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Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc.

Venice, FLSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 35971

Filed as DALE K. EHRHART, INC.

Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Venice, FL, registered since 1978, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 29, 2026.

48 years
registered since 1978
$648,772,602
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc. compensated?

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

Where is Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc. located?

Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc.'s principal office is in Venice, FL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1978. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 35971.

How much does Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc. manage?

Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc. reports $648,772,602 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 29, 2026 (90% discretionary).

How have Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $622,977,336 in the October 2021 data and $648,772,602 in the October 2026 data, up 4%. 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 Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (92); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (22); charitable organizations (11).

Which custodians does Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc. use?

Dale K. Ehrhart, 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 Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.H(2) (pending civil proceeding). 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/35971

What changed in Dale K. Ehrhart, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $561,522,571 to $648,772,602 (+16%). Registered or notice-filed in DE.

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 29, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$648,772,602

$648,772,602 as of October 2026, filing dated March 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $582,634,817.Non-discretionary: $66,137,785.

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 22 Assets $6,602,673 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 92 Assets $494,640,797 (76%)
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 3 Assets $2,477,880 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 11 Assets $47,056,670 (7%)
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 11 Assets $97,994,582 (15%)
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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1978 (48 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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
10 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

Civil court matters Item 11.H

  • 11.H(2) Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a civil proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.H(1)?

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
$623M 2021 $673M 2022 $605M 2023 $537M 2024 $562M 2025 $649M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$648,772,6026March 29, 2026
October 2025$561,522,5717May 12, 2025
October 2024$536,573,6906June 26, 2024
October 2023$605,045,5654March 9, 2023
October 2022$672,798,3334March 15, 2022
October 2021$622,977,3364April 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $622,977,336 in the October 2021 data and $648,772,602 in the October 2026 data, up 4%.

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 $561,522,571 to $648,772,602 (+16%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in DE.
  2. March 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.H(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
dkefamilyoffice.comdkeinc.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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