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Brown Capital Management, LLC

Baltimore, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105633

Filed as BROWN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Brown Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Baltimore, MD, registered since 1983, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 13, 2026.

43 years
registered since 1983
$4,536,497,889
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Brown Capital Management, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Brown Capital Management, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Brown Capital Management, LLC located?

Brown Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in Baltimore, MD, according to its Form ADV.

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

Brown Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1983. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105633.

How much does Brown Capital Management, LLC manage?

Brown Capital Management, LLC reports $4,536,497,889 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 13, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Brown Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $18,483,780,636 in the October 2021 data and $4,536,497,889 in the October 2026 data, down 75%. Total employees: 36 in October 2021 and 37 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Brown Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (11); charitable organizations (10); corporations or other businesses not listed above (5).

Which custodians does Brown Capital Management, LLC use?

Brown Capital Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon, J.P. Morgan Chase, Northern Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Brown Capital Management, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.G (pending regulatory proceeding). 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/105633

What changed in Brown Capital 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
  • Performance-based 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 July 13, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$4,536,497,889

$4,536,497,889 as of October 2026, filing dated July 13, 2026.

Discretionary: $4,536,497,889.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
High net worth individuals
Clients 1 Assets $1,994,276 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 3 Assets $2,496,911,582 (55%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 2 Assets $63,892,500 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 10 Assets $402,259,044 (9%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 11 Assets $1,165,122,256 (26%)
Insurance companies
Clients 1 Assets $50,259,477 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 5 Assets $356,058,754 (8%)

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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1983 (43 years)
Employees
Total: 37. Performing investment advisory functions: 13.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
ILLAMDNYTX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.G Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a regulatory proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.C, 11.D, or 11.E?

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
$18.5B 2021 $17.6B 2022 $10.6B 2023 $10.7B 2024 $8.1B 2025 $4.54B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$4,536,497,88937July 13, 2026
October 2025$8,098,760,31536March 28, 2025
October 2024$10,743,201,35237March 29, 2024
October 2023$10,614,900,87838July 31, 2023
October 2022$17,575,999,31638April 5, 2022
October 2021$18,483,780,63636September 20, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $18,483,780,636 in the October 2021 data and $4,536,497,889 in the October 2026 data, down 75%.

Total employees: 36 in October 2021 and 37 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 14 to 13.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $8,098,760,315 to $4,536,497,889 (-44%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. March 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.G).
  4. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in DC.

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
browncapital.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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