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Root Financial Partners
Filed as ROOT FINANCIAL PARTNERS · Legal name Root Financial Partners, LLC
Root Financial Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Austin, TX, registered since 2022, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 28, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Root Financial Partners compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Root Financial Partners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).
Where is Root Financial Partners located?
Root Financial Partners' principal office is in Austin, TX, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Root Financial Partners registered with the SEC or a state?
Root Financial Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 290289.
How much does Root Financial Partners manage?
Root Financial Partners reports $2,147,774,389 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 28, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Root Financial Partners' assets and staff changed since 2022?
In the Form ADV data for Root Financial Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $132,612,496 in the October 2022 data and $2,147,774,389 in the October 2026 data, up 1520%. Total employees: 3 in October 2022 and 65 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Root Financial Partners serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (643); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (209); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (6).
Which custodians does Root Financial Partners use?
Root Financial Partners' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Altruist Financial LLC and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Root Financial Partners 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/290289
What changed in Root Financial Partners' recent Form ADV filings?
In the September 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in MS, RI, WV.
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 August 28, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$2,147,774,389 as of October 2026, filing dated August 28, 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
- Pension consulting services
- Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
- Educational seminars/workshops
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Root Financial Partners, LLC
- Also doing business as
- ROOT
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2022 (4 years)
- Employees
- Total: 65. Performing investment advisory functions: 59.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- 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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1 other office, as of the September 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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47 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 | $2,147,774,389 | 65 | August 28, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $1,106,417,268 | 40 | July 31, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $399,221,544 | 15 | August 21, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $187,541,591 | 6 | September 21, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $132,612,496 | 3 | September 27, 2022 |
Regulatory assets under management: $132,612,496 in the October 2022 data and $2,147,774,389 in the October 2026 data, up 1520%.
Total employees: 3 in October 2022 and 65 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- September 2026
- Registered or notice-filed in MS, RI, WV.
- July 2026
- Registered or notice-filed in AL, IA, MT, NM.
- May 2026
- Registered or notice-filed in UT.
- February 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $1,106,417,268 to $2,147,774,389 (+94%).
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 35 to 59.
- Added an office in Encinitas, CA.
- December 2025
- Registered or notice-filed in CT, DC, HI, ID, IN, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, NH, NV, OK, SD, WI.
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."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Root Financial Partners (CRD 290289): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/root-financial-partners-austin-tx-290289