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Thrivent Investment Management Inc.

Minneapolis, MNSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 18387

Filed as THRIVENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC.

Thrivent Investment Management Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Minneapolis, MN, registered since 1987, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 30, 2026.

39 years
registered since 1987
$20,769,867,010
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
10
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Thrivent Investment Management Inc. compensated?

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

Where is Thrivent Investment Management Inc. located?

Thrivent Investment Management Inc.'s principal office is in Minneapolis, MN, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 25 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Thrivent Investment Management Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Thrivent Investment Management Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1987. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 18387.

How much does Thrivent Investment Management Inc. manage?

Thrivent Investment Management Inc. reports $20,769,867,010 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 30, 2026 (46% discretionary).

How have Thrivent Investment Management Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Thrivent Investment Management Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $10,688,804,761 in the October 2021 data and $20,769,867,010 in the October 2026 data, up 94%. Total employees: 3,610 in October 2021 and 3,901 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Thrivent Investment Management Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (106,954); high net worth individuals (17,692); corporations or other businesses not listed above (819).

Does Thrivent Investment Management Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 10 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 2 questions about criminal matters and 8 questions about regulatory matters (11.A(1), 11.B(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(1), 11.D(2), 11.D(4), 11.D(5), 11.E(2)). 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/18387

What changed in Thrivent Investment Management Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 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
  • 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 firm's brochure (dated July 20, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$20,769,867,010

$20,769,867,010 as of October 2026, filing dated September 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $9,475,993,531.Non-discretionary: $11,293,873,479.

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 106,954 Assets $8,894,549,347 (43%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 17,692 Assets $11,397,947,663 (55%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $6,304,256 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 819 Assets $373,815,828 (2%)
Other
Clients 289 Assets $97,249,916 (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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1987 (39 years)
Employees
Total: 3,901. Performing investment advisory functions: 2,963.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
25 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Allen, TXAllison Park, PAAppleton, WIAtlanta, GABellevue, WABoise, IDBurnsville, MNCarmel, INCedarburg, WIChicago, ILColorado Springs, CODel Mar, CADowners Grove, ILGlendale, CAGolden Valley, MNGreenwood Village, COIrvine, CAJohnston, IALas Vegas, NVNashville, TNOverland Park, KSRaleigh, NCSpokane, WASt. Louis, MOWaukesha, WI
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

10 Reports 10 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Criminal matters Items 11.A and 11.B

  • 11.A(1) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been convicted of, or pleaded guilty or no contest to, a felony?
  • 11.B(1) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been convicted of, or pleaded guilty or no contest to, a misdemeanor involving investments or an investment-related business, fraud, false statements or omissions, wrongful taking of property, bribery, perjury, forgery, counterfeiting, extortion, or a conspiracy to commit any of these?

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(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 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?

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
$10.7B 2021 $13.5B 2022 $12.5B 2023 $14.8B 2024 $17.5B 2025 $20.8B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$20,769,867,0103,901September 30, 2026
October 2025$17,499,525,4903,846June 30, 2025
October 2024$14,813,761,6003,596August 13, 2024
October 2023$12,490,022,6663,548July 3, 2023
October 2022$13,498,118,2193,507August 25, 2022
October 2021$10,688,804,7613,610August 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $10,688,804,761 in the October 2021 data and $20,769,867,010 in the October 2026 data, up 94%.

Total employees: 3,610 in October 2021 and 3,901 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. September 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 2774 to 2963.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $17,499,525,490 to $20,769,867,010 (+19%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Appleton, WI.
    • Added an office in Atlanta, GA.
    • Added an office in Colorado Springs, CO.
    • Added an office in Johnston, IA.
    • Added an office in Overland Park, KS.
    • Added an office in Spokane, WA.
    • No longer lists an office in Charlotte, NC.
    • No longer lists an office in Eagan, MN.
    • No longer lists an office in Minneapolis, MN.
    • No longer lists an office in Omaha, NE.
    • No longer lists an office in Scottsdale, AZ.
  3. March 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 10 yes answers, previously 9 (now yes: 11.B(1)).
  4. December 2025
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 9 yes answers, previously 10 (now no: 11.B(1)).
    • 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
thrivent.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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