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RKL Private Wealth

Lancaster, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 122693

Filed as RKL PRIVATE WEALTH · Legal name RKL Wealth Management LLC

RKL Private Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Lancaster, PA, registered since 2006, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 30, 2026.

20 years
registered since 2006
$2,508,067,068
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is RKL Private Wealth compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), RKL Private Wealth reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is RKL Private Wealth located?

RKL Private Wealth's principal office is in Lancaster, PA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 6 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is RKL Private Wealth registered with the SEC or a state?

RKL Private Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2006. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 122693.

How much does RKL Private Wealth manage?

RKL Private Wealth reports $2,508,067,068 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 30, 2026 (88% discretionary).

How have RKL Private Wealth's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for RKL Private Wealth: Regulatory assets under management: $1,227,188,258 in the October 2021 data and $2,508,067,068 in the October 2026 data, up 104%. Total employees: 24 in October 2021 and 38 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does RKL Private Wealth serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (486); high net worth individuals (462); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (68).

Which custodians does RKL Private Wealth use?

RKL Private Wealth's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does RKL Private Wealth 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/122693

What changed in RKL Private Wealth's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 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
  • 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 2A

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
$2,508,067,068

$2,508,067,068 as of October 2026, filing dated September 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,210,720,970.Non-discretionary: $297,346,098.

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 486 Assets $191,413,635 (8%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 462 Assets $1,911,655,527 (76%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 68 Assets $318,618,306 (13%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 13 Assets $26,557,933 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $13,560,984 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 21 Assets $46,260,683 (2%)

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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
RKL Wealth Management LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2006 (20 years)
Employees
Total: 38. Performing investment advisory functions: 23.
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)
6 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Allentown, PAChambersburg, PAExton, PAMechanicsburg, PAWyomissing, PAYork, PA
States registered or notice-filed
17 states or jurisdictions
CACOCTDEFLGAMAMDNCNENHNJNYPASCTXVA

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
$1.23B 2021 $1.43B 2022 $1.43B 2023 $1.8B 2024 $2.13B 2025 $2.51B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,508,067,06838September 30, 2026
October 2025$2,128,225,50937March 28, 2025
October 2024$1,796,065,98535March 27, 2024
October 2023$1,431,852,37733March 29, 2023
October 2022$1,430,349,86528March 27, 2022
October 2021$1,227,188,25824March 16, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,227,188,258 in the October 2021 data and $2,508,067,068 in the October 2026 data, up 104%.

Total employees: 24 in October 2021 and 38 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. October 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 25 to 23.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,128,225,509 to $2,508,067,068 (+18%).
  3. February 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in CT.

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
rklcpa.comrklwealth.comvimeo.com/rklcpa

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. RKL Private Wealth (CRD 122693): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/rkl-private-wealth-lancaster-pa-122693