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Provident Trust Company

Waukesha, WISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 110118

Filed as PROVIDENT TRUST COMPANY

Provident Trust Company is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Waukesha, WI, registered since 2000, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 8, 2026.

25 years
registered since 2000
$6,858,453,576
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Provident Trust Company compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Provident Trust Company reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Provident Trust Company located?

Provident Trust Company's principal office is in Waukesha, WI, according to its Form ADV.

Is Provident Trust Company registered with the SEC or a state?

Provident Trust Company is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2000. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110118.

How much does Provident Trust Company manage?

Provident Trust Company reports $6,858,453,576 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 8, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Provident Trust Company's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Provident Trust Company: Regulatory assets under management: $4,676,054,473 in the October 2021 data and $6,858,453,576 in the October 2026 data, up 47%. Total employees: 13 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Provident Trust Company serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (814); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (178); charitable organizations (41).

Which custodians does Provident Trust Company use?

Provident Trust Company's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Northern Trust Securities, Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Provident Trust Company 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/110118

Does Provident Trust Company state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 30, 2026 says: "The minimum individually managed client relationship is $3 million." "The minimum individually managed client relationship is $3 million."

What changed in Provident Trust Company's recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in NC, NY.

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: $3,000,000

The brochure's wording
The minimum individually managed client relationship is $3 million.
The minimum individually managed client relationship is $3 million.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 30, 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
$6,858,453,576

$6,858,453,576 as of October 2026, filing dated April 8, 2026.

Discretionary: $6,858,369,423.Non-discretionary: $84,153.

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 178 Assets $877,478 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 814 Assets $5,808,508,364 (85%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $209,118,751 (3%)
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 41 Assets $839,864,830 (12%)
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 3 Assets $84,153 (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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2000 (25 years)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
13 states or jurisdictions
AZCACOCTFLGAILNCNYPATXWAWI

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
$4.68B 2021 $6.5B 2022 $4.84B 2023 $5.74B 2024 $6.62B 2025 $6.86B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$6,858,453,57612April 8, 2026
October 2025$6,618,137,29512July 25, 2025
October 2024$5,743,082,04312March 27, 2024
October 2023$4,839,167,74813March 30, 2023
October 2022$6,503,624,88513March 31, 2022
October 2021$4,676,054,47313June 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $4,676,054,473 in the October 2021 data and $6,858,453,576 in the October 2026 data, up 47%.

Total employees: 13 in October 2021 and 12 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. May 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in NC, NY.
  2. February 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in GA.
    • 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
provtrust.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. Provident Trust Company (CRD 110118): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/provident-trust-company-waukesha-wi-110118