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Meritas Wealth Management, LLC

San Rafael, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 148565

Filed as MERITAS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC

Meritas Wealth Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Rafael, CA, registered since 2008, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

17 years
registered since 2008
$618,946,502
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Meritas Wealth Management, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Meritas Wealth Management, LLC located?

Meritas Wealth Management, LLC's principal office is in San Rafael, CA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Meritas Wealth Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Meritas Wealth Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2008. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 148565.

How much does Meritas Wealth Management, LLC manage?

Meritas Wealth Management, LLC reports $618,946,502 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Meritas Wealth Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Meritas Wealth Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $454,560,698 in the October 2021 data and $618,946,502 in the October 2026 data, up 36%. Total employees: 13 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Meritas Wealth Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (172); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (152); charitable organizations (11).

Which custodians does Meritas Wealth Management, LLC use?

Meritas Wealth Management, LLC'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 Meritas Wealth Management, 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/148565

What changed in Meritas Wealth Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $533,826,660 to $618,946,502 (+16%). 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Minimum annual fee: $10,000

The brochure's wording
Meritas generally requires a minimum annual fee of $10,000 per client, which we may waive at our discretion.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$618,946,502

$618,946,502 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $618,946,502.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 152 Assets $91,507,952 (15%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 172 Assets $498,480,414 (81%)
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 Fewer than 5 Assets $9,580,440 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 11 Assets $12,604,332 (2%)
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 Fewer than 5 Assets $6,773,364 (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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2008 (17 years)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
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)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Healdsburg, CA
States registered or notice-filed
6 states or jurisdictions
CADCLASCTXWA

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
$455M 2021 $561M 2022 $523M 2023 $484M 2024 $534M 2025 $619M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$618,946,50212March 27, 2026
October 2025$533,826,66012April 29, 2025
October 2024$483,839,17011April 26, 2024
October 2023$523,175,22112September 19, 2023
October 2022$560,572,25313April 26, 2022
October 2021$454,560,69813April 9, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $454,560,698 in the October 2021 data and $618,946,502 in the October 2026 data, up 36%.

Total employees: 13 in October 2021 and 12 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 $533,826,660 to $618,946,502 (+16%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in DC.

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
meritaswealth.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. Meritas Wealth Management, LLC (CRD 148565): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/meritas-wealth-management-llc-san-rafael-ca-148565