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Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc

Lexington, KYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 116398

Filed as EQUITY ADVISORS OF KENTUCKY INC

Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Lexington, KY, registered since 2018, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2018
$141,596,255
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc compensated?

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

Where is Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc located?

Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc's principal office is in Lexington, KY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 116398.

How much does Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc manage?

Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc reports $141,596,255 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026 (5% discretionary).

How have Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $122,636,122 in the October 2021 data and $141,596,255 in the October 2026 data, up 15%. Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 3 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (94); high net worth individuals (20).

Which custodians does Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc use?

Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists SEI Private Trust Company as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(5) (another regulator's denial, suspension, or revocation of a registration or license, bar, or restriction). 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/116398

What changed in Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $124,997,429 to $141,596,255 (+13%).

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)
  • 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$141,596,255

$141,596,255 as of October 2026, filing dated March 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $6,603,485.Non-discretionary: $134,992,770.

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 94 Assets $95,678,527 (68%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 20 Assets $45,917,728 (32%)

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
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 3. 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.

States registered or notice-filed
7 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's activity?

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
$123M 2021 $131M 2022 $106M 2023 $116M 2024 $125M 2025 $142M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$141,596,2553March 26, 2026
October 2025$124,997,4293March 31, 2025
October 2024$115,869,3923August 21, 2024
October 2023$105,515,1294August 15, 2023
October 2022$131,313,2575June 21, 2022
October 2021$122,636,1227May 3, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $122,636,122 in the October 2021 data and $141,596,255 in the October 2026 data, up 15%.

Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 3 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 $124,997,429 to $141,596,255 (+13%).

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
ea-ky.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. Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc (CRD 116398): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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