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Boston Common Asset Management, LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 123558

Filed as BOSTON COMMON ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC

Boston Common Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2002, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 6, 2026.

23 years
registered since 2002
$4,171,137,148
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Boston Common Asset Management, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Boston Common Asset Management, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Boston Common Asset Management, LLC located?

Boston Common Asset Management, LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Boston Common Asset Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Boston Common Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2002. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 123558.

How much does Boston Common Asset Management, LLC manage?

Boston Common Asset Management, LLC reports $4,171,137,148 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 6, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Boston Common Asset Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Boston Common Asset Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $3,900,785,648 in the October 2021 data and $4,171,137,148 in the October 2026 data, up 7%. Total employees: 34 in October 2021 and 39 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Boston Common Asset Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (245); charitable organizations (73); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (8).

Which custodians does Boston Common Asset Management, LLC use?

Boston Common Asset Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab and U.S. Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Boston Common Asset Management, 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/123558

What changed in Boston Common Asset Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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 March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$4,171,137,148

$4,171,137,148 as of October 2026, filing dated July 6, 2026.

Discretionary: $4,171,137,148.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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 245 Assets $635,150,940 (15%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 5 Assets $1,019,916,039 (24%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 8 Assets $1,525,876,272 (37%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 6 Assets $92,706,360 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 73 Assets $598,400,255 (14%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 2 Assets $285,683,096 (7%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 1 Assets $8,902,567 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 3 Assets $4,501,619 (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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2002 (23 years)
Employees
Total: 39. Performing investment advisory functions: 21.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
23 states or jurisdictions
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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
$3.9B 2021 $5.85B 2022 $4.56B 2023 $4.54B 2024 $3.58B 2025 $4.17B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$4,171,137,14839July 6, 2026
October 2025$3,584,843,07840July 3, 2025
October 2024$4,537,178,64848March 27, 2024
October 2023$4,559,651,99848April 28, 2023
October 2022$5,849,302,01640March 30, 2022
October 2021$3,900,785,64834May 5, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $3,900,785,648 in the October 2021 data and $4,171,137,148 in the October 2026 data, up 7%.

Total employees: 34 in October 2021 and 39 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. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 22 to 21.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,584,843,078 to $4,171,137,148 (+16%).
  3. November 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
bostoncommonasset.combostoncommonfunds.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. Boston Common Asset Management, LLC (CRD 123558): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/boston-common-asset-management-llc-boston-ma-123558