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Blue Ridge Wealth Planners

Knoxville, TNSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 285347

Filed as BLUE RIDGE WEALTH PLANNERS · Legal name Retirement Financial Solutions, LLC

Blue Ridge Wealth Planners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Knoxville, TN, registered since 2022, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 20, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$361,659,979
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Other
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Blue Ridge Wealth Planners compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Blue Ridge Wealth Planners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; other.

What does Blue Ridge Wealth Planners' brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 20, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 2% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Blue Ridge Wealth Planners located?

Blue Ridge Wealth Planners' principal office is in Knoxville, TN, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Blue Ridge Wealth Planners registered with the SEC or a state?

Blue Ridge Wealth Planners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 285347.

How much does Blue Ridge Wealth Planners manage?

Blue Ridge Wealth Planners reports $361,659,979 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 20, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Blue Ridge Wealth Planners' assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Blue Ridge Wealth Planners: Regulatory assets under management: $117,489,610 in the October 2022 data and $361,659,979 in the October 2026 data, up 208%. Total employees: 17 in October 2022 and 26 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Blue Ridge Wealth Planners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (721); high net worth individuals (69); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (4).

Which custodians does Blue Ridge Wealth Planners use?

Blue Ridge Wealth Planners' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Blue Ridge Wealth Planners 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/285347

Does Blue Ridge Wealth Planners state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 20, 2026 says: "We do not have a firm minimum account size to become a client."

What changed in Blue Ridge Wealth Planners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $275,684,151 to $361,659,979 (+31%). Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 14. Added an office in Knoxville, TN. Added an office in Raleigh, NC.

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
  • 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

Asset-based fee: up to 2% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
Our maximum annual Advisory Fee for these services is up to 2% of the total assets under management.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
We do not have a firm minimum account size to become a client.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 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
$361,659,979

$361,659,979 as of October 2026, filing dated March 20, 2026.

Discretionary: $361,659,979.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 721 Assets $232,274,774 (64%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 69 Assets $125,377,008 (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 4 Assets $3,223,227 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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 4 Assets $784,970 (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
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Retirement Financial Solutions, LLC
Also doing business as
GREAT VALLEY ASSET MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 26. Performing investment advisory functions: 14.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Chattanooga, TNKnoxville, TNRaleigh, NC
States registered or notice-filed
6 states or jurisdictions
FLGANCTNTXVA

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
$117M 2022 $149M 2023 $201M 2024 $276M 2025 $362M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$361,659,97926March 20, 2026
October 2025$275,684,15120July 11, 2025
October 2024$201,231,52122March 22, 2024
October 2023$149,449,25822March 20, 2023
October 2022$117,489,61017April 26, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $117,489,610 in the October 2022 data and $361,659,979 in the October 2026 data, up 208%.

Total employees: 17 in October 2022 and 26 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 $275,684,151 to $361,659,979 (+31%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 14.
    • Added an office in Knoxville, TN.
    • Added an office in Raleigh, NC.
  2. December 2025
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
blueridgersvp.comblueridgewealth.comgreatvalleyassetmanagement.complanforeverything.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. Blue Ridge Wealth Planners (CRD 285347): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/blue-ridge-wealth-planners-knoxville-tn-285347