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BMO Family Office, LLC

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 110264

Filed as BMO FAMILY OFFICE, LLC

BMO Family Office, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 1999, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 28, 2026.

26 years
registered since 1999
$9,989,953,619
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is BMO Family Office, LLC compensated?

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

Where is BMO Family Office, LLC located?

BMO Family Office, LLC's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the February 2026 filing also lists 6 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is BMO Family Office, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

BMO Family Office, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1999. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110264.

How much does BMO Family Office, LLC manage?

BMO Family Office, LLC reports $9,989,953,619 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 28, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have BMO Family Office, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for BMO Family Office, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $5,379,811,542 in the October 2021 data and $9,989,953,619 in the October 2026 data, up 86%. Total employees: 120 in October 2021 and 130 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does BMO Family Office, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (70); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (3).

Which custodians does BMO Family Office, LLC use?

BMO Family Office, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Northern Trust Securities, Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does BMO Family Office, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation) and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). 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/110264

What changed in BMO Family Office, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the February 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 65 to 75. Regulatory assets under management went from $8,129,615,220 to $9,989,953,619 (+23%). Changed its office addresses in San Francisco, CA. Added an office in Boca Raton, FL. Added an office in Century City, CA. No longer lists an office in Denver, CO. No longer lists an office in Newport Beach, CA. No longer lists an office in Portsmouth, NH. No longer lists an office in Sarasota, 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
  • Hourly charges
  • 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 January 28, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$9,989,953,619

$9,989,953,619 as of October 2026, filing dated January 28, 2026.

Discretionary: $9,823,750,455.Non-discretionary: $166,203,164.

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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 70 Assets $9,822,408,877 (98%)
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 3 Assets $167,544,742 (2%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
BMO FAMILY OFFICE, BMO PRIVATE WEALTH, BMO WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1999 (26 years)
Employees
Total: 130. Performing investment advisory functions: 75.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
6 other offices, as of the February 2026 filing
Andover, MABoca Raton, FLCentury City, CAPalo Alto, CAPortland, ORSan Francisco, CA
States registered or notice-filed
9 states or jurisdictions
CACOFLILMANHNYORTX

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.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an 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
$5.38B 2021 $7.28B 2022 $5.75B 2023 $6.1B 2024 $8.13B 2025 $9.99B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$9,989,953,619130January 28, 2026
October 2025$8,129,615,220120April 25, 2025
October 2024$6,096,846,936135January 29, 2024
October 2023$5,751,886,369135September 5, 2023
October 2022$7,277,623,309120July 26, 2022
October 2021$5,379,811,542120January 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $5,379,811,542 in the October 2021 data and $9,989,953,619 in the October 2026 data, up 86%.

Total employees: 120 in October 2021 and 130 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. February 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 65 to 75.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $8,129,615,220 to $9,989,953,619 (+23%).
    • Changed its office addresses in San Francisco, CA.
    • Added an office in Boca Raton, FL.
    • Added an office in Century City, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Denver, CO.
    • No longer lists an office in Newport Beach, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Portsmouth, NH.
    • No longer lists an office in Sarasota, FL.
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in MN.
  3. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in NY.

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
bmofamilyoffice.comuswealth.bmo.com/our-services/bmo-family-office-wealth-owners

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. BMO Family Office, LLC (CRD 110264): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bmo-family-office-llc-chicago-il-110264