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Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC

Shaker Heights, OHSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 153600

Filed as CAPITAL ADVISORS, LTD., LLC

Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Shaker Heights, OH, registered since 2010, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 27, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2010
$1,366,837,208
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC compensated?

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

Where is Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC located?

Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC's principal office is in Shaker Heights, OH, according to its Form ADV.

Is Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 153600.

How much does Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC manage?

Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC reports $1,366,837,208 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $856,232,874 in the October 2021 data and $1,366,837,208 in the October 2026 data, up 60%. Total employees: 12 in October 2021 and 14 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (597); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (461); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (28).

Which custodians does Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC use?

Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Capital Advisors, Ltd., 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/153600

What changed in Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in CO.

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 12, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,366,837,208

$1,366,837,208 as of October 2026, filing dated August 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,366,015,222.Non-discretionary: $821,986.

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 461 Assets $83,397,084 (6%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 597 Assets $1,218,633,621 (89%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 28 Assets $29,840,765 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 7 Assets $10,797,720 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 13 Assets $24,168,018 (2%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2010 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 14. Performing investment advisory functions: 11.
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
12 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
$856M 2021 $1.08B 2022 $957M 2023 $1.13B 2024 $1.25B 2025 $1.37B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,366,837,20814August 27, 2026
October 2025$1,246,486,45614April 4, 2025
October 2024$1,129,477,96914March 29, 2024
October 2023$956,765,40813March 29, 2023
October 2022$1,075,635,84813March 27, 2022
October 2021$856,232,87412March 23, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $856,232,874 in the October 2021 data and $1,366,837,208 in the October 2026 data, up 60%.

Total employees: 12 in October 2021 and 14 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. September 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in CO.
  2. April 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in NY, PA.
  3. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in GA, LA, NM.
  4. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in NH.

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
capitaladvisorsltd.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. Capital Advisors, Ltd., LLC (CRD 153600): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/capital-advisors-ltd-llc-shaker-heights-oh-153600