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Capital Research Company is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Los Angeles, CA, registered since 1997, with no regulatory assets under management reported in its Form ADV filing dated September 25, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Capital Research Company compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Capital Research Company reports these compensation arrangements: other.
Where is Capital Research Company located?
Capital Research Company's principal office is in Los Angeles, CA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Capital Research Company registered with the SEC or a state?
Capital Research Company is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1997. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110684.
How have Capital Research Company's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Capital Research Company: Total employees: 88 in October 2021 and 140 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
Does Capital Research Company report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). 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/110684
Does Capital Research Company state an account minimum?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated September 26, 2025 says: "As Capital Research Company does not manage assets, it does not impose any minimum account size for its services."
What changed in Capital Research Company's recent Form ADV filings?
In the October 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 118 to 123.
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- Other
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 2AAccount minimum: None
The brochure's wording
As Capital Research Company does not manage assets, it does not impose any minimum account size for its services.
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated September 26, 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.FNot reported.
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.DNot reported.
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- Other
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 1997 (28 years)
- Employees
- Total: 140. Performing investment advisory functions: 123.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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2 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 111 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.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?
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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | Not reported | 140 | September 25, 2026 |
| October 2025 | Not reported | 87 | December 9, 2024 |
| October 2024 | Not reported | 87 | September 27, 2024 |
| October 2023 | Not reported | 90 | September 28, 2023 |
| October 2022 | Not reported | 94 | September 28, 2022 |
| October 2021 | Not reported | 88 | September 28, 2021 |
Total employees: 88 in October 2021 and 140 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- October 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 118 to 123.
- June 2026
- Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.D(2)).
- January 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- December 2025
- Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 0 yes answers, previously 1 (now no: 11.G).
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 78 to 118.
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.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Capital Research Company (CRD 110684): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/capital-research-company-los-angeles-ca-110684