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Crestwood Advisors

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 286243

Filed as CRESTWOOD ADVISORS · Legal name Crestwood Advisors Group, LLC

Crestwood Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2017, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 11, 2026.

9 years
registered since 2017
$8,021,455,218
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Crestwood Advisors compensated?

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

Where is Crestwood Advisors located?

Crestwood Advisors' principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Crestwood Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

Crestwood Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 286243.

How much does Crestwood Advisors manage?

Crestwood Advisors reports $8,021,455,218 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 11, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Crestwood Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Crestwood Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $3,963,019,544 in the October 2021 data and $8,021,455,218 in the October 2026 data, up 102%. Total employees: 39 in October 2021 and 64 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Crestwood Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (870); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (236); corporations or other businesses not listed above (15).

Which custodians does Crestwood Advisors use?

Crestwood Advisors' 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 Crestwood Advisors 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/286243

Does Crestwood Advisors state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 11, 2026 says: "All relationships are subject to a minimum of $1,000,000 in investible assets."

What changed in Crestwood Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 55 to 56. Regulatory assets under management went from $7,015,988,190 to $8,021,455,218 (+14%). Changed its office addresses in Boulder, CO. No longer lists an office in Westport, CT.

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)

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: $1,000,000

The brochure's wording
All relationships are subject to a minimum of $1,000,000 in investible assets.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 11, 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
$8,021,455,218

$8,021,455,218 as of October 2026, filing dated June 11, 2026.

Discretionary: $8,000,013,936.Non-discretionary: $21,441,282.

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 236 Assets $100,419,722 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 870 Assets $7,617,151,735 (95%)
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 4 Assets $19,053,233 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 3 Assets $7,872,324 (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 15 Assets $276,958,204 (3%)
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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Crestwood Advisors Group, LLC
Also doing business as
CRESTWOOD ADVISORS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (9 years)
Employees
Total: 64. Performing investment advisory functions: 56.
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)
3 other offices, as of the July 2026 filing
Boulder, CODarien, CTProvidence, RI
States registered or notice-filed
30 states or jurisdictions
AZCACOCTFLGAILINLAMAMDMEMIMNMONCNENHNJNYOHORPARISCTXUTVAVTWA

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
$3.96B 2021 $4.96B 2022 $4.06B 2023 $5.69B 2024 $7.02B 2025 $8.02B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$8,021,455,21864June 11, 2026
October 2025$7,015,988,19061March 25, 2025
October 2024$5,692,226,26357March 29, 2024
October 2023$4,057,189,85743September 26, 2023
October 2022$4,963,454,54742April 5, 2022
October 2021$3,963,019,54439July 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $3,963,019,544 in the October 2021 data and $8,021,455,218 in the October 2026 data, up 102%.

Total employees: 39 in October 2021 and 64 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 55 to 56.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $7,015,988,190 to $8,021,455,218 (+14%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Boulder, CO.
    • No longer lists an office in Westport, CT.

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
crestwoodadvisors.comfocusfinancialpartners.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. Crestwood Advisors (CRD 286243): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/crestwood-advisors-boston-ma-286243