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Legend Financial Advisors Inc

Pittsburgh, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 108207

Filed as LEGEND FINANCIAL ADVISORS INC

Legend Financial Advisors Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Pittsburgh, PA, registered since 1993, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026.

33 years
registered since 1993
$389,919,871
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Legend Financial Advisors Inc compensated?

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

Where is Legend Financial Advisors Inc located?

Legend Financial Advisors Inc's principal office is in Pittsburgh, PA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Legend Financial Advisors Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Legend Financial Advisors Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1993. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 108207.

How much does Legend Financial Advisors Inc manage?

Legend Financial Advisors Inc reports $389,919,871 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Legend Financial Advisors Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Legend Financial Advisors Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $311,093,887 in the October 2021 data and $389,919,871 in the October 2026 data, up 25%. Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 11 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Legend Financial Advisors Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (117); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (98); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (2).

Which custodians does Legend Financial Advisors Inc use?

Legend Financial Advisors Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Legend Financial Advisors Inc 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/108207

What changed in Legend Financial Advisors Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $335,389,223 to $389,919,871 (+16%).

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 March 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$389,919,871

$389,919,871 as of October 2026, filing dated March 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $389,919,871.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 98 Assets $48,942,267 (13%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 117 Assets $329,131,150 (84%)
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 2 Assets $11,290,817 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets $166,529 (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 1 Assets $389,108 (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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1993 (33 years)
Employees
Total: 11. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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
7 states or jurisdictions
AZMDNCNHNJPATX

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
$311M 2021 $300M 2022 $247M 2023 $308M 2024 $335M 2025 $390M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$389,919,87111March 24, 2026
October 2025$335,389,22311March 17, 2025
October 2024$308,473,04411August 15, 2024
October 2023$246,567,58112September 1, 2023
October 2022$299,570,75310April 13, 2022
October 2021$311,093,88711July 16, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $311,093,887 in the October 2021 data and $389,919,871 in the October 2026 data, up 25%.

Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 11 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 $335,389,223 to $389,919,871 (+16%).
  2. January 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in NH.
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in VA.

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
legend-financial.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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