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Successful Portfolios LLC

Clearwater, FLSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 152429

Filed as SUCCESSFUL PORTFOLIOS LLC

Successful Portfolios LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Clearwater, FL, registered since 2015, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2015
$281,529,332
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Successful Portfolios LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Successful Portfolios LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; performance-based fees.

Where is Successful Portfolios LLC located?

Successful Portfolios LLC's principal office is in Clearwater, FL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Successful Portfolios LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Successful Portfolios LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 152429.

How much does Successful Portfolios LLC manage?

Successful Portfolios LLC reports $281,529,332 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (92% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Successful Portfolios LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $290,052,747 in the October 2021 data and $281,529,332 in the October 2026 data, down 3%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 3 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Successful Portfolios LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (194); high net worth individuals (10); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (2).

Which custodians does Successful Portfolios LLC use?

Successful Portfolios LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Interactive Brokers LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Successful 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/152429

Does Successful Portfolios LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 says: "Our minimum combined account size for Full-Service Custom Investment Management is $100,000. However, we may waive this requirement at our discretion."

What changed in Successful Portfolios LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 2 to 3. Regulatory assets under management went from $242,679,271 to $281,529,332 (+16%).

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
  • Performance-based 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.

Account minimum: $100,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Our minimum combined account size for Full-Service Custom Investment Management is $100,000. However, we may waive this requirement at our discretion.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 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
$281,529,332

$281,529,332 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $259,068,216.Non-discretionary: $22,461,116.

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 194 Assets $166,504,490 (59%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 10 Assets $108,832,883 (39%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 2 Assets $3,659,420 (1%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $2,449,588 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $82,951 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients Not reported 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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment 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
2015 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 3. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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
1 state or jurisdiction
FL

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
$290M 2021 $296M 2022 $290M 2023 $240M 2024 $243M 2025 $282M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$281,529,3323March 27, 2026
October 2025$242,679,2712March 25, 2025
October 2024$239,887,3652March 26, 2024
October 2023$289,666,2742September 21, 2023
October 2022$296,375,6233March 23, 2022
October 2021$290,052,7474June 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $290,052,747 in the October 2021 data and $281,529,332 in the October 2026 data, down 3%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 3 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 2 to 3.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $242,679,271 to $281,529,332 (+16%).

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
successfulportfolios.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. Successful Portfolios LLC (CRD 152429): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/successful-portfolios-llc-clearwater-fl-152429