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Brookstone Capital Management LLC

Wheaton, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 141413

Filed as BROOKSTONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Brookstone Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Wheaton, IL, registered since 2007, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 29, 2026.

19 years
registered since 2007
$12,750,129,748
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Brookstone Capital Management LLC compensated?

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

Where is Brookstone Capital Management LLC located?

Brookstone Capital Management LLC's principal office is in Wheaton, IL, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 25 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Brookstone Capital Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Brookstone Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2007. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 141413.

How much does Brookstone Capital Management LLC manage?

Brookstone Capital Management LLC reports $12,750,129,748 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 29, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Brookstone Capital Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Brookstone Capital Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $3,548,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $12,750,129,748 in the October 2026 data, up 259%. Total employees: 350 in October 2021 and 405 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Brookstone Capital Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (49,950); high net worth individuals (4,860); corporations or other businesses not listed above (35).

Does Brookstone Capital Management LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), and 11.D(5) (another regulator's denial, suspension, or revocation of a registration or license, bar, or restriction). 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/141413

What changed in Brookstone Capital Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 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
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 11, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$12,750,129,748

$12,750,129,748 as of October 2026, filing dated September 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $12,750,129,748.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 49,950 Assets $11,016,487,881 (86%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 4,860 Assets $1,646,141,867 (13%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 35 Assets $87,500,000 (1%)

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
  • 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
2007 (19 years)
Employees
Total: 405. Performing investment advisory functions: 320.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
25 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Atlanta, GABartonsville, PABrentwood, TNBuffalo Grove, ILConcord, NHDurham, NCFairfax, VAFlower Mound, TXFort Wayne, INFrankfort, ILGrand Rapids, MIGray, TNHorsham, PAIndiana, PALas Vegas, NVMurfreesboro, TNNorthbrook, ILPalm Harbor, FLPittsburgh, PAShreveport, LASidney, OHSnellville, GASouthern Pines, NCWheaton, ILWorthington, OH
States registered or notice-filed
51 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 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?
  • 11.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's 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
$3.55B 2021 $8.4B 2022 $7.51B 2023 $8.84B 2024 $10.4B 2025 $12.8B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$12,750,129,748405September 29, 2026
October 2025$10,409,137,908395July 30, 2025
October 2024$8,842,567,363395August 28, 2024
October 2023$7,514,377,000385March 21, 2023
October 2022$8,400,000,000360May 19, 2022
October 2021$3,548,000,000350August 27, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $3,548,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $12,750,129,748 in the October 2026 data, up 259%.

Total employees: 350 in October 2021 and 405 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. October 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 319 to 320.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $10,409,137,908 to $12,750,129,748 (+22%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Brentwood, TN.
    • Changed its office addresses in Buffalo Grove, IL.
    • Changed its office addresses in Murfreesboro, TN.
    • Changed its office addresses in Pittsburgh, PA.
    • Changed its office addresses in Sidney, OH.
    • Added an office in Fairfax, VA.
    • Added an office in Flower Mound, TX.
    • Added an office in Fort Wayne, IN.
    • Added an office in Frankfort, IL.
    • Added an office in Gray, TN.
    • Added an office in Horsham, PA.
    • Added an office in Indiana, PA.
    • Added an office in Las Vegas, NV.
    • Added an office in Northbrook, IL.
    • Added an office in Palm Harbor, FL.
    • Added an office in Shreveport, LA.
    • Added an office in Southern Pines, NC.
    • Added an office in Wheaton, IL.
    • No longer lists an office in Castle Rock, CO.
    • No longer lists an office in Deerfield, IL.
    • No longer lists an office in Edwardsville, IL.
    • No longer lists an office in Englewood, CO.
    • No longer lists an office in Germantown, MD.
    • No longer lists an office in Kokomo, IN.
    • No longer lists an office in Lewisville, TX.
    • No longer lists an office in Maitland, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Muskegon, MI.
    • No longer lists an office in Palos Park, IL.
    • No longer lists an office in Stevens Point, WI.
    • No longer lists an office in Westlake, OH.
    • No longer lists an office in Willow Grove, PA.

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
brookstonecm.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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