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Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Walnut Creek, CA, registered since 2025, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 31, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc. compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).
Where is Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc. located?
Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc.'s principal office is in Walnut Creek, CA, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?
Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 172356.
How much does Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc. manage?
Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc. reports $110,790,269 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2025?
In the Form ADV data for Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2025 data and $110,790,269 in the October 2026 data. Total employees: 3 in October 2025 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc. serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (65); high net worth individuals (41); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (9).
Which custodians does Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc. use?
Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Assetmark Brokerage, LLC, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, 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/172356
Does Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc. state an account minimum?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 31, 2026 says: "There is no minimum account size and Clients are not required to have a certain amount of investment experience or sophistication."
What changed in Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?
In the September 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 1 to 3. Added an office in Newark, 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
- 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 2AThe brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.
Account minimum: None
The brochure's wording
There is no minimum account size and Clients are not required to have a certain amount of investment experience or sophistication.
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 31, 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$110,790,269 as of October 2026, filing dated August 31, 2026.
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.DA 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
- Pension consulting services
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2025 (1 year)
- Employees
- Total: 5. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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)
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1 other office, as of the September 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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4 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $110,790,269 | 5 | August 31, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $0 | 3 | June 20, 2025 |
Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2025 data and $110,790,269 in the October 2026 data.
Total employees: 3 in October 2025 and 5 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- September 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 1 to 3.
- Added an office in Newark, CA.
- June 2026
- Registered or notice-filed in TX.
- December 2025
- Regulatory assets under management went from $0 to $102,939,326.
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.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Pacific Excel Wealth Advisors, Inc. (CRD 172356): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/pacific-excel-wealth-advisors-inc-walnut-creek-ca-172356