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Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC

SEC-registered investment adviserCRD 171534

Filed as CAROLINA QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN ADVISERS, LLC

Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 11, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$443,877,669
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC compensated?

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

How much does Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 11, 2026 states: Hourly rate: $350 an hour (retirement plan services). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Is Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 171534.

How much does Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC manage?

Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC reports $443,877,669 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 11, 2026 (88% discretionary).

How have Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $305,450,636 in the October 2021 data and $443,877,669 in the October 2026 data, up 45%. Total employees: 1 in October 2021 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (38); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (7).

Which custodians does Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC use?

Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Ascensus Broker Dealer Services, LLC, Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Carolina Qualified Retirement Plan Advisers, 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/171534

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

Hourly rate: $350 an hour (retirement plan services)

The brochure's wording
CQRPA also offers retirement plan services on an hourly basis on an as-needed basis. Hourly services are charged at $350 per hour.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 11, 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
$443,877,669

$443,877,669 as of October 2026, filing dated February 11, 2026.

Discretionary: $390,668,617.Non-discretionary: $53,209,052.

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 7 Assets $9,984,627 (2%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 38 Assets $433,893,042 (98%)

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
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
CAROLINA CORPORATE PLANS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
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
1 state or jurisdiction
SC

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
$305M 2021 $384M 2022 $315M 2023 $354M 2024 $409M 2025 $444M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$443,877,6691February 11, 2026
October 2025$408,514,3451February 28, 2025
October 2024$353,738,6811February 16, 2024
October 2023$315,389,3311February 17, 2023
October 2022$384,044,9171February 17, 2022
October 2021$305,450,6361March 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $305,450,636 in the October 2021 data and $443,877,669 in the October 2026 data, up 45%.

Total employees: 1 in October 2021 and 1 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
carolina401k.comcarolinacorporateplans.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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