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Principal Advised Services

Des Moines, IASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 297324

Filed as PRINCIPAL ADVISED SERVICES · Legal name Principal Advised Services, LLC

Principal Advised Services is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Des Moines, IA, registered since 2018, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 10, 2026.

7 years
registered since 2018
$1,422,868,428
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Principal Advised Services compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Principal Advised Services reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Principal Advised Services located?

Principal Advised Services' principal office is in Des Moines, IA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Principal Advised Services registered with the SEC or a state?

Principal Advised Services is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 297324.

How much does Principal Advised Services manage?

Principal Advised Services reports $1,422,868,428 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 10, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Principal Advised Services' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Principal Advised Services: Regulatory assets under management: $109,577,873 in the October 2021 data and $1,422,868,428 in the October 2026 data, up 1198%. Total employees: 69 in October 2021 and 383 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Principal Advised Services serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (23,100); high net worth individuals (64).

Which custodians does Principal Advised Services use?

Principal Advised Services' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Apex Clearing Corporation as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Principal Advised Services 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/297324

What changed in Principal Advised Services' recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: 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
  • 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

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
$1,422,868,428

$1,422,868,428 as of October 2026, filing dated July 10, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,422,868,428.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 23,100 Assets $1,333,121,204 (94%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 64 Assets $89,747,224 (6%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Principal Advised Services, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (7 years)
Employees
Total: 383. Performing investment advisory functions: 230.
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)
3 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Charlotte, NCDenver, COOrlando, FL
States registered or notice-filed
51 states or jurisdictions
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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
$110M 2021 $261M 2022 $353M 2023 $569M 2024 $887M 2025 $1.42B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,422,868,428383July 10, 2026
October 2025$887,316,440343April 2, 2025
October 2024$569,489,941140April 25, 2024
October 2023$352,564,235115August 31, 2023
October 2022$261,312,63789September 23, 2022
October 2021$109,577,87369October 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $109,577,873 in the October 2021 data and $1,422,868,428 in the October 2026 data, up 1198%.

Total employees: 69 in October 2021 and 383 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
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. June 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 215 to 230.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $887,316,440 to $1,422,868,428 (+60%).
    • Added an office in Denver, CO.
    • Added an office in Orlando, FL.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. February 2026
    • 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
principal.comreddit.com/user/Principal

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. Principal Advised Services (CRD 297324): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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