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Nationwide Securities, LLC

Columbus, OHSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 11173

Filed as NATIONWIDE SECURITIES, LLC

Nationwide Securities, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Columbus, OH, registered since 2008, with no regulatory assets under management reported in its Form ADV filing dated July 16, 2026.

18 years
registered since 2008
Not reported
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
6
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Nationwide Securities, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Nationwide Securities, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Nationwide Securities, LLC located?

Nationwide Securities, LLC's principal office is in Columbus, OH, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Nationwide Securities, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Nationwide Securities, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2008. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 11173.

How have Nationwide Securities, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Nationwide Securities, LLC: Total employees: 24 in October 2021 and 26 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Nationwide Securities, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (108).

Does Nationwide Securities, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 6 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/11173

What changed in Nationwide Securities, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: No longer lists an office in Des Moines, IA. No longer lists an office in Gilbert, AZ. No longer lists an office in Pickerington, OH. No longer lists an office in Sacramento, CA.

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

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 firm's brochure (dated July 16, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F

Not reported.

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 108 Assets $0
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
NATIONWIDE SECURITIES, LLC DBA NATIONWIDE ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2008 (18 years)
Employees
Total: 26. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Louisville, KYMount Joy, PASan Diego, CA
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

6 Reports 6 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026Not reported26July 16, 2026
October 2025Not reported24July 8, 2025
October 2024Not reported26March 26, 2024
October 2023Not reported24March 24, 2023
October 2022Not reported25September 30, 2022
October 2021Not reported24September 15, 2021

Total employees: 24 in October 2021 and 26 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. August 2026
    • No longer lists an office in Des Moines, IA.
    • No longer lists an office in Gilbert, AZ.
    • No longer lists an office in Pickerington, OH.
    • No longer lists an office in Sacramento, CA.
  2. July 2026
    • Changed its office addresses in Louisville, KY.
  3. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 5 to 7.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. January 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
nationwide.com/nationwide-securities-information.jsp

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. Nationwide Securities, LLC (CRD 11173): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/nationwide-securities-llc-columbus-oh-11173