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Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC

Kansas City, MOSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 151164

Filed as BUTTONWOOD FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Kansas City, MO, registered since 2009, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

17 years
registered since 2009
$659,465,030
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC located?

Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC's principal office is in Kansas City, MO, according to its Form ADV.

Is Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2009. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 151164.

How much does Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC manage?

Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC reports $659,465,030 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (77% discretionary).

How have Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $510,715,273 in the October 2021 data and $659,465,030 in the October 2026 data, up 29%. Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (315); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (79); high net worth individuals (21).

Which custodians does Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC use?

Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.H(1)(a) (court injunction in the past ten years). 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/151164

Does Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 says: "We do not currently require a minimum account size but reserve the right to do so in the future."

What changed in Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 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

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
We do not currently require a minimum account size but reserve the right to do so in the future.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$659,465,030

$659,465,030 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $506,856,679.Non-discretionary: $152,608,351.

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 315 Assets $303,591,201 (46%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 21 Assets $193,953,535 (29%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 79 Assets $37,864,588 (6%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $8,196,168 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 9 Assets $115,859,538 (18%)

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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2009 (17 years)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
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
15 states or jurisdictions
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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

Civil court matters Item 11.H

  • 11.H(1)(a) In the past ten years, has a domestic or foreign court issued an injunction against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related 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
$511M 2021 $584M 2022 $532M 2023 $625M 2024 $697M 2025 $659M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$659,465,03012March 31, 2026
October 2025$696,762,72114April 30, 2025
October 2024$625,489,43215August 27, 2024
October 2023$532,353,34311June 24, 2023
October 2022$583,747,82411April 29, 2022
October 2021$510,715,27310August 18, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $510,715,273 in the October 2021 data and $659,465,030 in the October 2026 data, up 29%.

Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 12 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. April 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. January 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in ND.
  3. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in CO.

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
buttonwoodfg.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. Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC (CRD 151164): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/buttonwood-financial-group-llc-kansas-city-mo-151164