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Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management

Macon, GASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 1329

Filed as SMITH, BROWN & GROOVER INC. D/B/A SBG WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Legal name Smith, Brown & Groover, Inc.

Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Macon, GA, registered since 2019, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 16, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2019
$284,162,648
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management located?

Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management's principal office is in Macon, GA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2019. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 1329.

How much does Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management manage?

Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management reports $284,162,648 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 16, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management: Regulatory assets under management: $170,089,978 in the October 2021 data and $284,162,648 in the October 2026 data, up 67%. Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (398); high net worth individuals (79); corporations or other businesses not listed above (4).

Does Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). 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/1329

What changed in Smith, Brown & Groover Inc. D/B/A SBG Wealth Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the December 2025 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in IN, LA, MS.

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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 16, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$284,162,648

$284,162,648 as of October 2026, filing dated March 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $284,162,648.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 398 Assets $110,567,254 (39%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 79 Assets $170,969,447 (60%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 4 Assets $2,625,947 (1%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Smith, Brown & Groover, Inc.
Also doing business as
SBG WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2019 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
23 states or jurisdictions
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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.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?

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
$170M 2021 $200M 2022 $192M 2023 $241M 2024 $283M 2025 $284M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$284,162,6487March 16, 2026
October 2025$283,344,6039March 28, 2025
October 2024$240,786,3789March 28, 2024
October 2023$191,910,82210March 30, 2023
October 2022$199,946,00210March 29, 2022
October 2021$170,089,97811June 21, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $170,089,978 in the October 2021 data and $284,162,648 in the October 2026 data, up 67%.

Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 7 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
  1. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in IN, LA, MS.

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
sbgwealth.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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