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Fortress Planning Group

Pewaukee, WISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 157900

Filed as FORTRESS PLANNING GROUP · Legal name Fortress Planning Group, LLC

Fortress Planning Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Pewaukee, WI, registered since 2023, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 26, 2026.

3 years
registered since 2023
$345,296,879
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Fortress Planning Group compensated?

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

Where is Fortress Planning Group located?

Fortress Planning Group's principal office is in Pewaukee, WI, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Fortress Planning Group registered with the SEC or a state?

Fortress Planning Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2023. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 157900.

How much does Fortress Planning Group manage?

Fortress Planning Group reports $345,296,879 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 26, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Fortress Planning Group's assets and staff changed since 2023?

In the Form ADV data for Fortress Planning Group: Regulatory assets under management: $184,097,951 in the October 2023 data and $345,296,879 in the October 2026 data, up 88%. Total employees: 4 in October 2023 and 6 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Fortress Planning Group serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (215); high net worth individuals (68).

Does Fortress Planning Group 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/157900

What changed in Fortress Planning Group's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 3 to 5. Regulatory assets under management went from $279,072,572 to $345,296,879 (+24%).

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

See the firm's brochure (dated August 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$345,296,879

$345,296,879 as of October 2026, filing dated August 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $345,296,879.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 215 Assets $73,607,053 (21%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 68 Assets $271,689,826 (79%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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
Legal name
Fortress Planning Group, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2023 (3 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the September 2026 filing
Madison, WI
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
KYTXWI

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
$184M 2023 $226M 2024 $279M 2025 $345M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$345,296,8796August 26, 2026
October 2025$279,072,5724February 5, 2025
October 2024$226,305,5724March 26, 2024
October 2023$184,097,9514August 2, 2023

Regulatory assets under management: $184,097,951 in the October 2023 data and $345,296,879 in the October 2026 data, up 88%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2023 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 3 to 5.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $279,072,572 to $345,296,879 (+24%).

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
bestinwealth.comfortressplanninggroup.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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