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Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC

Beachwood, OHSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 283816

Filed as STRATOS WEALTH ADVISORS LLC

Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Beachwood, OH, registered since 2016, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated October 1, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2016
$5,573,579,738
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); other.

Where is Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC located?

Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC's principal office is in Beachwood, OH, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 22 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 283816.

How much does Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC manage?

Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC reports $5,573,579,738 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated October 1, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,804,488,220 in the October 2021 data and $5,573,579,738 in the October 2026 data, up 209%. Total employees: 42 in October 2021 and 170 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (3,573); high net worth individuals (1,355); corporations or other businesses not listed above (45).

Which custodians does Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC use?

Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Stratos Wealth Advisors 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/283816

What changed in Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Other

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 April 20, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$5,573,579,738

$5,573,579,738 as of October 2026, filing dated October 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,537,716,284.Non-discretionary: $35,863,454.

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 3,573 Assets $1,175,586,120 (21%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,355 Assets $4,219,224,677 (76%)
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 40 Assets $36,683,029 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 10 Assets $21,014,358 (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 Fewer than 5 Assets $3,063,254 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 45 Assets $118,008,300 (2%)
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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
A. CARMI FINANCIAL, INC., BARNWOOD CAPITAL, CENTURY WEALTH PARTNERS, EMERITUS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, FELLER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, FLAGSHIP FINANCIAL ADVISORS, GENERATIONS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INTERSECTING WEALTH, LLC, INVESSENT WEALTH MANAGEMENRT, KOWAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS, MAJIED FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC, NILSEN FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, PISTONE WEALTH ADVISORS, RENO TAHOE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, RETIREMENT CORPORATION OF AMERICA, RIVERVIEW WEALTH PARTNERS, SPAIN & SMITH WEALTH ADVISORS, SYNERGY WEALTH MANAGEMENT, TAMARACK TRAIL INVESTMENT PARTNERS, TRUE NORTH WEALTH PARTNERS, VERITAS BOSTON WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2016 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 170. Performing investment advisory functions: 67.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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)
22 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Brentwood, TNCanton, OHCincinnati, OHDublin, OHEvansville, INFairfax, VAFranklin, TNGloucester, NJHuntsville, ALMetairie, LAMint Hill, NCNorthbrook, ILPepper Pike, OHPhiladelphia, PAReno, NVReston, VARochester, NYRockland, MARoseville, CAWestlake Village, CAWestlake, OHWexford, PA
States registered or notice-filed
51 states or jurisdictions
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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
$1.8B 2021 $3.38B 2022 $3.55B 2023 $4.21B 2024 $4.91B 2025 $5.57B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,573,579,738170October 1, 2026
October 2025$4,905,828,030181July 30, 2025
October 2024$4,214,850,04299September 5, 2024
October 2023$3,549,414,846102August 4, 2023
October 2022$3,376,087,48291September 29, 2022
October 2021$1,804,488,22042September 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,804,488,220 in the October 2021 data and $5,573,579,738 in the October 2026 data, up 209%.

Total employees: 42 in October 2021 and 170 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. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. May 2026
    • No longer lists the business name McCann Wealth Management.
  3. April 2026
    • No longer lists the business name August Wealth Advisors.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 76 to 67.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $4,905,828,030 to $5,573,579,738 (+14%).
    • Added an office in Franklin, TN.
    • No longer lists an office in Westport, CT.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. January 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  5. December 2025
    • No longer lists the business name Wozny Capital Advisors, LLC.
  6. November 2025
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
emerituswm.comfellerwealth.comflagshipfinancialtn.comgenerationsinvestmentmgt.comintersectingwealth.cominvessent.comkenbielejeski.stratoswa.comkowalfinancialadvisors.commajiedfinancialgroup.commycenturywp.commytruenorthwp.comnilsenfinancial.compistonewealth.comrca-online.comrenotahoewealthmanagement.comriverviewwealth.comspainsmith.comstratoswealthadvisors.comsynergywm.nettamarack-trail.comveritasboston.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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