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Trigran Investments, Inc.

Northbrook, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 155200

Filed as TRIGRAN INVESTMENTS, INC.

Trigran Investments, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Northbrook, IL, registered since 2011, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

15 years
registered since 2011
$533,193,505
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Trigran Investments, Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Trigran Investments, Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Trigran Investments, Inc. located?

Trigran Investments, Inc.'s principal office is in Northbrook, IL, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Trigran Investments, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Trigran Investments, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 155200.

How much does Trigran Investments, Inc. manage?

Trigran Investments, Inc. reports $533,193,505 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Trigran Investments, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Trigran Investments, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $915,543,160 in the October 2021 data and $533,193,505 in the October 2026 data, down 42%. Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Trigran Investments, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (2).

Which custodians does Trigran Investments, Inc. use?

Trigran Investments, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BMO Bank National Association, Comerica Bank and Northern Trust as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Trigran Investments, Inc. 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/155200

What changed in Trigran Investments, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $954,720,913 to $533,193,505 (-44%).

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
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$533,193,505

$533,193,505 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $533,193,505.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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $16,475,967 (3%)
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 2 Assets $472,456,980 (89%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $759,623 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $43,500,935 (8%)

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
  • 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
2011 (15 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
BMO Bank National AssociationComerica BankNorthern Trust

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)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Boulder, CO
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
COIL

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
$916M 2021 $1.19B 2022 $1.11B 2023 $1.14B 2024 $955M 2025 $533M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$533,193,5059March 27, 2026
October 2025$954,720,9139March 27, 2025
October 2024$1,143,305,76910April 17, 2024
October 2023$1,111,711,65610April 12, 2023
October 2022$1,190,758,12310March 24, 2022
October 2021$915,543,1608March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $915,543,160 in the October 2021 data and $533,193,505 in the October 2026 data, down 42%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 9 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $954,720,913 to $533,193,505 (-44%).

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

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. Trigran Investments, Inc. (CRD 155200): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/trigran-investments-inc-northbrook-il-155200