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Geneva Capital Management LLC

Milwaukee, WISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105432

Filed as GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Geneva Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Milwaukee, WI, registered since 1986, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026.

39 years
registered since 1986
$5,604,553,098
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Geneva Capital Management LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Geneva Capital Management LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other.

Where is Geneva Capital Management LLC located?

Geneva Capital Management LLC's principal office is in Milwaukee, WI, according to its Form ADV.

Is Geneva Capital Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Geneva Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1986. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105432.

How much does Geneva Capital Management LLC manage?

Geneva Capital Management LLC reports $5,604,553,098 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Geneva Capital Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Geneva Capital Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $6,679,477,780 in the October 2021 data and $5,604,553,098 in the October 2026 data, down 16%. Total employees: 21 in October 2021 and 20 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Geneva Capital Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: other (3,821); high net worth individuals (95); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (59).

Which custodians does Geneva Capital Management LLC use?

Geneva Capital Management LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley and Northern Trust Securities, Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Geneva Capital Management LLC 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/105432

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
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

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 March 25, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$5,604,553,098

$5,604,553,098 as of October 2026, filing dated March 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,604,553,098.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 59 Assets $34,422,639 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 95 Assets $424,067,467 (8%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 5 Assets $1,726,828,069 (31%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 3 Assets $290,568,187 (5%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 17 Assets $596,409,300 (11%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 23 Assets $173,564,245 (3%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 11 Assets $802,845,575 (14%)
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 15 Assets $641,233,559 (11%)
Other
Clients 3,821 Assets $914,614,057 (16%)

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1986 (39 years)
Employees
Total: 20. Performing investment advisory functions: 9.
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
$6.68B 2021 $7B 2022 $5.03B 2023 $5.84B 2024 $6.2B 2025 $5.6B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,604,553,09820March 25, 2026
October 2025$6,198,316,12121March 27, 2025
October 2024$5,841,894,93121March 27, 2024
October 2023$5,026,791,34820March 31, 2023
October 2022$6,997,928,15321March 30, 2022
October 2021$6,679,477,78021March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $6,679,477,780 in the October 2021 data and $5,604,553,098 in the October 2026 data, down 16%.

Total employees: 21 in October 2021 and 20 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
genevacap.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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