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United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner

Scottsdale, AZSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 20804

Filed as UNITED PLANNERS' FINANCIAL SERVICES OF AMERICA A LIMITED PARTNER

United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Scottsdale, AZ, registered since 2000, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 18, 2026.

26 years
registered since 2000
$12,770,766,549
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
4
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); commissions.

Where is United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner located?

United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner's principal office is in Scottsdale, AZ, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 25 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner registered with the SEC or a state?

United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2000. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 20804.

How much does United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner manage?

United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner reports $12,770,766,549 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 18, 2026 (5% discretionary).

How have United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner: Regulatory assets under management: $5,951,851,024 in the October 2021 data and $12,770,766,549 in the October 2026 data, up 115%. Total employees: 552 in October 2021 and 620 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (25,159); high net worth individuals (4,880); corporations or other businesses not listed above (192).

Which custodians does United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner use?

United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Axos Clearing LLC, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), 11.E(1) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a false statement or omission), and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). 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/20804

What changed in United Planners' Financial Services of America a Limited Partner's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: No longer lists the business name Tribute Financial Inc.. Added the business name Sparrow Financial.

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)
  • Commissions

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 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$12,770,766,549

$12,770,766,549 as of October 2026, filing dated June 18, 2026.

Discretionary: $607,097,673.Non-discretionary: $12,163,668,876.

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 25,159 Assets $6,754,421,921 (53%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 4,880 Assets $5,565,608,722 (44%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 42 Assets $42,356,777 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 96 Assets $85,871,543 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 192 Assets $322,507,586 (3%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
APEX RETIREMENT CONSULTING LLC, BERAN FINANCIAL PARTNERS, BROOKHAVEN WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC., CAPITAL LEGACY PARTNERS, LLC, CATALYST FINANCIAL STRATEGIES LLC, DESIGNS FOR WEALTH, FINANCIAL PLANNING ADVISORS, INC., FIRESKY FINANCIAL INC., FOOTHILL FINANCIAL GROUP, FULL CIRCLE FINANCIAL, GOTTA RETIREMENT SERVICES, INC., GUIDANT PLANNING, INC, HF CAPITAL GROUP LLC, INVESTMENT CENTER, LEE STOERZINGER, INC., MABE FINANCIAL GROUP, PALMER NUNN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, RETIREMENT & MONEY STRATEGIES, RIVERCREST FINANCIAL, SKYE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC, SPARROW FINANCIAL, STEWARDSHIP AMERICA FINANCIAL, VOYAGE PARTNERS FINANCIAL STRATEGIES, LLC, WEALTH AVENUE, WENDEL FINANCIAL GROUP, WIRE TO WIRE WEALTH, YEECORP FINANCIAL
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2000 (26 years)
Employees
Total: 620. Performing investment advisory functions: 546.
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)
25 other offices, as of the July 2026 filing
Clearwater, FLCypress, CAFort Wayne, INFresno, CAGaithersburg, MDHartland, WIHuntsville, OHIndependence, IALihue, HIMedford, ORMelville, NYMinneapolis, MNOgden, UTPhoenix, AZRochester, MNScottsdale, AZSeneca, PASidney, OHSpokane Valley, WASt Louis Park, MNTucson, AZVirginia Beach, VAVorhees, NJWallingford, CTWinter Garden, FL
States registered or notice-filed
52 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

4 Reports 4 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.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.E(1) Has a self-regulatory organization (such as FINRA) or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 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
$5.95B 2021 $7.86B 2022 $6.09B 2023 $9.33B 2024 $10.6B 2025 $12.8B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$12,770,766,549620June 18, 2026
October 2025$10,637,349,683614June 24, 2025
October 2024$9,326,336,708570September 16, 2024
October 2023$6,085,656,351567September 19, 2023
October 2022$7,858,077,113581March 30, 2022
October 2021$5,951,851,024552July 21, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $5,951,851,024 in the October 2021 data and $12,770,766,549 in the October 2026 data, up 115%.

Total employees: 552 in October 2021 and 620 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
    • No longer lists the business name Tribute Financial Inc..
    • Added the business name Sparrow Financial.
  2. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $10,637,349,683 to $12,770,766,549 (+20%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 477 to 546.
    • Added the business name Designs for Wealth.
    • No longer lists the business name Munkeby Kramer.
    • Added an office in Fresno, CA.
    • Added an office in Gaithersburg, MD.
    • Added an office in Hartland, WI.
    • Added an office in Ogden, UT.
    • Added an office in Seneca, PA.
    • Added an office in St Louis Park, MN.
    • Added an office in Winter Garden, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Chapel Hill, NC.
    • No longer lists an office in Hopkins, MN.
    • No longer lists an office in Mansfield Center, CT.
    • No longer lists an office in Matthews, NC.
    • No longer lists an office in Minnetonka, MN.
    • No longer lists an office in Salisbury, NC.
    • No longer lists an office in Walnut Creek, CA.
  3. December 2025
    • Added the business name Lee Stoerzinger, Inc..

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
joinunitedplanners.comunitedplanners.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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