AdvisorCensus by AdvisorSEO Max

AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / Maine / Portland / Greenbacker Capital Management LLC

Greenbacker Capital Management LLC

Portland, MESEC-registered investment adviserCRD 277101

Filed as GREENBACKER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Greenbacker Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Portland, ME, registered since 2015, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 17, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2015
$3,136,008,573
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Greenbacker Capital Management LLC compensated?

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

Where is Greenbacker Capital Management LLC located?

Greenbacker Capital Management LLC's principal office is in Portland, ME, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

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

Greenbacker Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 277101.

How much does Greenbacker Capital Management LLC manage?

Greenbacker Capital Management LLC reports $3,136,008,573 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 17, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Greenbacker Capital Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,114,641,000 in the October 2021 data and $3,136,008,573 in the October 2026 data, up 181%. Total employees: 100 in October 2021 and 128 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Greenbacker Capital Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (7).

Does Greenbacker Capital Management LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/277101

What changed in Greenbacker Capital Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: 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
  • Performance-based 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 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
$3,136,008,573

$3,136,008,573 as of October 2026, filing dated July 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,136,008,573.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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 7 Assets $3,136,008,573 (100%)
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
  • 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
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2015 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 128. Performing investment advisory functions: 34.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Denver, COMontpelier, VTNew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
4 states or jurisdictions
COMENYVT

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 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.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

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
$1.11B 2021 $1.97B 2022 $3.05B 2023 $3.8B 2024 $3.38B 2025 $3.14B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$3,136,008,573128July 17, 2026
October 2025$3,376,000,000189March 28, 2025
October 2024$3,800,000,000200March 29, 2024
October 2023$3,050,000,000200September 22, 2023
October 2022$1,972,908,000154September 19, 2022
October 2021$1,114,641,000100July 2, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,114,641,000 in the October 2021 data and $3,136,008,573 in the October 2026 data, up 181%.

Total employees: 100 in October 2021 and 128 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. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 46 to 34.
  3. February 2026
    • 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
greenbackercapital.com

Source: 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. Greenbacker Capital Management LLC (CRD 277101): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/greenbacker-capital-management-llc-portland-me-277101