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Passive Capital Management, LLC

Syracuse, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 142870

Filed as PASSIVE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Passive Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Syracuse, NY, registered since 2008, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 25, 2026.

18 years
registered since 2008
$996,942,091
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Passive Capital Management, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Passive Capital Management, LLC located?

Passive Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in Syracuse, NY, according to its Form ADV; the February 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Passive Capital Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Passive Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2008. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 142870.

How much does Passive Capital Management, LLC manage?

Passive Capital Management, LLC reports $996,942,091 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 25, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Passive Capital Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Passive Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $687,300,000 in the October 2021 data and $996,942,091 in the October 2026 data, up 45%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 8 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Passive Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (298); high net worth individuals (101); charitable organizations (16).

Which custodians does Passive Capital Management, LLC use?

Passive Capital 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 Passive Capital 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/142870

Does Passive Capital Management, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 25, 2026 says: "The Adviser does not impose a minimum account requirement on clients."

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

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
The Adviser does not impose a minimum account requirement on clients.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 25, 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
$996,942,091

$996,942,091 as of October 2026, filing dated January 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $986,632,500.Non-discretionary: $10,309,591.

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 298 Assets $82,869,603 (8%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 101 Assets $747,666,141 (75%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $29,941,245 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 16 Assets $78,732,436 (8%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 9 Assets $57,732,666 (6%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2008 (18 years)
Employees
Total: 8. 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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the February 2026 filing
Baltimore, MDHuntingdon Valley, PA
States registered or notice-filed
14 states or jurisdictions
CACOCTDCFLMAMDNCNHNJNYPATXVA

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
$687M 2021 $828M 2022 $795M 2023 $864M 2024 $941M 2025 $997M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$996,942,0918January 25, 2026
October 2025$941,460,2428April 29, 2025
October 2024$863,711,5856February 22, 2024
October 2023$794,689,4886March 24, 2023
October 2022$827,646,0007April 25, 2022
October 2021$687,300,0005February 24, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $687,300,000 in the October 2021 data and $996,942,091 in the October 2026 data, up 45%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 8 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
llinkedin.com/company/passive-capital-managementllcpassivecapital.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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