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Crawford Investment Counsel Inc

Atlanta, GASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 110271

Filed as CRAWFORD INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC

Crawford Investment Counsel Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Atlanta, GA, registered since 1980, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

45 years
registered since 1980
$9,139,406,625
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Crawford Investment Counsel Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Crawford Investment Counsel Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is Crawford Investment Counsel Inc located?

Crawford Investment Counsel Inc's principal office is in Atlanta, GA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Crawford Investment Counsel Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Crawford Investment Counsel Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1980. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110271.

How much does Crawford Investment Counsel Inc manage?

Crawford Investment Counsel Inc reports $9,139,406,625 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Crawford Investment Counsel Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Crawford Investment Counsel Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $7,111,005,593 in the October 2021 data and $9,139,406,625 in the October 2026 data, up 29%. Total employees: 53 in October 2021 and 54 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Crawford Investment Counsel Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (1,176); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (767); corporations or other businesses not listed above (43).

Which custodians does Crawford Investment Counsel Inc use?

Crawford Investment Counsel Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Crawford Investment Counsel Inc report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a 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/110271

What changed in Crawford Investment Counsel Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Added the business name Crawford Investments. Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 2 (now no: 11.D(4)).

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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$9,139,406,625

$9,139,406,625 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $9,139,406,625.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 767 Assets $310,141,974 (3%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,176 Assets $5,688,834,053 (62%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 3 Assets $557,926,912 (6%)
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 1 Assets $4,117,326 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 36 Assets $1,105,721,576 (12%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 7 Assets $162,385,533 (2%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 3 Assets $66,165,255 (1%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 43 Assets $1,202,715,697 (13%)
Other
Clients 3 Assets $41,398,299 (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 investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
CRAWFORD INVESTMENTS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1980 (45 years)
Employees
Total: 54. Performing investment advisory functions: 27.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
44 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 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?

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
$7.11B 2021 $7.92B 2022 $7.38B 2023 $7.73B 2024 $8.49B 2025 $9.14B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$9,139,406,62554March 31, 2026
October 2025$8,494,589,82452March 28, 2025
October 2024$7,729,583,31453August 23, 2024
October 2023$7,382,736,56753August 24, 2023
October 2022$7,923,669,13954March 31, 2022
October 2021$7,111,005,59353September 14, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $7,111,005,593 in the October 2021 data and $9,139,406,625 in the October 2026 data, up 29%.

Total employees: 53 in October 2021 and 54 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
    • Added the business name Crawford Investments.
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 2 (now no: 11.D(4)).

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
crawfordinvestment.comcrawfordinvestmentfunds.comcrawfordinvestments.comopen.spotify.com/show/51IhrxgKNCvfh2IPUGE5KLpodcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawford-insights/id1658391960

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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