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Cary Street Partners

Richmond, VASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 128545

Filed as CARY STREET PARTNERS · Legal name Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC

Cary Street Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Richmond, VA, registered since 2005, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$10,252,264,301
assets under management
5 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cary Street Partners compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cary Street Partners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees; other.

Where is Cary Street Partners located?

Cary Street Partners' principal office is in Richmond, VA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 20 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Cary Street Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

Cary Street Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 128545.

How much does Cary Street Partners manage?

Cary Street Partners reports $10,252,264,301 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (68% discretionary).

How have Cary Street Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Cary Street Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $3,254,677,385 in the October 2021 data and $10,252,264,301 in the October 2026 data, up 215%. Total employees: 99 in October 2021 and 182 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cary Street Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (4,466); high net worth individuals (2,175); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (190).

Which custodians does Cary Street Partners use?

Cary Street Partners' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Cary Street Partners 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/128545

What changed in Cary Street Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 81 to 85. Regulatory assets under management went from $8,263,891,736 to $10,252,264,301 (+24%). Added an office in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. 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)
  • Performance-based fees
  • 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 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$10,252,264,301

$10,252,264,301 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $6,946,067,015.Non-discretionary: $3,306,197,286.

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 4,466 Assets $1,463,024,553 (14%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 2,175 Assets $7,445,316,855 (73%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 190 Assets $802,054,344 (8%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 53 Assets $155,714,662 (2%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $786,914 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 3 Assets $147,675,068 (1%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 100 Assets $237,691,905 (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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC
Also doing business as
CARY STREET PARTNERS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 182. Performing investment advisory functions: 85.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
20 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Abingdon, VAAustin, TXCharlotte, NCCharlottesville, VAFort Worth, TXFredericksburg, VAGlen Allen, VAGreenville, SCJohnson City, TNKingsport, TNLeesburg, VAMcLean, VAMorristown, NJPalm Beach Gardens, FLRoanoke, VASan Antonio, TXSarasota, FLTampa, FLVirginia Beach, VAWytheville, VA
States registered or notice-filed
52 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
$3.25B 2021 $3.95B 2022 $5.51B 2023 $6.98B 2024 $8.26B 2025 $10.3B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$10,252,264,301182March 30, 2026
October 2025$8,263,891,736166June 27, 2025
October 2024$6,977,336,124144March 28, 2024
October 2023$5,512,469,144134September 14, 2023
October 2022$3,946,154,707108August 2, 2022
October 2021$3,254,677,38599March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $3,254,677,385 in the October 2021 data and $10,252,264,301 in the October 2026 data, up 215%.

Total employees: 99 in October 2021 and 182 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 81 to 85.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $8,263,891,736 to $10,252,264,301 (+24%).
    • Added an office in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
carystreetpartners.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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