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Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC

Appleton, WISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 169978

Filed as COPPER HARBOR INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Appleton, WI, registered since 2015, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 11, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2015
$805,000,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC located?

Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Appleton, WI, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 169978.

How much does Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC manage?

Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC reports $805,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 11, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $442,850,000 in the October 2021 data and $805,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 82%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 6 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (120); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (106); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (14).

Which custodians does Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC use?

Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC'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 Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, 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/169978

What changed in Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $665,000,000 to $805,000,000 (+21%). 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

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 11, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$805,000,000

$805,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 11, 2026.

Discretionary: $805,000,000.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 106 Assets $48,000,000 (6%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 120 Assets $700,000,000 (87%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 14 Assets $40,000,000 (5%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 2 Assets $5,000,000 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 8 Assets $12,000,000 (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
  • 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
2015 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 6.
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 April 2026 filing
Green Bay, WI
States registered or notice-filed
4 states or jurisdictions
COILORWI

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
$443M 2021 $489M 2022 $465M 2023 $575M 2024 $665M 2025 $805M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$805,000,0006March 11, 2026
October 2025$665,000,0006January 30, 2025
October 2024$575,000,0005March 21, 2024
October 2023$465,000,0004January 25, 2023
October 2022$488,640,0004March 18, 2022
October 2021$442,850,0004February 15, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $442,850,000 in the October 2021 data and $805,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 82%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 6 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $665,000,000 to $805,000,000 (+21%).
    • 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
copperharbor.us

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. Copper Harbor Investment Advisors, LLC (CRD 169978): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/copper-harbor-investment-advisors-llc-appleton-wi-169978