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Centaurus Financial, Inc.

Anaheim, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 30833

Filed as CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC.

Centaurus Financial, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Anaheim, CA, registered since 1999, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026.

26 years
registered since 1999
$9,740,127,253
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
6
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Centaurus Financial, Inc. compensated?

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

Where is Centaurus Financial, Inc. located?

Centaurus Financial, Inc.'s principal office is in Anaheim, CA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 21 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Centaurus Financial, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Centaurus Financial, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1999. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 30833.

How much does Centaurus Financial, Inc. manage?

Centaurus Financial, Inc. reports $9,740,127,253 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026 (33% discretionary).

How have Centaurus Financial, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Centaurus Financial, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $4,257,545,696 in the October 2021 data and $9,740,127,253 in the October 2026 data, up 129%. Total employees: 601 in October 2021 and 571 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Centaurus Financial, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (44,727); high net worth individuals (467); corporations or other businesses not listed above (142).

Which custodians does Centaurus Financial, Inc. use?

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

Does Centaurus Financial, Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 6 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule 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/30833

What changed in Centaurus Financial, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 375 to 426. Regulatory assets under management went from $7,336,108,151 to $9,740,127,253 (+33%). Added an office in Anaheim, CA. Added an office in Downey, CA. Added an office in Winterhaven, FL. No longer lists an office in Lake Charles, LA. No longer lists an office in Santa Ana, CA. No longer lists an office in Santa Maria, CA. 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)

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 July 28, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$9,740,127,253

$9,740,127,253 as of October 2026, filing dated July 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,210,452,543.Non-discretionary: $6,529,674,710.

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 44,727 Assets $8,438,472,762 (87%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 467 Assets $1,232,526,053 (13%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 142 Assets $69,128,438 (1%)

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)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Market timing services
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1999 (26 years)
Employees
Total: 571. Performing investment advisory functions: 426.
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)
21 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Anaheim, CAAuburn Hills, MIBaton Rouge, LADowney, CAElmhurst, ILHayden, IDHighland Village, TXLeesburg, VALexington, SCMontgomery, TXMorgantown, WVNewport Beach, CASan Jose, CASanta Barbara, CAScottsdale, AZShelton, CTTallahassee, FLTucson, AZUpland, CAWestlake Village, CAWinterhaven, FL
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

6 Reports 6 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 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?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

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
$4.26B 2021 $4.56B 2022 $5.21B 2023 $6.28B 2024 $7.34B 2025 $9.74B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$9,740,127,253571July 30, 2026
October 2025$7,336,108,151580July 24, 2025
October 2024$6,276,899,920580July 29, 2024
October 2023$5,212,001,329598July 28, 2023
October 2022$4,564,124,620616July 29, 2022
October 2021$4,257,545,696601July 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $4,257,545,696 in the October 2021 data and $9,740,127,253 in the October 2026 data, up 129%.

Total employees: 601 in October 2021 and 571 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. August 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 375 to 426.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $7,336,108,151 to $9,740,127,253 (+33%).
    • Added an office in Anaheim, CA.
    • Added an office in Downey, CA.
    • Added an office in Winterhaven, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Lake Charles, LA.
    • No longer lists an office in Santa Ana, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Santa Maria, CA.
    • 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
centaurusfinancial.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. Centaurus Financial, Inc. (CRD 30833): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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