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Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors

Los Altos, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 150150

Filed as JOHNSON LYMAN WEALTH ADVISORS · Legal name Johnson Lyman, Inc.

Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Los Altos, CA, registered since 2009, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 4, 2026.

17 years
registered since 2009
$202,117,904
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors located?

Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors' principal office is in Los Altos, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2009. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 150150.

How much does Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors manage?

Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors reports $202,117,904 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 4, 2026 (94% discretionary).

How have Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $124,733,485 in the October 2021 data and $202,117,904 in the October 2026 data, up 62%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (46); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (9); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (1).

Which custodians does Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors use?

Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists American Funds Service Company, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Nationwide Investment Services Corporation as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors 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/150150

What changed in Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $168,143,732 to $202,117,904 (+20%).

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
  • 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 4, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$202,117,904

$202,117,904 as of October 2026, filing dated March 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $190,072,646.Non-discretionary: $12,045,258.

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 9 Assets $5,624,201 (3%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 46 Assets $179,612,927 (89%)
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 1 Assets $12,045,258 (6%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets $4,835,518 (2%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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
  • 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
Legal name
Johnson Lyman, Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2009 (17 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CA

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
$125M 2021 $146M 2022 $135M 2023 $153M 2024 $168M 2025 $202M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$202,117,9042March 4, 2026
October 2025$168,143,7322March 10, 2025
October 2024$152,872,6422February 19, 2024
October 2023$134,863,7972September 5, 2023
October 2022$146,442,2382March 18, 2022
October 2021$124,733,4853March 17, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $124,733,485 in the October 2021 data and $202,117,904 in the October 2026 data, up 62%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 2 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $168,143,732 to $202,117,904 (+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
jlwealth.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. Johnson Lyman Wealth Advisors (CRD 150150): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/johnson-lyman-wealth-advisors-los-altos-ca-150150