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Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC

Austin, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 155193

Filed as KESTRA PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES, LLC

Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Austin, TX, registered since 2010, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 22, 2026.

15 years
registered since 2010
$13,452,224,033
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
9
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC located?

Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC's principal office is in Austin, TX, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 26 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 155193.

How much does Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC manage?

Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC reports $13,452,224,033 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 22, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,998,016,363 in the October 2021 data and $13,452,224,033 in the October 2026 data, up 349%. Total employees: 82 in October 2021 and 211 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (14,677); high net worth individuals (5,300); corporations or other businesses not listed above (210).

Which custodians does Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC use?

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

Does Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 9 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 1 question about criminal matters and 8 questions about regulatory matters (11.A(2), 11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(2), 11.D(4), 11.E(2), 11.E(4)). 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/155193

What changed in Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the June 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)

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 May 29, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$13,452,224,033

$13,452,224,033 as of October 2026, filing dated September 22, 2026.

Discretionary: $13,433,949,529.Non-discretionary: $18,274,504.

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 14,677 Assets $3,975,871,509 (30%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 5,300 Assets $9,082,626,272 (68%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 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 15 Assets $15,539,771 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 23 Assets $38,926,592 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 5 Assets $13,329,555 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 210 Assets $325,930,334 (2%)

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
2010 (15 years)
Employees
Total: 211. Performing investment advisory functions: 211.
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)
26 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Alexandria, VAArlington, VAAuburn Hills, MIBloomfield Hills, MIBoca Raton, FLBurlington, MACalabasas, CAChesterfield, MOCranston, RIGreenville, SCHuntersville, NCMelbourne, FLMemphis, TNMiddletown, NYMobile, ALOgden, UTPlano, TXSalt Lake City, UTSan Diego, CASandusky, OHScottsdale, AZSewickley, PAStuart, FLTempe, AZWaycross, GAZanesville, OH
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

9 Reports 9 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Criminal matters Items 11.A and 11.B

  • 11.A(2) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been charged with a felony?

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 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.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 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
$3B 2021 $4.25B 2022 $4.48B 2023 $7.3B 2024 $10.2B 2025 $13.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$13,452,224,033211September 22, 2026
October 2025$10,210,576,595198April 14, 2025
October 2024$7,299,740,131158September 26, 2024
October 2023$4,480,017,320119September 11, 2023
October 2022$4,249,862,508102August 4, 2022
October 2021$2,998,016,36382July 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,998,016,363 in the October 2021 data and $13,452,224,033 in the October 2026 data, up 349%.

Total employees: 82 in October 2021 and 211 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. June 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 198 to 211.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $10,210,576,595 to $13,452,224,033 (+32%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Boca Raton, FL.
    • Added an office in Alexandria, VA.
    • Added an office in Arlington, VA.
    • Added an office in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
    • Added an office in Burlington, MA.
    • Added an office in Memphis, TN.
    • Added an office in Mobile, AL.
    • Added an office in Scottsdale, AZ.
    • No longer lists an office in American Fork, UT.
    • No longer lists an office in Brea, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Cordele, GA.
    • No longer lists an office in Montclair, NJ.
    • No longer lists an office in Pointe Vedra Beach, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Roswell, GA.
    • No longer lists an office in Toledo, OH.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. November 2025
    • Added an office in Tempe, AZ.

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
kestrafinancial.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. Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC (CRD 155193): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/kestra-private-wealth-services-llc-austin-tx-155193