AdvisorCensus by AdvisorSEO Max

AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / Connecticut / Waterbury / Cooper Financial Services, Inc.

Cooper Financial Services, Inc.

Shelton, CTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 104671

Filed as COOPER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

Cooper Financial Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Shelton, CT, registered since 1985, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 26, 2026.

41 years
registered since 1985
$184,105,399
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cooper Financial Services, Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cooper Financial Services, Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Cooper Financial Services, Inc. located?

Cooper Financial Services, Inc.'s principal office is in Shelton, CT, according to its Form ADV; the July 2025 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

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

Cooper Financial Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1985. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 104671.

How much does Cooper Financial Services, Inc. manage?

Cooper Financial Services, Inc. reports $184,105,399 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 26, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Cooper Financial Services, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $164,674,543 in the October 2021 data and $184,105,399 in the October 2026 data, up 12%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 3 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cooper Financial Services, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,284); high net worth individuals (51).

Which custodians does Cooper Financial Services, Inc. use?

Cooper Financial Services, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, (CRD# 7784) as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Cooper Financial Services, 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/104671

Does Cooper Financial Services, Inc. state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 26, 2026 says: "There is no account minimum."

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

In the January 2026 filing data: No longer registered or notice-filed in CA, MD, NJ.

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

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: None

The brochure's wording
There is no account minimum.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 26, 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
$184,105,399

$184,105,399 as of October 2026, filing dated May 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $184,105,399.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 1,284 Assets $72,172,768 (39%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 51 Assets $111,932,631 (61%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1985 (41 years)
Employees
Total: 3. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the July 2025 filing
Boynton Beach, FL
States registered or notice-filed
6 states or jurisdictions
CTFLMANHNYVT

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
$165M 2021 $158M 2022 $157M 2023 $171M 2024 $196M 2025 $184M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$184,105,3993May 26, 2026
October 2025$195,592,1134June 25, 2025
October 2024$170,512,4404May 31, 2024
October 2023$157,479,5884May 30, 2023
October 2022$158,435,8354May 31, 2022
October 2021$164,674,5434August 6, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $164,674,543 in the October 2021 data and $184,105,399 in the October 2026 data, up 12%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 3 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. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in CA, MD, NJ.
  2. December 2025
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 2.

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
cooperfinservices.com

Source: 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. Cooper Financial Services, Inc. (CRD 104671): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/cooper-financial-services-inc-shelton-ct-104671