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RIA Advisors

Houston, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 150661

Filed as RIA ADVISORS · Legal name Clarity Financial, LLC

RIA Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Houston, TX, registered since 2013, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 16, 2026.

13 years
registered since 2013
$1,840,574,021
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Subscription and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is RIA Advisors compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), RIA Advisors reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; subscription fees (for a newsletter or periodical); fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is RIA Advisors located?

RIA Advisors' principal office is in Houston, TX, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is RIA Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

RIA Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2013. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 150661.

How much does RIA Advisors manage?

RIA Advisors reports $1,840,574,021 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 16, 2026 (96% discretionary).

How have RIA Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for RIA Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $1,013,824,632 in the October 2021 data and $1,840,574,021 in the October 2026 data, up 82%. Total employees: 18 in October 2021 and 17 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does RIA Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (801); high net worth individuals (434); other investment advisers (113).

Which custodians does RIA Advisors use?

RIA Advisors' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does RIA Advisors 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/150661

Does RIA Advisors state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 13, 2026 says: "The Adviser requires a $15,000 account minimum, waivable at its discretion."

What changed in RIA Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 16 to 17.

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
  • Subscription fees (for a newsletter or periodical)
  • 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

Account minimum: $15,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
The Adviser requires a $15,000 account minimum, waivable at its discretion.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 13, 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
$1,840,574,021

$1,840,574,021 as of October 2026, filing dated July 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,764,332,501.Non-discretionary: $76,241,520.

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 801 Assets $369,458,496 (20%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 434 Assets $1,413,613,031 (77%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 1 Assets $103,737 (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 18 Assets $11,598,462 (1%)
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 113 Assets $45,800,295 (2%)
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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Clarity Financial, LLC
Also doing business as
RIA ADVISORS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2013 (13 years)
Employees
Total: 17. Performing investment advisory functions: 17.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the August 2026 filing
Bethesda, MD
States registered or notice-filed
38 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
$1.01B 2021 $1.2B 2022 $1.1B 2023 $1.24B 2024 $1.53B 2025 $1.84B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,840,574,02117July 16, 2026
October 2025$1,530,453,63315July 17, 2025
October 2024$1,239,415,37614May 15, 2024
October 2023$1,104,056,68513September 27, 2023
October 2022$1,203,277,92722September 29, 2022
October 2021$1,013,824,63218June 8, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,013,824,632 in the October 2021 data and $1,840,574,021 in the October 2026 data, up 82%.

Total employees: 18 in October 2021 and 17 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 16 to 17.
  2. June 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,530,453,633 to $1,840,574,021 (+20%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in NH.
  4. December 2025
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 15 to 16.
    • Registered or notice-filed in KS, KY, TN.

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
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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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