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Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC

Grand Rapids, MISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 125389

Filed as MIDWEST CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC

Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Grand Rapids, MI, registered since 2014, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 15, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$1,356,576,318
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC located?

Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Grand Rapids, MI, according to its Form ADV.

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

Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 125389.

How much does Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC manage?

Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC reports $1,356,576,318 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 15, 2026 (82% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $567,783,128 in the October 2021 data and $1,356,576,318 in the October 2026 data, up 139%. Total employees: 7 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 Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (140); high net worth individuals (125); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (65).

Which custodians does Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC use?

Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Broadridge Business Process Outsourcing, LLC, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Empower Financial Services, Inc. and National Financial Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Midwest Capital Advisors, 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/125389

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

In the June 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in TX.

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
  • 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 20, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,356,576,318

$1,356,576,318 as of October 2026, filing dated May 15, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,110,560,207.Non-discretionary: $246,016,111.

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 140 Assets $55,936,362 (4%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 125 Assets $291,141,324 (21%)
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 65 Assets $836,745,072 (62%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $5,132,873 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 7 Assets $155,138,151 (11%)
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 $12,482,536 (1%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 11. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
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
3 states or jurisdictions
ILMITX

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
$568M 2021 $760M 2022 $767M 2023 $947M 2024 $1.13B 2025 $1.36B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,356,576,31811May 15, 2026
October 2025$1,125,860,7229March 18, 2025
October 2024$947,304,0668June 17, 2024
October 2023$767,047,7368March 21, 2023
October 2022$760,067,5688May 2, 2022
October 2021$567,783,1287July 7, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $567,783,128 in the October 2021 data and $1,356,576,318 in the October 2026 data, up 139%.

Total employees: 7 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. June 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in TX.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 8.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,125,860,722 to $1,356,576,318 (+20%).

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
midwestcap.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. Midwest Capital Advisors, LLC (CRD 125389): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/midwest-capital-advisors-llc-grand-rapids-mi-125389