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Pier Capital, LLC

Stamford, CTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 131212

Filed as PIER CAPITAL, LLC

Pier Capital, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Stamford, CT, registered since 2004, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

22 years
registered since 2004
$647,707,100
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Pier Capital, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Pier Capital, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Pier Capital, LLC located?

Pier Capital, LLC's principal office is in Stamford, CT, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

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

Pier Capital, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2004. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 131212.

How much does Pier Capital, LLC manage?

Pier Capital, LLC reports $647,707,100 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Pier Capital, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $961,423,389 in the October 2021 data and $647,707,100 in the October 2026 data, down 33%. 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 Pier Capital, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: charitable organizations (5); investment companies (2); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (1).

Which custodians does Pier Capital, LLC use?

Pier Capital, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Northern Trust, SEB and U.S. Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Pier Capital, 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/131212

What changed in Pier Capital, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $728,776,194 to $647,707,100 (-11%). Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
  • Performance-based 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 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$647,707,100

$647,707,100 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $647,707,100.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
High net worth individuals
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $14,617,358 (2%)
Investment companies
Clients 2 Assets $185,524,068 (29%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $40,524,698 (6%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $13,550,137 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $123,117,140 (19%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $33,384,597 (5%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $236,989,102 (37%)

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
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • 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
2004 (22 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 6.
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)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Jersey City, NJ
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CT

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
$961M 2021 $963M 2022 $628M 2023 $720M 2024 $729M 2025 $648M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$647,707,1009March 30, 2026
October 2025$728,776,19411March 31, 2025
October 2024$719,562,12111March 29, 2024
October 2023$628,401,68111May 3, 2023
October 2022$962,529,89011March 30, 2022
October 2021$961,423,3899March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $961,423,389 in the October 2021 data and $647,707,100 in the October 2026 data, down 33%.

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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $728,776,194 to $647,707,100 (-11%).
    • 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
piercap.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. Pier Capital, LLC (CRD 131212): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/pier-capital-llc-stamford-ct-131212