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Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC

Greenwood, SCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 115015

Filed as GREENWOOD CAPITAL ASSOCIATES, LLC

Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Greenwood, SC, registered since 2001, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 15, 2026.

25 years
registered since 2001
$1,765,086,387
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC located?

Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC's principal office is in Greenwood, SC, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2001. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 115015.

How much does Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC manage?

Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC reports $1,765,086,387 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 15, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,507,492,116 in the October 2021 data and $1,765,086,387 in the October 2026 data, up 17%. Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 21 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (584); high net worth individuals (76); charitable organizations (44).

Which custodians does Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC use?

Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Commercial Bank - Trust Dept (affiliated with the firm) as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Greenwood Capital Associates, 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/115015

What changed in Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in WA.

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)
  • 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 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,765,086,387

$1,765,086,387 as of October 2026, filing dated April 15, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,765,086,387.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 584 Assets $730,650,653 (41%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 76 Assets $285,740,600 (16%)
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 4 Assets $8,536,701 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 44 Assets $159,505,494 (9%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 10 Assets $396,386,786 (22%)
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 13 Assets $184,266,153 (10%)

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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
GCA, GCA INVESTMENTS, GCA WEALTH, GREENWOOD CAPITAL
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2001 (25 years)
Employees
Total: 21. Performing investment advisory functions: 14.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.Commercial Bank - Trust Dept · affiliated

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)
1 other office, as of the May 2026 filing
Greenville, SC
States registered or notice-filed
12 states or jurisdictions
ALAZCAFLGANCNYSCTNTXVAWA

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
$1.51B 2021 $1.55B 2022 $1.36B 2023 $1.5B 2024 $1.67B 2025 $1.77B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,765,086,38721April 15, 2026
October 2025$1,668,008,48019June 5, 2025
October 2024$1,495,477,48619March 29, 2024
October 2023$1,364,808,57220April 3, 2023
October 2022$1,549,045,19719March 31, 2022
October 2021$1,507,492,11619May 14, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,507,492,116 in the October 2021 data and $1,765,086,387 in the October 2026 data, up 17%.

Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 21 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
    • Registered or notice-filed in WA.
  2. February 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in TN.

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
greenwoodcapital.comlogin.orionadvisor.com/login

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. Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC (CRD 115015): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/greenwood-capital-associates-llc-greenwood-sc-115015