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Summit Financial Wealth Advisors

Lafayette, LASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 171278

Filed as SUMMIT FINANCIAL WEALTH ADVISORS · Legal name Summit Financial Wealth Advisors, LLC

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Lafayette, LA, registered since 2014, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 29, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$1,799,431,900
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Summit Financial Wealth Advisors compensated?

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

Where is Summit Financial Wealth Advisors located?

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors' principal office is in Lafayette, LA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Summit Financial Wealth Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 171278.

How much does Summit Financial Wealth Advisors manage?

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors reports $1,799,431,900 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 29, 2026 (96% discretionary).

How have Summit Financial Wealth Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Summit Financial Wealth Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $999,399,088 in the October 2021 data and $1,799,431,900 in the October 2026 data, up 80%. Total employees: 16 in October 2021 and 22 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Summit Financial Wealth Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (940); high net worth individuals (268); corporations or other businesses not listed above (30).

Which custodians does Summit Financial Wealth Advisors use?

Summit Financial Wealth Advisors' 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 Summit Financial Wealth Advisors 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/171278

What changed in Summit Financial Wealth Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in NC.

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)

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: $500

The brochure's wording
We also charge a minimum annual fee of $500 per account.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 10, 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
$1,799,431,900

$1,799,431,900 as of October 2026, filing dated July 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,719,232,252.Non-discretionary: $80,199,648.

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 940 Assets $418,388,653 (23%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 268 Assets $1,170,601,653 (65%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 21 Assets $90,984,071 (5%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $13,249,707 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $7,487,172 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 30 Assets $98,720,644 (5%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Summit Financial Wealth Advisors, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 22. Performing investment advisory functions: 17.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
4 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Lafayette, LAMetairie, LAMonroe, LARuston, LA
States registered or notice-filed
13 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
$999M 2021 $1.29B 2022 $1.24B 2023 $1.43B 2024 $1.42B 2025 $1.8B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,799,431,90022July 29, 2026
October 2025$1,421,450,42020May 19, 2025
October 2024$1,430,463,68920September 23, 2024
October 2023$1,243,129,18719October 4, 2023
October 2022$1,291,846,80317September 1, 2022
October 2021$999,399,08816April 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $999,399,088 in the October 2021 data and $1,799,431,900 in the October 2026 data, up 80%.

Total employees: 16 in October 2021 and 22 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
    • Registered or notice-filed in NC.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 12 to 17.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,421,450,420 to $1,799,431,900 (+27%).
  3. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in NM.

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
focusfinancialpartners.comsummit-financial.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. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors (CRD 171278): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/summit-financial-wealth-advisors-lafayette-la-171278