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Smart Portfolios, LLC

Lake Forest Park, WASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 131342

Filed as SMART PORTFOLIOS, LLC

Smart Portfolios, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Lake Forest Park, WA, registered since 2007, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

19 years
registered since 2007
$210,282,076
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Smart Portfolios, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Smart Portfolios, LLC located?

Smart Portfolios, LLC's principal office is in Lake Forest Park, WA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Smart Portfolios, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Smart Portfolios, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2007. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 131342.

How much does Smart Portfolios, LLC manage?

Smart Portfolios, LLC reports $210,282,076 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Smart Portfolios, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Smart Portfolios, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $195,124,224 in the October 2021 data and $210,282,076 in the October 2026 data, up 8%. Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 6 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Smart Portfolios, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (91); high net worth individuals (59).

Which custodians does Smart Portfolios, LLC use?

Smart Portfolios, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Smart Portfolios, LLC 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/131342

Does Smart Portfolios, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 2026 says: "Smart Portfolios requires a minimum initial investment of $100,000 per Client. The minimum is not applicable to accounts held with insurance companies, TIAA/CREF or custodied with Goldman Sachs (formerly FolioFn)."

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

Account minimum: $100,000

The brochure's wording
Smart Portfolios requires a minimum initial investment of $100,000 per Client. The minimum is not applicable to accounts held with insurance companies, TIAA/CREF or custodied with Goldman Sachs (formerly FolioFn).

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 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
$210,282,076

$210,282,076 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $207,917,273.Non-discretionary: $2,364,803.

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 91 Assets $40,497,775 (19%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 59 Assets $169,095,362 (80%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $426,007 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $262,932 (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
  • Financial planning services
  • 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
2007 (19 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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
5 states or jurisdictions
AZCAIDLAWA

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
$195M 2021 $214M 2022 $115M 2023 $188M 2024 $203M 2025 $210M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$210,282,0766March 27, 2026
October 2025$202,918,9306March 27, 2025
October 2024$187,946,2696April 2, 2024
October 2023$114,593,6766March 28, 2023
October 2022$214,310,3616April 7, 2022
October 2021$195,124,2247April 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $195,124,224 in the October 2021 data and $210,282,076 in the October 2026 data, up 8%.

Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 6 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
smartportfolios.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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AdvisorCensus. Smart Portfolios, LLC (CRD 131342): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/smart-portfolios-llc-lake-forest-park-wa-131342