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Sawyer & Co Inc

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 112849

Filed as SAWYER & CO INC

Sawyer & Co Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 1986, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 28, 2026.

39 years
registered since 1986
$320,113,014
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Sawyer & Co Inc compensated?

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

What does Sawyer & Co Inc's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 10, 2026 states: Up to $2,500,000: 0.95% a year; $2,500,000 to $5,000,000: 0.75% a year; $5,000,000 to $7,000,000: 0.6% a year; Above $7,000,000: 0.5% a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Sawyer & Co Inc located?

Sawyer & Co Inc's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Sawyer & Co Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Sawyer & Co Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1986. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 112849.

How much does Sawyer & Co Inc manage?

Sawyer & Co Inc reports $320,113,014 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 28, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Sawyer & Co Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Sawyer & Co Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $217,319,066 in the October 2021 data and $320,113,014 in the October 2026 data, up 47%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Sawyer & Co Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (129); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (97).

Which custodians does Sawyer & Co Inc use?

Sawyer & Co Inc'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 Sawyer & Co Inc report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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 SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/112849

Does Sawyer & Co Inc state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 10, 2026 says: "Sawyer does not require a minimum dollar value of assets under management."

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
AssetsAnnual rate
Up to $2,500,0000.95%
$2,500,000 to $5,000,0000.75%
$5,000,000 to $7,000,0000.6%
Above $7,000,0000.5%
The brochure's wording
0.2375% (0.95% per annum) of the first $2.5 million of assets under management; 0.1875% (0.75% per annum) of the next $2.5 million of assets under management;
0.15% (0.60% per annum) of the next $2.0 million of assets under management; 0.125% (0.50% per annum) of all assets in excess of $7.0 million.
Fees are negotiable under unusual circumstances.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
Sawyer does not require a minimum dollar value of assets under management.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 10, 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
$320,113,014

$320,113,014 as of October 2026, filing dated September 28, 2026.

Discretionary: $319,125,636.Non-discretionary: $987,378.

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 97 Assets $20,683,261 (6%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 129 Assets $266,080,333 (83%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $27,421,637 (9%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $5,927,783 (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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1986 (39 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
MANHNY

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 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?

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

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$217M 2021 $259M 2022 $246M 2023 $269M 2024 $313M 2025 $320M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$320,113,0144September 28, 2026
October 2025$313,088,2674April 9, 2025
October 2024$269,132,7594April 5, 2024
October 2023$246,451,7714March 28, 2023
October 2022$259,484,4974August 24, 2022
October 2021$217,319,0664April 6, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $217,319,066 in the October 2021 data and $320,113,014 in the October 2026 data, up 47%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 4 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
sawyer-company.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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