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Fayez Sarofim & Co.

Houston, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106584

Filed as FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO. · Legal name Fayez Sarofim & Co., LLC

Fayez Sarofim & Co. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Houston, TX, registered since 1958, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 12, 2026.

68 years
registered since 1958
$35,071,316,236
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Fayez Sarofim & Co. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Fayez Sarofim & Co. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Fayez Sarofim & Co. located?

Fayez Sarofim & Co.'s principal office is in Houston, TX, according to its Form ADV.

Is Fayez Sarofim & Co. registered with the SEC or a state?

Fayez Sarofim & Co. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1958. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106584.

How much does Fayez Sarofim & Co. manage?

Fayez Sarofim & Co. reports $35,071,316,236 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 12, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Fayez Sarofim & Co.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Fayez Sarofim & Co.: Regulatory assets under management: $27,645,825,649 in the October 2021 data and $35,071,316,236 in the October 2026 data, up 27%. Total employees: 50 in October 2021 and 54 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Fayez Sarofim & Co. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (2,465); high net worth individuals (274); corporations or other businesses not listed above (129).

Which custodians does Fayez Sarofim & Co. use?

Fayez Sarofim & Co.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Distributors Company LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Fayez Sarofim & Co. 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/106584

What changed in Fayez Sarofim & Co.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 23 to 22. 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

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 May 6, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$35,071,316,236

$35,071,316,236 as of October 2026, filing dated May 12, 2026.

Discretionary: $34,872,509,556.Non-discretionary: $198,806,680.

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 2,465 Assets $1,716,473,688 (5%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 274 Assets $14,139,984,967 (40%)
Investment companies
Clients 5 Assets $3,296,325,350 (9%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 2 Assets $684,555,750 (2%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 10 Assets $345,271,369 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 109 Assets $5,649,346,876 (16%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 2 Assets $79,301,512 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 1 Assets $149,052,138 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 129 Assets $9,011,004,586 (26%)

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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Fayez Sarofim & Co., LLC
Also doing business as
FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1958 (68 years)
Employees
Total: 54. Performing investment advisory functions: 22.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
53 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
$27.6B 2021 $32.9B 2022 $29B 2023 $31.4B 2024 $34.5B 2025 $35.1B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$35,071,316,23654May 12, 2026
October 2025$34,508,545,66053June 11, 2025
October 2024$31,426,186,06452March 27, 2024
October 2023$28,992,003,37851March 24, 2023
October 2022$32,861,927,25849July 28, 2022
October 2021$27,645,825,64950March 22, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $27,645,825,649 in the October 2021 data and $35,071,316,236 in the October 2026 data, up 27%.

Total employees: 50 in October 2021 and 54 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 23 to 22.
    • 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
sarofim.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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