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Holderness Investments Co

Greensboro, NCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106530

Filed as HOLDERNESS INVESTMENTS CO

Holderness Investments Co is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Greensboro, NC, registered since 1995, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

31 years
registered since 1995
$660,715,759
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Holderness Investments Co compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Holderness Investments Co reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Holderness Investments Co located?

Holderness Investments Co's principal office is in Greensboro, NC, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Holderness Investments Co registered with the SEC or a state?

Holderness Investments Co is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1995. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106530.

How much does Holderness Investments Co manage?

Holderness Investments Co reports $660,715,759 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have Holderness Investments Co's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Holderness Investments Co: Regulatory assets under management: $346,555,360 in the October 2021 data and $660,715,759 in the October 2026 data, up 91%. Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 8 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Holderness Investments Co serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (231); high net worth individuals (93); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (10).

Which custodians does Holderness Investments Co use?

Holderness Investments Co's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Holderness Investments Co 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/106530

Does Holderness Investments Co state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 says: "Holderness’s minimum account size is generally $1,000,000, but this amount is negotiable."

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

Account minimum: $1,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Holderness’s minimum account size is generally $1,000,000, but this amount is negotiable.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$660,715,759

$660,715,759 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $641,606,039.Non-discretionary: $19,109,720.

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 231 Assets $115,222,026 (17%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 93 Assets $498,048,126 (75%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 10 Assets $18,132,932 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $19,397,375 (3%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 5 Assets $9,915,300 (2%)
Other
Clients Not reported 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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • 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
1995 (31 years)
Employees
Total: 8. Performing investment advisory functions: 6.
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)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Charlotte, NCGreensboro, NC
States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
FLNCSCTXVA

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
$347M 2021 $434M 2022 $347M 2023 $511M 2024 $621M 2025 $661M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$660,715,7598March 30, 2026
October 2025$621,038,3558March 26, 2025
October 2024$510,825,4266August 23, 2024
October 2023$346,670,9646March 30, 2023
October 2022$433,970,3256March 18, 2022
October 2021$346,555,3606March 26, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $346,555,360 in the October 2021 data and $660,715,759 in the October 2026 data, up 91%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 8 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
holdernessinvestments.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. Holderness Investments Co (CRD 106530): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/holderness-investments-co-greensboro-nc-106530