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Capital Investment Services of America Inc

Milwaukee, WISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 110639

Filed as CAPITAL INVESTMENT SERVICES OF AMERICA INC

Capital Investment Services of America Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Milwaukee, WI, registered since 1980, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated December 16, 2025.

46 years
registered since 1980
$1,314,238,097
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Capital Investment Services of America Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Capital Investment Services of America Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Capital Investment Services of America Inc located?

Capital Investment Services of America Inc's principal office is in Milwaukee, WI, according to its Form ADV.

Is Capital Investment Services of America Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Capital Investment Services of America Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1980. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110639.

How much does Capital Investment Services of America Inc manage?

Capital Investment Services of America Inc reports $1,314,238,097 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated December 16, 2025 (100% discretionary).

How have Capital Investment Services of America Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Capital Investment Services of America Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $991,909,691 in the October 2021 data and $1,314,238,097 in the October 2026 data, up 32%. Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Capital Investment Services of America Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (642); high net worth individuals (256); charitable organizations (21).

Which custodians does Capital Investment Services of America Inc use?

Capital Investment Services of America Inc'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 Capital Investment Services of America 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/110639

Does Capital Investment Services of America Inc state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated December 16, 2025 says: "The minimum value of a client relationship is $500,000 ; however, we reserve the right to waive the minimum requirement ."

What changed in Capital Investment Services of America Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the January 2026 filing data: No longer registered or notice-filed in CT, MO, NC.

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

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 brochure for them.

Account minimum: $500,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
The minimum value of a client relationship is $500,000 ; however, we reserve the right to waive the minimum requirement .

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated December 16, 2025. 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
$1,314,238,097

$1,314,238,097 as of October 2026, filing dated December 16, 2025.

Discretionary: $1,314,238,097.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 642 Assets $178,798,564 (14%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 256 Assets $898,557,735 (68%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 10 Assets $53,645,451 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 21 Assets $123,658,339 (9%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 8 Assets $59,578,008 (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 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
1980 (46 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 9.
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

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
$992M 2021 $1.18B 2022 $894M 2023 $1.03B 2024 $1.23B 2025 $1.31B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,314,238,0979December 16, 2025
October 2025$1,228,290,8219December 3, 2024
October 2024$1,034,621,1847December 20, 2023
October 2023$894,453,1568October 31, 2022
October 2022$1,176,509,1296June 27, 2022
October 2021$991,909,6917January 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $991,909,691 in the October 2021 data and $1,314,238,097 in the October 2026 data, up 32%.

Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 9 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. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in CT, MO, NC.

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
capinv.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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