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Salem Advisory Group LLC

Wells, MEState-registered investment adviserCRD 145697

Filed as SALEM ADVISORY GROUP LLC

Salem Advisory Group LLC is a state-registered investment advisory firm in Wells, ME, registered since 2008, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 17, 2026.

18 years
registered since 2008
$76,199,538
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
6
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Salem Advisory Group LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Salem Advisory Group LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Salem Advisory Group LLC located?

Salem Advisory Group LLC's principal office is in Wells, ME, according to its Form ADV.

Is Salem Advisory Group LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Salem Advisory Group LLC is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2008. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 145697.

How much does Salem Advisory Group LLC manage?

Salem Advisory Group LLC reports $76,199,538 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 17, 2026 (100% discretionary).

What types of clients does Salem Advisory Group LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (261); high net worth individuals (27).

Does Salem Advisory Group LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 6 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(1) (another regulator's finding of a false statement or omission, or of dishonest, unfair, or unethical conduct), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), 11.D(5) (another regulator's denial, suspension, or revocation of a registration or license, bar, or restriction), 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation), and 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, bar, or restriction). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/145697

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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$76,199,538

$76,199,538 as of October 2026, filing dated March 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $76,199,538.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 261 Assets $29,317,787 (38%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 27 Assets $42,500,698 (56%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $4,381,053 (6%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
State-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: APPROVED.
Registered since
2008 (18 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
FLMAMENHOH

State-registered investment advisers are examined by their state securities regulator. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

6 Reports 6 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's activity?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
  • 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

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
salemadvisorygroup.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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