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Dovetail Financial Group LLC

Wilmington, NCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 311298

Filed as DOVETAIL FINANCIAL GROUP LLC

Dovetail Financial Group LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Wilmington, NC, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 11, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2020
$298,927,453
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Dovetail Financial Group LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Dovetail Financial Group LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Dovetail Financial Group LLC located?

Dovetail Financial Group LLC's principal office is in Wilmington, NC, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Dovetail Financial Group LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Dovetail Financial Group LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 311298.

How much does Dovetail Financial Group LLC manage?

Dovetail Financial Group LLC reports $298,927,453 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 11, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Dovetail Financial Group LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Dovetail Financial Group LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $131,470,468 in the October 2021 data and $298,927,453 in the October 2026 data, up 127%. 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 Dovetail Financial Group LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (300); high net worth individuals (41); corporations or other businesses not listed above (1).

Which custodians does Dovetail Financial Group LLC use?

Dovetail Financial Group LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Dovetail Financial Group LLC 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/311298

What changed in Dovetail Financial Group LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 2 to 3. Regulatory assets under management went from $258,530,813 to $298,927,453 (+16%).

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
  • Hourly charges
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated June 11, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$298,927,453

$298,927,453 as of October 2026, filing dated June 11, 2026.

Discretionary: $295,251,165.Non-discretionary: $3,676,288.

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 300 Assets $161,129,652 (54%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 41 Assets $137,773,445 (46%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $24,356 (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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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)
1 other office, as of the July 2026 filing
Duluth, GA
States registered or notice-filed
11 states or jurisdictions
CAFLGAMSNCNENJOHSCTXVA

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
$131M 2021 $233M 2022 $201M 2023 $228M 2024 $259M 2025 $299M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$298,927,4536June 11, 2026
October 2025$258,530,8135May 9, 2025
October 2024$227,897,2996March 27, 2024
October 2023$200,703,8086March 22, 2023
October 2022$232,864,2464August 1, 2022
October 2021$131,470,4686March 15, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $131,470,468 in the October 2021 data and $298,927,453 in the October 2026 data, up 127%.

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. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 2 to 3.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $258,530,813 to $298,927,453 (+16%).

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
dovetailfin.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. Dovetail Financial Group LLC (CRD 311298): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/dovetail-financial-group-llc-wilmington-nc-311298