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Check Capital Management Inc

Costa Mesa, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 107058

Filed as CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC

Check Capital Management Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Costa Mesa, CA, registered since 1987, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 26, 2026.

39 years
registered since 1987
$2,370,626,516
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Check Capital Management Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Check Capital Management Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Check Capital Management Inc located?

Check Capital Management Inc's principal office is in Costa Mesa, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Check Capital Management Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Check Capital Management Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1987. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 107058.

How much does Check Capital Management Inc manage?

Check Capital Management Inc reports $2,370,626,516 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 26, 2026 (91% discretionary).

How have Check Capital Management Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Check Capital Management Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $1,255,708,810 in the October 2021 data and $2,370,626,516 in the October 2026 data, up 89%. Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Check Capital Management Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (1,192); corporations or other businesses not listed above (30); investment companies (1).

Which custodians does Check Capital Management Inc use?

Check Capital Management Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and National Financial Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Check Capital Management 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/107058

Does Check Capital Management Inc state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 says: "CCM imposes a minimum investment of $500,000 per new Client. This requirement may be waived, at CCM’s sole discretion."

What changed in Check Capital Management Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in CO.

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
  • Performance-based 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

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

The brochure's wording
CCM imposes a minimum investment of $500,000 per new Client. This requirement may be waived, at CCM’s sole discretion.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 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
$2,370,626,516

$2,370,626,516 as of October 2026, filing dated August 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,147,163,348.Non-discretionary: $223,463,168.

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
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,192 Assets $2,226,627,976 (94%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $45,776,643 (2%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 30 Assets $98,221,897 (4%)

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 investment companies (and business development companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1987 (39 years)
Employees
Total: 12. 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
28 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
$1.26B 2021 $1.61B 2022 $1.4B 2023 $1.74B 2024 $2.09B 2025 $2.37B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,370,626,51612August 26, 2026
October 2025$2,093,504,64112March 26, 2025
October 2024$1,735,092,62711March 28, 2024
October 2023$1,403,109,48111March 28, 2023
October 2022$1,605,508,83910April 19, 2022
October 2021$1,255,708,81010March 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,255,708,810 in the October 2021 data and $2,370,626,516 in the October 2026 data, up 89%.

Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 12 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. September 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in CO.
  2. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,093,504,641 to $2,370,626,516 (+13%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in MD.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in CO.

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
checkcapital.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. Check Capital Management Inc (CRD 107058): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/check-capital-management-inc-costa-mesa-ca-107058