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Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc

Plymouth, MISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 104693

Filed as SCHWARTZ INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC

Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Plymouth, MI, registered since 1988, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 21, 2026.

38 years
registered since 1988
$3,738,338,940
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc compensated?

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

Where is Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc located?

Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc's principal office is in Plymouth, MI, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1988. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 104693.

How much does Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc manage?

Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc reports $3,738,338,940 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 21, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $2,792,205,147 in the October 2021 data and $3,738,338,940 in the October 2026 data, up 34%. Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 20 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (19); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (6); charitable organizations (6).

Which custodians does Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc use?

Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Comerica Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc 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/104693

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$3,738,338,940

$3,738,338,940 as of October 2026, filing dated September 21, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,738,338,940.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 Fewer than 5 Assets $175,233 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 19 Assets $58,883,785 (2%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $3,636,544,280 (97%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 6 Assets $21,101,016 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 6 Assets $3,935,241 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $17,699,385 (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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • 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
1988 (38 years)
Employees
Total: 20. Performing investment advisory functions: 11.
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 October 2026 filing
Ave Maria, FL
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
FLMI

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
$2.79B 2021 $3.23B 2022 $2.87B 2023 $3.26B 2024 $3.65B 2025 $3.74B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$3,738,338,94020September 21, 2026
October 2025$3,650,060,64420May 23, 2025
October 2024$3,261,373,53420March 8, 2024
October 2023$2,869,566,43120March 16, 2023
October 2022$3,228,958,91420March 29, 2022
October 2021$2,792,205,14720March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,792,205,147 in the October 2021 data and $3,738,338,940 in the October 2026 data, up 34%.

Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 20 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
avemariafunds.comschwartzinvest.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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