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Spartan Planning Group

Greensboro, NCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 166599

Filed as SPARTAN PLANNING GROUP · Legal name Spartan Planning & Wealth Management, LLC

Spartan Planning Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Greensboro, NC, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 2, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$383,681,575
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Spartan Planning Group compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Spartan Planning Group reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Spartan Planning Group located?

Spartan Planning Group's principal office is in Greensboro, NC, according to its Form ADV.

Is Spartan Planning Group registered with the SEC or a state?

Spartan Planning Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 166599.

How much does Spartan Planning Group manage?

Spartan Planning Group reports $383,681,575 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 2, 2026 (52% discretionary).

How have Spartan Planning Group's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Spartan Planning Group: Regulatory assets under management: $182,851,238 in the October 2021 data and $383,681,575 in the October 2026 data, up 110%. Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Spartan Planning Group serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (108); high net worth individuals (88); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (14).

Which custodians does Spartan Planning Group use?

Spartan Planning Group'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 Spartan Planning Group 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/166599

What changed in Spartan Planning Group's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $345,129,944 to $383,681,575 (+11%).

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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

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 brochure for them.

Minimum annual fee: $6,000

The brochure's wording
Minimum annual fee = $6,000

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 2, 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
$383,681,575

$383,681,575 as of October 2026, filing dated March 2, 2026.

Discretionary: $198,729,544.Non-discretionary: $184,952,031.

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 108 Assets $46,796,965 (12%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 88 Assets $313,018,145 (82%)
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 14 Assets $23,205,527 (6%)
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 3 Assets $660,938 (0%)
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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Spartan Planning & Wealth Management, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 5. 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
2 states or jurisdictions
GANC

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
$183M 2021 $249M 2022 $257M 2023 $280M 2024 $345M 2025 $384M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$383,681,5755March 2, 2026
October 2025$345,129,9445March 19, 2025
October 2024$279,661,2245May 22, 2024
October 2023$256,800,0846March 23, 2023
October 2022$248,873,2566March 26, 2022
October 2021$182,851,2387September 7, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $182,851,238 in the October 2021 data and $383,681,575 in the October 2026 data, up 110%.

Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 5 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. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $345,129,944 to $383,681,575 (+11%).

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
spartanplanninggroup.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. Spartan Planning Group (CRD 166599): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/spartan-planning-group-greensboro-nc-166599