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EP Wealth Advisors

Torrance, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 111147

Filed as EP WEALTH ADVISORS · Legal name EP Wealth Advisors, LLC.

EP Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Torrance, CA, registered since 1987, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 17, 2026.

39 years
registered since 1987
$45,145,000,000
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is EP Wealth Advisors compensated?

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

Where is EP Wealth Advisors located?

EP Wealth Advisors' principal office is in Torrance, CA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 50 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is EP Wealth Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

EP Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1987. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 111147.

How much does EP Wealth Advisors manage?

EP Wealth Advisors reports $45,145,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 17, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have EP Wealth Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for EP Wealth Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $11,225,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $45,145,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 302%. Total employees: 160 in October 2021 and 618 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does EP Wealth Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (18,029); high net worth individuals (1,589); corporations or other businesses not listed above (466).

Which custodians does EP Wealth Advisors use?

EP Wealth Advisors' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Distributors Company LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does EP Wealth 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/111147

What changed in EP Wealth Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Changed its office addresses in Nashville, TN. 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
  • 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated April 1, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$45,145,000,000

$45,145,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated September 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $44,475,000,000.Non-discretionary: $670,000,000.

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 18,029 Assets $24,820,000,000 (55%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,589 Assets $17,065,000,000 (38%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 300 Assets $950,000,000 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 354 Assets $300,000,000 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 466 Assets $2,010,000,000 (4%)

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
EP Wealth Advisors, LLC.
Also doing business as
ENRIGHT PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1987 (39 years)
Employees
Total: 618. Performing investment advisory functions: 320.
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)
50 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Albuquerque, NMAtlanta, GAAugusta, MEBangor, MEBerkeley, CABoise, IDBrighton, MIBrunswick, MEChandler, AZDallas, TXDenver, COExton, PAFort Wright, KYFriday Harbor, WAGreenwood Village, COHilton Head Island, SCIrvine, CAJackson, MIKirkland, WALittleton, COLogan, UTLos Angeles, CALudington, MIMedia, PAMount Vernon, WANashville, TNNewburyport, MANorthville, MINorwood, MAPalatine, ILPalm Beach Gardens, FLPeoria, AZPhoenix, AZPortsmouth, NHRedwood City, CASalt Lake City, UTSan Diego, CASan Francisco, CASan Luis Obispo, CASanta Fe, NMScottsdale, AZSeattle, WASkokie, ILSt. George, UTTorrance, CAValencia, CAVancouver, WAVenice, FLWalnut Creek, CAWestlake Village, CA
States registered or notice-filed
52 states or jurisdictions
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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
$11.2B 2021 $14.7B 2022 $17.1B 2023 $22.3B 2024 $35.6B 2025 $45.1B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$45,145,000,000618September 17, 2026
October 2025$35,570,000,000557May 28, 2025
October 2024$22,321,000,000392August 30, 2024
October 2023$17,057,000,000375March 31, 2023
October 2022$14,670,000,000257April 1, 2022
October 2021$11,225,000,000160March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $11,225,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $45,145,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 302%.

Total employees: 160 in October 2021 and 618 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. October 2026
    • Changed its office addresses in Nashville, TN.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 214 to 320.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $35,570,000,000 to $45,145,000,000 (+27%).
    • Added an office in Albuquerque, NM.
    • Added an office in Boise, ID.
    • Added an office in Fort Wright, KY.
    • Added an office in Peoria, AZ.
    • Added an office in San Francisco, CA.
    • Added an office in Santa Fe, NM.
    • Added an office in Scottsdale, AZ.
    • Added an office in Skokie, IL.
    • No longer lists an office in Atlanta, GA.
    • No longer lists an office in Lynnfield, MA.
    • No longer lists an office in Providence, UT.
    • 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
epwealth.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. EP Wealth Advisors (CRD 111147): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ep-wealth-advisors-torrance-ca-111147