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Marshfield Associates

Washington, DCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 150614

Filed as MARSHFIELD ASSOCIATES · Legal name Marshfield Associates, Inc.

Marshfield Associates is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Washington, DC, registered since 2009, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 10, 2026.

17 years
registered since 2009
$8,121,896,714
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Marshfield Associates compensated?

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

Where is Marshfield Associates located?

Marshfield Associates' principal office is in Washington, DC, according to its Form ADV.

Is Marshfield Associates registered with the SEC or a state?

Marshfield Associates is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2009. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 150614.

How much does Marshfield Associates manage?

Marshfield Associates reports $8,121,896,714 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 10, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Marshfield Associates' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Marshfield Associates: Regulatory assets under management: $3,593,899,923 in the October 2021 data and $8,121,896,714 in the October 2026 data, up 126%. Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 27 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Marshfield Associates serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (3,089); high net worth individuals (857); charitable organizations (37).

Which custodians does Marshfield Associates use?

Marshfield Associates' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and State Street Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Marshfield Associates 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/150614

What changed in Marshfield Associates' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 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
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$8,121,896,714

$8,121,896,714 as of October 2026, filing dated July 10, 2026.

Discretionary: $8,112,940,375.Non-discretionary: $8,956,339.

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 3,089 Assets $1,264,867,134 (16%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 857 Assets $3,429,081,211 (42%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $1,312,937,410 (16%)
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 4 Assets $389,170,291 (5%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 37 Assets $421,334,524 (5%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $21,555,290 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 1 Assets $1,194,610,844 (15%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 6 Assets $88,340,010 (1%)
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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Marshfield Associates, Inc.
Also doing business as
MARSHFIELD ASSOCIATES
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2009 (17 years)
Employees
Total: 27. Performing investment advisory functions: 13.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
39 states or jurisdictions
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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
$3.59B 2021 $4.17B 2022 $4.44B 2023 $6.4B 2024 $7.5B 2025 $8.12B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$8,121,896,71427July 10, 2026
October 2025$7,500,657,93926May 27, 2025
October 2024$6,401,521,22324July 18, 2024
October 2023$4,442,901,88023May 4, 2023
October 2022$4,174,772,86121March 29, 2022
October 2021$3,593,899,92319March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $3,593,899,923 in the October 2021 data and $8,121,896,714 in the October 2026 data, up 126%.

Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 27 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
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
marshfieldfunds.commarshfieldinc.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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