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Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2004, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).
Where is Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC located?
Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 15 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?
Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2004. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 122758.
How much does Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC manage?
Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC reports $3,540,242,913 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,034,665,209 in the October 2021 data and $3,540,242,913 in the October 2026 data, up 242%. Total employees: 32 in October 2021 and 47 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (7,994); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (1,758); state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (176).
Which custodians does Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC use?
Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Great-West Trust Company, LLC and National Financial Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Retirement Plan 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/122758
What changed in Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?
In the August 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in SC.
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 2AThe brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$3,540,242,913 as of October 2026, filing dated July 30, 2026.
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.DA 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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
- Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
- Pension consulting services
- Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
- Publication of periodicals or newsletters
- Educational seminars/workshops
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2004 (22 years)
- Employees
- Total: 47. Performing investment advisory functions: 47.
- Wrap fee program participation
- Yes.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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)
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15 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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36 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $3,540,242,913 | 47 | July 30, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $1,882,191,054 | 44 | June 2, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $1,472,433,912 | 43 | May 31, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $1,097,395,708 | 37 | June 16, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $1,295,926,363 | 35 | August 25, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $1,034,665,209 | 32 | March 31, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $1,034,665,209 in the October 2021 data and $3,540,242,913 in the October 2026 data, up 242%.
Total employees: 32 in October 2021 and 47 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- August 2026
- Registered or notice-filed in SC.
- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 44 to 47.
- Regulatory assets under management went from $1,882,191,054 to $3,540,242,913 (+88%).
- Added an office in Frankfort, IL.
- Added an office in Wesley Chapel, FL.
- No longer lists an office in Georgetown, KY.
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.ISource: 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. Retirement Plan Advisors, LLC (CRD 122758): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/retirement-plan-advisors-llc-chicago-il-122758