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Lavaca Capital, LLC

Houston, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 167238

Filed as LAVACA CAPITAL, LLC

Lavaca Capital, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Houston, TX, registered since 2018, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2018
$927,071,889
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Lavaca Capital, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Lavaca Capital, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Lavaca Capital, LLC located?

Lavaca Capital, LLC's principal office is in Houston, TX, according to its Form ADV.

Is Lavaca Capital, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Lavaca Capital, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 167238.

How much does Lavaca Capital, LLC manage?

Lavaca Capital, LLC reports $927,071,889 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Lavaca Capital, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Lavaca Capital, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $299,566,182 in the October 2021 data and $927,071,889 in the October 2026 data, up 209%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Lavaca Capital, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (20); other investment advisers (8); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (4).

Which custodians does Lavaca Capital, LLC use?

Lavaca Capital, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and JPMorgan Chase & Co. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Lavaca Capital, 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/167238

What changed in Lavaca Capital, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $421,041,365 to $927,071,889 (+120%).

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
  • 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 March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$927,071,889

$927,071,889 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $927,071,889.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 20 Assets $385,154,984 (42%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $33,415,062 (4%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 4 Assets $77,277,136 (8%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 8 Assets $431,224,707 (47%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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
TX

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
$300M 2021 $432M 2022 $434M 2023 $341M 2024 $421M 2025 $927M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$927,071,8894March 31, 2026
October 2025$421,041,3654March 27, 2025
October 2024$341,356,3974March 28, 2024
October 2023$434,238,6644August 22, 2023
October 2022$431,737,2744June 3, 2022
October 2021$299,566,1824June 4, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $299,566,182 in the October 2021 data and $927,071,889 in the October 2026 data, up 209%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 4 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 $421,041,365 to $927,071,889 (+120%).

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
lavacacapital.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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