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Retirement Plans, Inc.

Westerville, OHSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 286214

Filed as RETIREMENT PLANS, INC.

Retirement Plans, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Westerville, OH, registered since 2022, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 16, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$224,910,818
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Retirement Plans, Inc. compensated?

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

Where is Retirement Plans, Inc. located?

Retirement Plans, Inc.'s principal office is in Westerville, OH, according to its Form ADV.

Is Retirement Plans, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Retirement Plans, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 286214.

How much does Retirement Plans, Inc. manage?

Retirement Plans, Inc. reports $224,910,818 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 16, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Retirement Plans, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Retirement Plans, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $188,604,587 in the October 2022 data and $224,910,818 in the October 2026 data, up 19%. Total employees: 5 in October 2022 and 6 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Retirement Plans, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (200); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (78).

Which custodians does Retirement Plans, Inc. use?

Retirement Plans, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Nationwide Trust Company FSB, Reliance Trust Company and Transamerica Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Retirement Plans, 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/286214

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 firm's brochure (dated March 16, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$224,910,818

$224,910,818 as of October 2026, filing dated March 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $224,910,818.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 200 Assets $16,796,685 (7%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 78 Assets $208,114,133 (93%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Nationwide Trust Company FSBReliance Trust CompanyTransamerica Trust Company

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
1 state or jurisdiction
OH

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
$189M 2022 $211M 2023 $245M 2024 $248M 2025 $225M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$224,910,8186March 16, 2026
October 2025$247,867,2876February 21, 2025
October 2024$244,833,3624March 26, 2024
October 2023$211,004,6537March 30, 2023
October 2022$188,604,5875March 30, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $188,604,587 in the October 2022 data and $224,910,818 in the October 2026 data, up 19%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2022 and 6 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
rpi401k.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. Retirement Plans, Inc. (CRD 286214): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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