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Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106096

Filed as HORIZON KINETICS ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 1994, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 24, 2026.

32 years
registered since 1994
$9,614,045,104
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Subscription and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; subscription fees (for a newsletter or periodical); fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC located?

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1994. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106096.

How much does Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC manage?

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC reports $9,614,045,104 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 24, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $4,888,391,632 in the October 2021 data and $9,614,045,104 in the October 2026 data, up 97%. Total employees: 77 in October 2021 and 80 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (1,994); corporations or other businesses not listed above (150); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (33).

Which custodians does Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC use?

Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Horizon Kinetics Asset Management 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/106096

What changed in Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
  • Subscription fees (for a newsletter or periodical)
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based 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 July 7, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$9,614,045,104

$9,614,045,104 as of October 2026, filing dated September 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $9,457,679,101.Non-discretionary: $156,366,003.

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
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,994 Assets $2,559,824,533 (27%)
Investment companies
Clients 15 Assets $3,775,062,047 (39%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 33 Assets $2,010,831,381 (21%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 12 Assets $112,240,544 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 19 Assets $27,116,120 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 150 Assets $1,128,970,479 (12%)

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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1994 (32 years)
Employees
Total: 80. Performing investment advisory functions: 20.
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)
3 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Charlotte, NCSummit, NJWhite Plains, NY
States registered or notice-filed
51 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
$4.89B 2021 $6.84B 2022 $7.9B 2023 $6.5B 2024 $9.84B 2025 $9.61B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$9,614,045,10480September 24, 2026
October 2025$9,840,059,86384March 28, 2025
October 2024$6,503,114,87377March 28, 2024
October 2023$7,897,532,39175March 31, 2023
October 2022$6,842,041,46978March 31, 2022
October 2021$4,888,391,63277March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $4,888,391,632 in the October 2021 data and $9,614,045,104 in the October 2026 data, up 97%.

Total employees: 77 in October 2021 and 80 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. May 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 21 to 20.

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
hkholdingco.comhorizonkinetics.comkineticsfunds.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. Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC (CRD 106096): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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