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Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC

Lutherville, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 151085

Filed as HARBOR INVESTMENT ADVISORY, LLC

Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Lutherville, MD, registered since 2010, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 1, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2010
$6,869,215,640
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Harbor Investment Advisory, 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.

Where is Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC located?

Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC's principal office is in Lutherville, MD, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 151085.

How much does Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC manage?

Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC reports $6,869,215,640 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 1, 2026 (53% discretionary).

How have Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $3,701,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $6,869,215,640 in the October 2026 data, up 86%. Total employees: 30 in October 2021 and 35 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (2,036); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,321); charitable organizations (80).

Which custodians does Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC use?

Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Pershing LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Harbor Investment Advisory, 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/151085

What changed in Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 28 to 30. Regulatory assets under management went from $6,000,223,304 to $6,869,215,640 (+14%).

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
  • Hourly charges
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$6,869,215,640

$6,869,215,640 as of October 2026, filing dated September 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,653,945,262.Non-discretionary: $3,215,270,378.

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 1,321 Assets $223,704,569 (3%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 2,036 Assets $2,666,351,194 (39%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 75 Assets $1,000,693,390 (15%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 80 Assets $2,769,300,504 (40%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 28 Assets $209,165,983 (3%)

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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2010 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 35. Performing investment advisory functions: 30.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the October 2026 filing
Rockville, MD
States registered or notice-filed
29 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
$3.7B 2021 $4.66B 2022 $4.25B 2023 $5.23B 2024 $6B 2025 $6.87B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$6,869,215,64035September 1, 2026
October 2025$6,000,223,30434March 21, 2025
October 2024$5,228,575,06033September 12, 2024
October 2023$4,247,694,15734March 30, 2023
October 2022$4,662,900,00030April 25, 2022
October 2021$3,701,000,00030August 26, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $3,701,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $6,869,215,640 in the October 2026 data, up 86%.

Total employees: 30 in October 2021 and 35 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 28 to 30.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $6,000,223,304 to $6,869,215,640 (+14%).
  2. 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
harborllc.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. Harbor Investment Advisory, LLC (CRD 151085): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/harbor-investment-advisory-llc-lutherville-md-151085