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Greenspring Advisors, LLC

Towson, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 132669

Filed as GREENSPRING ADVISORS, LLC

Greenspring Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Towson, MD, registered since 2007, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 30, 2026.

19 years
registered since 2007
$6,464,377,689
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Greenspring Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Greenspring Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Greenspring Advisors, LLC located?

Greenspring Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Towson, MD, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Greenspring Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Greenspring Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2007. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 132669.

How much does Greenspring Advisors, LLC manage?

Greenspring Advisors, LLC reports $6,464,377,689 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Greenspring Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Greenspring Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $5,248,230,568 in the October 2021 data and $6,464,377,689 in the October 2026 data, up 23%. Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 68 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Greenspring Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (1,118); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (579); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (123).

Which custodians does Greenspring Advisors, LLC use?

Greenspring Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists ADP, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and National Financial Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Greenspring Advisors, 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/132669

What changed in Greenspring Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in AZ, CO, MI, TN.

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 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated June 11, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$6,464,377,689

$6,464,377,689 as of October 2026, filing dated June 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $6,453,466,936.Non-discretionary: $10,910,753.

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 579 Assets $253,158,176 (4%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,118 Assets $4,084,784,338 (63%)
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 123 Assets $2,031,586,608 (31%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 13 Assets $61,635,208 (1%)
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 4 Assets $33,213,359 (1%)
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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2007 (19 years)
Employees
Total: 68. Performing investment advisory functions: 39.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the July 2026 filing
Lancaster, PANew York, NYParamus, NJ
States registered or notice-filed
29 states or jurisdictions
ALAZCACOCTDCDEFLGAILINLAMAMDMEMIMNMONCNHNJNYORPASCTNTXVAWA

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
$5.25B 2021 $6.13B 2022 $6B 2023 $6.9B 2024 $3.78B 2025 $6.46B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$6,464,377,68968June 30, 2026
October 2025$3,775,318,48642June 18, 2025
October 2024$6,896,367,89939May 31, 2024
October 2023$6,000,116,36041September 28, 2023
October 2022$6,126,230,88136September 27, 2022
October 2021$5,248,230,56819July 14, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $5,248,230,568 in the October 2021 data and $6,464,377,689 in the October 2026 data, up 23%.

Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 68 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. July 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in AZ, CO, MI, TN.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 42 to 39.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,775,318,486 to $6,464,377,689 (+71%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Paramus, NJ.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in NE, OK.
  4. December 2025
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 28 to 42.
    • Registered or notice-filed in MN, MO, OR.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  5. November 2025
    • No longer lists the business name ISI Financial Group Inc..
    • Added an office in New York, NY.
    • 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
greenspringadvice.comgreenspringadvisors.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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AdvisorCensus. Greenspring Advisors, LLC (CRD 132669): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/greenspring-advisors-llc-towson-md-132669