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IFG Advisory, LLC

Atlanta, GASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 168012

Filed as IFG ADVISORY, LLC

IFG Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Atlanta, GA, registered since 2014, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 14, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$4,759,187,483
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is IFG Advisory, LLC compensated?

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

Where is IFG Advisory, LLC located?

IFG Advisory, LLC's principal office is in Atlanta, GA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 23 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

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

IFG Advisory, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 168012.

How much does IFG Advisory, LLC manage?

IFG Advisory, LLC reports $4,759,187,483 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 14, 2026 (94% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for IFG Advisory, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,159,825,504 in the October 2021 data and $4,759,187,483 in the October 2026 data, up 120%. Total employees: 140 in October 2021 and 187 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does IFG Advisory, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (5,482); high net worth individuals (3,556); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (78).

Which custodians does IFG Advisory, LLC use?

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

Does IFG 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/168012

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

In the October 2026 filing data: Added the business name Carverstark.

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 18, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$4,759,187,483

$4,759,187,483 as of October 2026, filing dated September 14, 2026.

Discretionary: $4,485,583,999.Non-discretionary: $273,603,484.

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 5,482 Assets $1,053,274,918 (22%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 3,556 Assets $3,524,627,642 (74%)
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 78 Assets $62,125,080 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 29 Assets $40,086,873 (1%)
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 57 Assets $79,072,970 (2%)
Other
Clients 0 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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
APPALACHIAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, BLUHAWK WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC, CAROLINA PLANNING CONSULTANTS, LLP, CARVER CAPITAL, CARVERSTARK, CAST AHEAD WEALTH MANGEMENT, CLEAR BLUE WEALTH, COLLINS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, DH CHRISTOPHER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL STRATEGIES GROUP, INC., FRANKLIN WATKINS FINANCIAL GROUP, GARY ALPERT FINANCIAL STRATEGIES, GUNTHER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, HEALY WEALTH MANAGEMENT, HIGHLAND TRUST PARTNERS, HIGHLANDS WEALTH GROUP, IFG ADVISORY, INTEGRATED FINANCIAL GROUP, INTEGRATED FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INTEGRATED WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP, IWM GROUP, LINEA PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, MADISON FINANCIAL & ASSOCIATES, MAGNOLIA FINANCIAL GROUP, MARATHON FINANCIAL STRATEGIES, MORRIS SHANK WEALTH MANAGEMENT, NICKELS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, NIDA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., NWM CAPITAL ADVISORS, OAK TREE FINANCIAL SERVICES, PATHWAYS FINANCIAL PARTNERS, REBEKAH J FERO CFP LLC/FERO FINANCIAL, SGL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, STARK FINANCIAL, TARRANT FINANCIAL, TARRENT FINANCIAL ADVISORS, THE ANCHOR FINANCIAL GROUP, THOMPSONBAKER FINANCIAL, LLC, WEALTH HORIZON, WHB WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 187. Performing investment advisory functions: 86.
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)
23 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Alpharetta, GAAthens, GAAtlanta, GABlairsville, GABrunswick, GACartersville, GAClayton, MOColombus, MSFayetteville, GAGainesville, GAGoldsboro, NCHuntsville, ALMcDonough, GAMilledgeville, GAMooresville, NCNatchez, MSPort Charlotte, FLPort St. Lucie, FLRaleigh, NCRome, NYRoswell, GASt. Augustine, FLSunrise, FL
States registered or notice-filed
42 states or jurisdictions
AKALARAZCACTDCFLGAIAIDILINKSKYLAMAMDMEMIMNMOMSMTNCNENHNJNMNVNYOHOKORPASCTNTXUTVAWAWI

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
$2.16B 2021 $2.69B 2022 $2.53B 2023 $3.25B 2024 $3.97B 2025 $4.76B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$4,759,187,483187September 14, 2026
October 2025$3,972,449,338177March 25, 2025
October 2024$3,252,393,060161April 15, 2024
October 2023$2,532,642,170150August 2, 2023
October 2022$2,691,761,074145August 1, 2022
October 2021$2,159,825,504140July 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,159,825,504 in the October 2021 data and $4,759,187,483 in the October 2026 data, up 120%.

Total employees: 140 in October 2021 and 187 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
    • Added the business name Carverstark.
  2. April 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Natchez Wealth Management.
    • Added the business name NWM Capital Advisors.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 80 to 86.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,972,449,338 to $4,759,187,483 (+20%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Mooresville, NC.
    • Added an office in Brunswick, GA.
    • No longer lists an office in Loganville, GA.
    • Registered or notice-filed in ID, KS, NV.

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
bluhawkwealth.com/financial-planning-davidson-nccarver-capital.comcastaheadwm.comclearbluewealth.comcollinswealthgoldsboro.comcpcllp.comferofinancial.comfsgplanners.comfwfinancialgroup.comgaryalpert.comgoldenislesfinancial.comguntherwealth.comhealywealth.comhealywealthmanagement.comhighlandswealthgroup.comhighlandtrustpartners.comifpplans.comintegrated-financial-group.comiwmgroup.comlineawealth.commadisonfa.commarathonfinancialstrategies.commfgplanning.commorrisshankwealthmanagement.comnidafinancialgroup.comnwmcapitaladvisors.comoaktreefinancialservices.comsglwm.comstarkfinancial.comtarrantfinancial.comtempdavis.comtheanchorfg.comthebraintrust.netthompsonbakerfinancial.comtimetothinkdifferently.comwealthhorizoninc.comwhbwealth.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. IFG Advisory, LLC (CRD 168012): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ifg-advisory-llc-atlanta-ga-168012