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Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC

Conshohocken, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 4031

Filed as HORNOR, TOWNSEND & KENT, LLC

Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Conshohocken, PA, registered since 1999, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 17, 2026.

27 years
registered since 1999
$9,014,857,753
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); other. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC located?

Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC's principal office is in Conshohocken, PA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 24 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1999. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 4031.

How much does Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC manage?

Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC reports $9,014,857,753 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 17, 2026 (7% discretionary).

How have Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,932,012,743 in the October 2021 data and $9,014,857,753 in the October 2026 data, up 207%. Total employees: 474 in October 2021 and 485 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (27,446); high net worth individuals (553); corporations or other businesses not listed above (223).

Which custodians does Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC use?

Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Assetmark Trust Company, Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation), and 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, bar, or restriction). 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 SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/4031

What changed in Hornor, Townsend & Kent, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 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
  • Hourly charges
  • 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated April 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$9,014,857,753

$9,014,857,753 as of October 2026, filing dated September 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $648,184,400.Non-discretionary: $8,366,673,353.

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 27,446 Assets $7,226,189,320 (80%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 553 Assets $1,007,234,394 (11%)
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 122 Assets $55,376,727 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 25 Assets $9,881,140 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 223 Assets $716,176,172 (8%)
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
  • 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
1999 (27 years)
Employees
Total: 485. Performing investment advisory functions: 426.
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)
24 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Addison, TXAkron, OHAllentown, PABoca Raton, FLBrentwood, TNBurlington, MAChandler, AZCharlotte, NCColonial Heights, VAConshohocken, PAEdison, NJExton, PAGreensboro, NCGreenville, SCHolladay, UTHouston, TXLeawood, KSLittleton, CONew York, NYNorwalk, CTPittsburgh, PASt Louis, MOTampa, FLWoodstock, GA
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

3 Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
  • 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$2.93B 2021 $3.5B 2022 $7.11B 2023 $6.86B 2024 $7.75B 2025 $9.01B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$9,014,857,753485September 17, 2026
October 2025$7,753,847,039442March 28, 2025
October 2024$6,863,863,431456March 26, 2024
October 2023$7,114,905,281471March 31, 2023
October 2022$3,499,634,629444March 31, 2022
October 2021$2,932,012,743474September 24, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,932,012,743 in the October 2021 data and $9,014,857,753 in the October 2026 data, up 207%.

Total employees: 474 in October 2021 and 485 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. October 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 398 to 426.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $7,753,847,039 to $9,014,857,753 (+16%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Exton, PA.
    • Changed its office addresses in Littleton, CO.
    • Changed its office addresses in New York, NY.
    • Added an office in Brentwood, TN.
    • Added an office in Colonial Heights, VA.
    • Added an office in Greensboro, NC.
    • Added an office in Greenville, SC.
    • Added an office in Holladay, UT.
    • Added an office in Houston, TX.
    • Added an office in Norwalk, CT.
    • Added an office in St Louis, MO.
    • Added an office in Tampa, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Cincinnati, OH.
    • No longer lists an office in Draper, UT.
    • No longer lists an office in Franklin, TN.
    • No longer lists an office in Oklahoma City, OK.
    • No longer lists an office in Oshkosh, WI.
    • No longer lists an office in St George, UT.
    • No longer lists an office in Tucson, AZ.
    • No longer lists an office in Tulsa, OK.
    • No longer lists an office in Wilton, CT.

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
htk.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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