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  "primary_business_name": "GUARDIAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC",
  "legal_name": "GUARDIAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC",
  "dbas": [],
  "city": "St. Louis",
  "state": "MO",
  "country": "United States",
  "cbsa_code": "41180",
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    "cbsa_code": "41180",
    "common_name": "St. Louis",
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  "registration_type": "state",
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  "registration_date": "2024-05-16",
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  "period": "2026-10-01",
  "filing_date": "2026-02-10",
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  "raum_band": "under_25m",
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    "business_development_companies": {
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  "compensation_types": [
    "fixed",
    "hourly",
    "percentage_of_aum"
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    "selection_of_other_advisers"
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  "disclosure_yes_count": 2,
  "states_registered": [
    "IL",
    "MO"
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  "websites": [],
  "iapd_url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/330612",
  "disclosure_items": [
    {
      "item": "11.A(1)",
      "question": "In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been convicted of, or pleaded guilty or no contest to, a felony?"
    },
    {
      "item": "11.A(2)",
      "question": "In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been charged with a felony?"
    }
  ],
  "city_as_filed": "ST. LOUIS",
  "url": "https://advisorcensus.com/firm/guardian-investment-management-llc-st-louis-mo-330612",
  "display_name": "Guardian Investment Management, LLC",
  "summary": "Guardian Investment Management, LLC is a state-registered investment advisory firm in St. Louis, MO, registered since 2024, reporting under $25 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 10, 2026.",
  "citation": "AdvisorCensus. Guardian Investment Management, LLC (CRD 330612): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.",
  "registration_type_label": "State-registered investment adviser",
  "compensation_labels": [
    "A percentage of assets under your management",
    "Hourly charges",
    "Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)"
  ],
  "advisory_activity_labels": [
    "Financial planning services",
    "Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses",
    "Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)"
  ],
  "quick_answers": [
    {
      "q": "How is Guardian Investment Management, LLC compensated?",
      "a": "On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Guardian Investment Management, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure."
    },
    {
      "q": "Where is Guardian Investment Management, LLC located?",
      "a": "Guardian Investment Management, LLC's principal office is in St. Louis, MO, according to its Form ADV."
    },
    {
      "q": "Is Guardian Investment Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?",
      "a": "Guardian Investment Management, LLC is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2024. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 330612."
    },
    {
      "q": "How much does Guardian Investment Management, LLC manage?",
      "a": "Guardian Investment Management, LLC reports $14,500,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 10, 2026 (86% discretionary)."
    },
    {
      "q": "What types of clients does Guardian Investment Management, LLC serve?",
      "a": "By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (95); high net worth individuals (5)."
    },
    {
      "q": "Does Guardian Investment Management, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?",
      "a": "Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.A(1) (felony conviction or plea in the past ten years) and 11.A(2) (felony charge 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 public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/330612"
    }
  ],
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  "recent_changes": [],
  "fees_from_brochure": null,
  "custodians": [],
  "custodians_note": null,
  "markdown_url": "https://advisorcensus.com/firm/guardian-investment-management-llc-st-louis-mo-330612.md",
  "clients": [
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      "type": "pooled_investment_vehicles",
      "label": "Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)",
      "count": 0,
      "fewer_than_5": false,
      "raum": 0.0
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      "type": "pension_profit_sharing",
      "label": "Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)",
      "count": 0,
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      "type": "charitable",
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      "fewer_than_5": false,
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    {
      "type": "state_municipal",
      "label": "State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)",
      "count": 0,
      "fewer_than_5": false,
      "raum": 0.0
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      "type": "other_investment_advisers",
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      "count": 0,
      "fewer_than_5": false,
      "raum": 0.0
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      "type": "insurance_companies",
      "label": "Insurance companies",
      "count": 0,
      "fewer_than_5": false,
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      "type": "sovereign_wealth_foreign_official",
      "label": "Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions",
      "count": 0,
      "fewer_than_5": false,
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    {
      "type": "corporations_other_businesses",
      "label": "Corporations or other businesses not listed above",
      "count": 0,
      "fewer_than_5": false,
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      "type": "other",
      "label": "Other",
      "count": 0,
      "fewer_than_5": false,
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  "disclosure_line": "Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11.",
  "indexable": true,
  "suppressed": false,
  "claimed": false,
  "enhanced": false,
  "provided_by_the_firm": null,
  "source": {
    "name": "Form ADV",
    "as_of": "2026-10-01",
    "iapd_url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/330612",
    "operator": "BH Monitor Services, LLC",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "credit": "AdvisorCensus (advisorcensus.com), from SEC Form ADV data"
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