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Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC

Bethesda, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 107495

Filed as TRUMBOWER FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC

Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Bethesda, MD, registered since 1996, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 6, 2026.

30 years
registered since 1996
$1,984,731,510
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC compensated?

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

How much does Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 6, 2026 states: Hourly rate: $295 to $775 an hour (time spent plus out-of-pocket expenses). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC located?

Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC's principal office is in Bethesda, MD, according to its Form ADV.

Is Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1996. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 107495.

How much does Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC manage?

Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC reports $1,984,731,510 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 6, 2026 (17% discretionary).

How have Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,351,453,024 in the October 2021 data and $1,984,731,510 in the October 2026 data, up 47%. Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 11 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (159); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (87).

Which custodians does Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC use?

Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Trumbower Financial Advisors 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/107495

Does Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 6, 2026 says: "There are no minimum account size requirements."

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.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
There are no minimum account size requirements.

Hourly rate: $295 to $775 an hour (time spent plus out-of-pocket expenses)

The brochure's wording
At hourly rates for time spent plus out-of-pocket expenses. Hourly rates may range from $295 to $775, depending on the Adviser representative’s level of experience.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 6, 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
$1,984,731,510

$1,984,731,510 as of October 2026, filing dated March 6, 2026.

Discretionary: $329,656,330.Non-discretionary: $1,655,075,180.

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 87 Assets $34,131,513 (2%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 159 Assets $1,946,769,710 (98%)
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
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $3,830,287 (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 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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
1996 (30 years)
Employees
Total: 11. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
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
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
$1.35B 2021 $1.65B 2022 $1.48B 2023 $1.66B 2024 $1.83B 2025 $1.98B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,984,731,51011March 6, 2026
October 2025$1,831,276,49811March 13, 2025
October 2024$1,657,808,61811March 6, 2024
October 2023$1,479,931,18611June 29, 2023
October 2022$1,647,185,64311March 9, 2022
October 2021$1,351,453,02411March 10, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,351,453,024 in the October 2021 data and $1,984,731,510 in the October 2026 data, up 47%.

Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 11 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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. Trumbower Financial Advisors LLC (CRD 107495): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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