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McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc.

Wheeling, WVSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 135184

Filed as MCKINLEY CARTER WEALTH SERVICES, INC.

McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Wheeling, WV, registered since 2005, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 23, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$2,306,284,068
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc. compensated?

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

Where is McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc. located?

McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc.'s principal office is in Wheeling, WV, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 135184.

How much does McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc. manage?

McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc. reports $2,306,284,068 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 23, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $1,814,676,911 in the October 2021 data and $2,306,284,068 in the October 2026 data, up 27%. Total employees: 51 in October 2021 and 32 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (659); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (572); charitable organizations (38).

Which custodians does McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc. use?

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

Does McKinley Carter Wealth Services, 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/135184

What changed in McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 34 to 27. No longer lists an office in Gaithersburg, MD. No longer lists an office in Johnstown, PA. Registered or notice-filed in CO. 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 March 23, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,306,284,068

$2,306,284,068 as of October 2026, filing dated March 23, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,240,812,189.Non-discretionary: $65,471,879.

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 572 Assets $208,102,079 (9%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 659 Assets $1,983,947,868 (86%)
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 $8,489,411 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 38 Assets $74,477,299 (3%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $1,016,158 (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 10 Assets $30,251,253 (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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 32. Performing investment advisory functions: 27.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Charleston, WVDayton, OHWexford, PA
States registered or notice-filed
27 states or jurisdictions
ALAZCACODCFLGAILINKYLAMAMDMIMONCNHNJNYOHPASCTNTXVAWAWV

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
$1.81B 2021 $2.09B 2022 $1.9B 2023 $2.26B 2024 $2.53B 2025 $2.31B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,306,284,06832March 23, 2026
October 2025$2,532,619,55451March 24, 2025
October 2024$2,260,993,68248March 28, 2024
October 2023$1,904,927,36056March 27, 2023
October 2022$2,094,889,54853September 1, 2022
October 2021$1,814,676,91151June 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,814,676,911 in the October 2021 data and $2,306,284,068 in the October 2026 data, up 27%.

Total employees: 51 in October 2021 and 32 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 34 to 27.
    • No longer lists an office in Gaithersburg, MD.
    • No longer lists an office in Johnstown, PA.
    • Registered or notice-filed in CO.
    • 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
investinginagoodlife.commc-ws.commckinleycarter.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. McKinley Carter Wealth Services, Inc. (CRD 135184): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/mckinley-carter-wealth-services-inc-wheeling-wv-135184