AdvisorCensus by AdvisorSEO Max

AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / Wisconsin / Milwaukee / Dana Investment Advisors Inc

Dana Investment Advisors Inc

Waukesha, WISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105879

Filed as DANA INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC

Dana Investment Advisors Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Waukesha, WI, registered since 1979, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026.

47 years
registered since 1979
$6,076,522,387
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Dana Investment Advisors Inc compensated?

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

Where is Dana Investment Advisors Inc located?

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

Is Dana Investment Advisors Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Dana Investment Advisors Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1979. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105879.

How much does Dana Investment Advisors Inc manage?

Dana Investment Advisors Inc reports $6,076,522,387 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026 (91% discretionary).

How have Dana Investment Advisors Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Dana Investment Advisors Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $4,782,003,858 in the October 2021 data and $6,076,522,387 in the October 2026 data, up 27%. Total employees: 46 in October 2021 and 60 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Dana Investment Advisors Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (710); other (673); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (620).

Which custodians does Dana Investment Advisors Inc use?

Dana Investment Advisors Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Dana Investment Advisors 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/105879

What changed in Dana Investment Advisors Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 27 to 28. Changed its office addresses in New York, NY. 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
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$6,076,522,387

$6,076,522,387 as of October 2026, filing dated March 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,520,702,623.Non-discretionary: $555,819,764.

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 620 Assets $321,355,974 (5%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 710 Assets $1,933,191,530 (32%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 1 Assets $123,998 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 6 Assets $350,728,730 (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 41 Assets $717,183,235 (12%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 68 Assets $415,328,264 (7%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 57 Assets $1,031,797,059 (17%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 11 Assets $203,703,657 (3%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 103 Assets $823,616,703 (14%)
Other
Clients 673 Assets $279,493,237 (5%)

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 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
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1979 (47 years)
Employees
Total: 60. Performing investment advisory functions: 28.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
New York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
52 states or jurisdictions
AKALARAZCACOCTDCDEFLGAHIIAIDILINKSKYLAMAMDMEMIMNMOMSMTNCNDNENHNJNMNVNYOHOKORPAPRRISCSDTNTXUTVAVTWAWIWVWY

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
$4.78B 2021 $4.65B 2022 $4.43B 2023 $4.51B 2024 $5.76B 2025 $6.08B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$6,076,522,38760March 24, 2026
October 2025$5,757,433,15062March 28, 2025
October 2024$4,505,412,09261March 21, 2024
October 2023$4,427,776,04453March 30, 2023
October 2022$4,647,039,89747March 30, 2022
October 2021$4,782,003,85846March 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $4,782,003,858 in the October 2021 data and $6,076,522,387 in the October 2026 data, up 27%.

Total employees: 46 in October 2021 and 60 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 27 to 28.
    • Changed its office addresses in New York, NY.
    • 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
danaetfs.comdanafunds.comdanainvestment.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. Dana Investment Advisors Inc (CRD 105879): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/dana-investment-advisors-inc-waukesha-wi-105879