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Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc

Hartford, CTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106928

Filed as BRADLEY FOSTER & SARGENT INC

Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Hartford, CT, registered since 1994, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 6, 2026.

32 years
registered since 1994
$9,072,939,203
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc located?

Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc's principal office is in Hartford, CT, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 8 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1994. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106928.

How much does Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc manage?

Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc reports $9,072,939,203 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 6, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $4,879,423,390 in the October 2021 data and $9,072,939,203 in the October 2026 data, up 86%. Total employees: 37 in October 2021 and 61 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (1,013); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (827); charitable organizations (62).

Does Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc 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/106928

What changed in Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 30 to 32. Changed its office addresses in Portland, ME. Registered or notice-filed in AR, HI, ID, LA, OK.

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 April 6, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$9,072,939,203

$9,072,939,203 as of October 2026, filing dated April 6, 2026.

Discretionary: $9,069,366,208.Non-discretionary: $3,572,995.

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 827 Assets $489,004,187 (5%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,013 Assets $7,565,668,210 (83%)
Investment companies
Clients 2 Assets $109,430,964 (1%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $62,760,655 (1%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 7 Assets $35,984,870 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 62 Assets $383,794,122 (4%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 32 Assets $426,296,195 (5%)

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 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
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1994 (32 years)
Employees
Total: 61. Performing investment advisory functions: 32.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
8 other offices, as of the May 2026 filing
Chicago, ILDelray Beach, FLLitchfield, CTLongmeadow, MAPortland, MEStonington, CTWellesley, MAWesterly, RI
States registered or notice-filed
44 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
$4.88B 2021 $6.12B 2022 $6.13B 2023 $7.25B 2024 $8.59B 2025 $9.07B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$9,072,939,20361April 6, 2026
October 2025$8,593,473,00957July 17, 2025
October 2024$7,253,462,02549July 24, 2024
October 2023$6,133,485,04648August 23, 2023
October 2022$6,124,652,31548May 25, 2022
October 2021$4,879,423,39037April 12, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $4,879,423,390 in the October 2021 data and $9,072,939,203 in the October 2026 data, up 86%.

Total employees: 37 in October 2021 and 61 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. March 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 30 to 32.
    • Changed its office addresses in Portland, ME.
    • Registered or notice-filed in AR, HI, ID, LA, OK.

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
bfsfunds.combfsinvest.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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