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Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC

South Burlington, VTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 124801

Filed as PATHWAY FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in South Burlington, VT, registered since 2005, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 31, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$1,649,189,273
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC located?

Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC's principal office is in South Burlington, VT, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 124801.

How much does Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC manage?

Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC reports $1,649,189,273 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $682,581,344 in the October 2021 data and $1,649,189,273 in the October 2026 data, up 142%. Total employees: 12 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 Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (200); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (53).

Which custodians does Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC use?

Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., John Hancock Trust Company LLC and National Financial Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Pathway Financial 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/124801

What changed in Pathway Financial Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in AZ, NC.

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
  • Hourly charges
  • 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 12, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,649,189,273

$1,649,189,273 as of October 2026, filing dated July 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,649,189,273.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 53 Assets $30,763,195 (2%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 200 Assets $1,418,226,143 (86%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $200,199,935 (12%)

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 11. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
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)
1 other office, as of the August 2026 filing
Atlanta, GA
States registered or notice-filed
9 states or jurisdictions
AZFLGAMANCNHNJNYVT

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
$683M 2021 $767M 2022 $656M 2023 $783M 2024 $895M 2025 $1.65B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,649,189,27311July 31, 2026
October 2025$894,825,87511March 19, 2025
October 2024$782,973,50611March 23, 2024
October 2023$656,414,78113August 25, 2023
October 2022$766,594,75413March 21, 2022
October 2021$682,581,34412March 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $682,581,344 in the October 2021 data and $1,649,189,273 in the October 2026 data, up 142%.

Total employees: 12 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. August 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in AZ, NC.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 5 to 7.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $894,825,875 to $1,649,189,273 (+84%).

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
pathwayadvisors.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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