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Forest Capital

Charlotte, NCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 325514

Filed as FOREST CAPITAL · Legal name Forest Capital Operating Company LLC

Forest Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Charlotte, NC, registered since 2023, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 7, 2026.

3 years
registered since 2023
$143,151,940
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Forest Capital compensated?

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

Where is Forest Capital located?

Forest Capital's principal office is in Charlotte, NC, according to its Form ADV.

Is Forest Capital registered with the SEC or a state?

Forest Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2023. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 325514.

How much does Forest Capital manage?

Forest Capital reports $143,151,940 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 7, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Forest Capital's assets and staff changed since 2023?

In the Form ADV data for Forest Capital: Regulatory assets under management: $150,265,532 in the October 2023 data and $143,151,940 in the October 2026 data, down 5%. Total employees: 4 in October 2023 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Forest Capital serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (85); high net worth individuals (67); corporations or other businesses not listed above (2).

Which custodians does Forest Capital use?

Forest Capital's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Forest Capital 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/325514

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 July 7, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$143,151,940

$143,151,940 as of October 2026, filing dated July 7, 2026.

Discretionary: $143,151,940.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 85 Assets $24,336,233 (17%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 67 Assets $109,096,756 (76%)
Insurance companies
Clients 1 Assets $2,841,237 (2%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 2 Assets $6,877,714 (5%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Forest Capital Operating Company LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2023 (3 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
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
2 states or jurisdictions
MONC

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
$150M 2023 $159M 2024 $134M 2025 $143M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$143,151,9404July 7, 2026
October 2025$134,294,9754January 8, 2025
October 2024$159,342,1674June 5, 2024
October 2023$150,265,5324June 7, 2023

Regulatory assets under management: $150,265,532 in the October 2023 data and $143,151,940 in the October 2026 data, down 5%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2023 and 4 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
forestcapital.net

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. Forest Capital (CRD 325514): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/forest-capital-charlotte-nc-325514