bisoninvestmentadvisors.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. Bison Investment Advisors, LLC (CRD 149775): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bison-investment-advisors-llc-the-woodlands-tx-149775