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Sunbelt Securities

Houston, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 42180

Filed as SUNBELT SECURITIES · Legal name Sunbelt Securities, Inc.

Sunbelt Securities is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Houston, TX, registered since 2010, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 16, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2010
$2,640,113,505
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
8
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Sunbelt Securities compensated?

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

Where is Sunbelt Securities located?

Sunbelt Securities' principal office is in Houston, TX, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 12 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Sunbelt Securities registered with the SEC or a state?

Sunbelt Securities is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 42180.

How much does Sunbelt Securities manage?

Sunbelt Securities reports $2,640,113,505 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 16, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Sunbelt Securities' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Sunbelt Securities: Regulatory assets under management: $984,529,573 in the October 2021 data and $2,640,113,505 in the October 2026 data, up 168%. Total employees: 64 in October 2021 and 68 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Sunbelt Securities serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (5,279); high net worth individuals (919); corporations or other businesses not listed above (41).

Which custodians does Sunbelt Securities use?

Sunbelt Securities' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and National Financial Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Sunbelt Securities report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 8 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 8 questions about regulatory matters (11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(2), 11.D(4), 11.D(5), 11.E(2), 11.E(4)). 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/42180

What changed in Sunbelt Securities' recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $2,024,286,577 to $2,640,113,505 (+30%).

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

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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,640,113,505

$2,640,113,505 as of October 2026, filing dated June 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,640,113,505.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 5,279 Assets $2,110,108,167 (80%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 919 Assets $481,073,113 (18%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 2 Assets $1,016,753 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 41 Assets $47,915,472 (2%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Sunbelt Securities, Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2010 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 68. Performing investment advisory functions: 68.
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)
12 other offices, as of the July 2026 filing
Austin, TXBeaumont, TXColleyville, TXDallas, TXGainesville, TNGarland, TXJasper, TXKerrville, TXLexington, KYSouthlake, TXSpringfield, ILWestminster, CO
States registered or notice-filed
39 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

8 Reports 8 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's activity?
  • 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?
  • 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?

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
$985M 2021 $1.15B 2022 $1.78B 2023 $1.91B 2024 $2.02B 2025 $2.64B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,640,113,50568June 16, 2026
October 2025$2,024,286,57768June 24, 2025
October 2024$1,907,600,67467May 10, 2024
October 2023$1,782,009,30567April 7, 2023
October 2022$1,145,411,07664May 4, 2022
October 2021$984,529,57364March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $984,529,573 in the October 2021 data and $2,640,113,505 in the October 2026 data, up 168%.

Total employees: 64 in October 2021 and 68 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. July 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,024,286,577 to $2,640,113,505 (+30%).

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
chamberlainfinancial.netcsquaredwealth.comcwrawl.comfinancial360tx.comgregthorn.cominnovativefinancialpartners.comjrpwc.comlexinvest.commcphersonmayberry.comprestoncapitaltx.comsunbeltsecurities.comsunbeltsecurities.com/DAVID.HEINZsunbeltsecurities.com/ROY.LONGORIA

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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