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Perkins Capital Management Inc

Wayzata, MNSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105028

Filed as PERKINS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC

Perkins Capital Management Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Wayzata, MN, registered since 1984, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 24, 2026.

41 years
registered since 1984
$147,842,093
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Perkins Capital Management Inc compensated?

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

Where is Perkins Capital Management Inc located?

Perkins Capital Management Inc's principal office is in Wayzata, MN, according to its Form ADV.

Is Perkins Capital Management Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Perkins Capital Management Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1984. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105028.

How much does Perkins Capital Management Inc manage?

Perkins Capital Management Inc reports $147,842,093 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Perkins Capital Management Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Perkins Capital Management Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $180,090,765 in the October 2021 data and $147,842,093 in the October 2026 data, down 18%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Perkins Capital Management Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (72); high net worth individuals (56); charitable organizations (5).

Which custodians does Perkins Capital Management Inc use?

Perkins Capital Management Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists RBC Capital Markets, LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Perkins Capital Management 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/105028

What changed in Perkins Capital Management Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in AZ, VT.

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

See the firm's brochure (dated July 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$147,842,093

$147,842,093 as of October 2026, filing dated July 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $147,842,093.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 72 Assets $19,110,938 (13%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 56 Assets $105,866,482 (72%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $6,681,020 (5%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $8,934,709 (6%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $7,248,944 (5%)

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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1984 (41 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
16 states or jurisdictions
AZCACOCTFLGAIAILMAMNNYSCSDTXVTWI

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
$180M 2021 $175M 2022 $115M 2023 $131M 2024 $127M 2025 $148M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$147,842,0939July 24, 2026
October 2025$127,221,8129March 27, 2025
October 2024$130,522,1279March 21, 2024
October 2023$115,005,2229March 29, 2023
October 2022$175,026,0329March 30, 2022
October 2021$180,090,7659April 8, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $180,090,765 in the October 2021 data and $147,842,093 in the October 2026 data, down 18%.

Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 9 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
    • Registered or notice-filed in AZ, VT.
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in WA.

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
perkinscapital.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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