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Gearhart & Associates
Filed as GEARHART & ASSOCIATES · Legal name Atlas Wealth LLC
Gearhart & Associates is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Cincinnati, OH, registered since 2022, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 28, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Gearhart & Associates compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Gearhart & Associates reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).
Where is Gearhart & Associates located?
Gearhart & Associates' principal office is in Cincinnati, OH, according to its Form ADV.
Is Gearhart & Associates registered with the SEC or a state?
Gearhart & Associates is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 321832.
How much does Gearhart & Associates manage?
Gearhart & Associates reports $872,588,664 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 28, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Gearhart & Associates' assets and staff changed since 2022?
In the Form ADV data for Gearhart & Associates: Regulatory assets under management: $553,829,365 in the October 2022 data and $872,588,664 in the October 2026 data, up 58%. Total employees: 6 in October 2022 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Gearhart & Associates serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (2,672); high net worth individuals (212); corporations or other businesses not listed above (13).
Which custodians does Gearhart & Associates use?
Gearhart & Associates' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Gearhart & Associates report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation) and 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, 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/321832
Does Gearhart & Associates state an account minimum?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 27, 2026 says: "Gearhart & Associates does not impose a minimum portfolio size or a minimum initial investment to open an account."
What changed in Gearhart & Associates' recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $723,918,841 to $872,588,664 (+21%). Registered or notice-filed in VA.
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
- 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 2AThe brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.
Account minimum: None
The brochure's wording
Gearhart & Associates does not impose a minimum portfolio size or a minimum initial investment to open an account.
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 27, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$872,588,664 as of October 2026, filing dated April 28, 2026.
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.DA 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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
- Pension consulting services
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Atlas Wealth LLC
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2022 (4 years)
- Employees
- Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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
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15 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 112 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.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
- 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?
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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $872,588,664 | 7 | April 28, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $723,918,841 | 7 | April 14, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $638,216,495 | 7 | June 27, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $581,439,749 | 6 | September 26, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $553,829,365 | 6 | August 26, 2022 |
Regulatory assets under management: $553,829,365 in the October 2022 data and $872,588,664 in the October 2026 data, up 58%.
Total employees: 6 in October 2022 and 7 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- April 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $723,918,841 to $872,588,664 (+21%).
- Registered or notice-filed in VA.
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.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Gearhart & Associates (CRD 321832): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/gearhart-and-associates-cincinnati-oh-321832