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Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 249

Filed as OPPENHEIMER & CO. INC.

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 1955, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 30, 2026.

71 years
registered since 1955
$36,710,705,748
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
17
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); commissions.

Where is Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. located?

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 24 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1955. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 249.

How much does Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. manage?

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. reports $36,710,705,748 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 30, 2026 (39% discretionary).

How have Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $22,727,021,353 in the October 2021 data and $36,710,705,748 in the October 2026 data, up 62%. Total employees: 2,788 in October 2021 and 2,806 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (35,818); high net worth individuals (1,229); other (1,214).

Which custodians does Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. use?

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (affiliated with the firm) as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 17 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 4 questions about criminal matters, 11 questions about regulatory matters, and 2 questions about civil court matters (11.A(1), 11.A(2), 11.B(1), 11.B(2), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(2), 11.D(3), 11.D(4), 11.D(5), 11.E(1), 11.E(2), 11.E(4), 11.G, 11.H(1)(a), 11.H(1)(b)). 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/249

What changed in Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $32,418,994,154 to $36,710,705,748 (+13%). Employees performing advisory functions went from 1295 to 1219. Added an office in New York, NY. Added an office in Portage, MI. Added an office in Tampa, FL. Added an office in Warrington, PA. No longer lists an office in Asheville, NC. No longer lists an office in Boca Raton, FL. No longer lists an office in Jenkintown, PA. No longer lists an office in Melville, NY.

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)
  • Commissions

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 19, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$36,710,705,748

$36,710,705,748 as of October 2026, filing dated September 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $14,233,267,307.Non-discretionary: $22,477,438,441.

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 35,818 Assets $16,849,946,908 (46%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,229 Assets $5,732,597,743 (16%)
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 267 Assets $459,588,809 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 191 Assets $420,885,664 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $94,889 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 12 Assets $141,814,586 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 304 Assets $2,001,921,662 (5%)
Other
Clients 1,214 Assets $11,103,855,487 (30%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1955 (71 years)
Employees
Total: 2,806. Performing investment advisory functions: 1,219.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
24 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Atlanta, GABellevue, WABirmingham, MIBoston, MAChicago, ILCoral Gables, FLDallas, TXFlorham Park, NJFort Lauderdale, FLHouston, TXJericho, NYLos Angeles, CANew York, NYNewport Beach, CANorth Palm Beach, FLPortage, MIRed Bank, NJSan Francisco, CASeattle, WASt. Louis, MOStamford, CTTampa, FLWarrington, PAWashington, DC
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

17 Reports 17 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Criminal matters Items 11.A and 11.B

  • 11.A(1) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been convicted of, or pleaded guilty or no contest to, a felony?
  • 11.A(2) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been charged with a felony?
  • 11.B(1) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been convicted of, or pleaded guilty or no contest to, a misdemeanor involving investments or an investment-related business, fraud, false statements or omissions, wrongful taking of property, bribery, perjury, forgery, counterfeiting, extortion, or a conspiracy to commit any of these?
  • 11.B(2) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been charged with one of the misdemeanors listed in 11.B(1)?

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(3) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was a cause of an investment-related business having its authorization to do business denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted?
  • 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.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's activity?
  • 11.E(1) Has a self-regulatory organization (such as FINRA) or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 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?
  • 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?
  • 11.G Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a regulatory proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.C, 11.D, or 11.E?

Civil court matters Item 11.H

  • 11.H(1)(a) In the past ten years, has a domestic or foreign court issued an injunction against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.H(1)(b) Has a domestic or foreign court ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related statutes or regulations?

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
$22.7B 2021 $27B 2022 $22.7B 2023 $27.5B 2024 $32.4B 2025 $36.7B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$36,710,705,7482,806September 30, 2026
October 2025$32,418,994,1542,883July 10, 2025
October 2024$27,451,266,0862,812July 18, 2024
October 2023$22,650,951,8932,784October 2, 2023
October 2022$27,024,228,6642,806September 23, 2022
October 2021$22,727,021,3532,788September 2, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $22,727,021,353 in the October 2021 data and $36,710,705,748 in the October 2026 data, up 62%.

Total employees: 2,788 in October 2021 and 2,806 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 $32,418,994,154 to $36,710,705,748 (+13%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 1295 to 1219.
    • Added an office in New York, NY.
    • Added an office in Portage, MI.
    • Added an office in Tampa, FL.
    • Added an office in Warrington, PA.
    • No longer lists an office in Asheville, NC.
    • No longer lists an office in Boca Raton, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Jenkintown, PA.
    • No longer lists an office in Melville, NY.
  2. February 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 17 yes answers, previously 16 (now yes: 11.H(1)(a), 11.H(1)(b); now no: 11.H(2)).
  3. November 2025
    • 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
oppenheimer.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. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (CRD 249): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/oppenheimer-and-co-inc-new-york-ny-249