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Dean Capital Management

Overland Park, KSSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 145666

Filed as DEAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT · Legal name Dean Capital Management, LLC

Dean Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Overland Park, KS, registered since 2008, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 16, 2026.

18 years
registered since 2008
$1,148,942,036
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Dean Capital Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Dean Capital Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Dean Capital Management located?

Dean Capital Management's principal office is in Overland Park, KS, according to its Form ADV.

Is Dean Capital Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Dean Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2008. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 145666.

How much does Dean Capital Management manage?

Dean Capital Management reports $1,148,942,036 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 16, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Dean Capital Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Dean Capital Management: Regulatory assets under management: $815,845,493 in the October 2021 data and $1,148,942,036 in the October 2026 data, up 41%. Total employees: 6 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 Dean Capital Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: other investment advisers (2); investment companies (1).

Which custodians does Dean Capital Management use?

Dean Capital Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC, State Street Global Markets, LLC and U.S. Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Dean Capital Management 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/145666

What changed in Dean Capital Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in UT.

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

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 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,148,942,036

$1,148,942,036 as of October 2026, filing dated June 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,148,942,036.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 0 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $477,740,102 (42%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 2 Assets $671,201,934 (58%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Dean Capital Management, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2008 (18 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
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
5 states or jurisdictions
COKSMOOHUT

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
$816M 2021 $864M 2022 $846M 2023 $1.06B 2024 $1.13B 2025 $1.15B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,148,942,0366June 16, 2026
October 2025$1,133,464,4656June 10, 2025
October 2024$1,056,594,9976March 27, 2024
October 2023$845,899,5336March 30, 2023
October 2022$864,414,3357March 28, 2022
October 2021$815,845,4936August 24, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $815,845,493 in the October 2021 data and $1,148,942,036 in the October 2026 data, up 41%.

Total employees: 6 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. July 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in UT.

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
deancapmgmt.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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