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Zermatt Wealth Advisors

San Diego, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 307404

Filed as ZERMATT WEALTH ADVISORS · Legal name Zermatt Wealth, LLC

Zermatt Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Diego, CA, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 15, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$206,868,931
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Zermatt Wealth Advisors compensated?

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

How much does Zermatt Wealth Advisors charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 17, 2026 states: Subscription: $1,000 a year (Flat “Fixed” Management Fees); Hourly rate: $100 to $500 an hour (miscellaneous services). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Zermatt Wealth Advisors located?

Zermatt Wealth Advisors' principal office is in San Diego, CA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Zermatt Wealth Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

Zermatt Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 307404.

How much does Zermatt Wealth Advisors manage?

Zermatt Wealth Advisors reports $206,868,931 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 15, 2026 (85% discretionary).

How have Zermatt Wealth Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Zermatt Wealth Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $264,683,997 in the October 2021 data and $206,868,931 in the October 2026 data, down 22%. Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Zermatt Wealth Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (172); high net worth individuals (88); charitable organizations (2).

Which custodians does Zermatt Wealth Advisors use?

Zermatt Wealth Advisors' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Zermatt Wealth Advisors 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/307404

What changed in Zermatt Wealth Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Changed its legal name from WFA of San Diego, LLC to Zermatt Wealth, LLC.

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)
  • Other

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.

Subscription: $1,000 a year (Flat “Fixed” Management Fees)

The brochure's wording
The retainer fee will be reflected in Schedule A of the “CA” and will be billed quarterly, in arrears. There is a minimum annual retainer fee of $1,000.

Hourly rate: $100 to $500 an hour (miscellaneous services)

The brochure's wording
WFA SD's hourly fees range from $100 to $500 per hour depending on staff billing rates based on the nature and scope of services.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 17, 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
$206,868,931

$206,868,931 as of October 2026, filing dated September 15, 2026.

Discretionary: $176,674,709.Non-discretionary: $30,194,222.

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 172 Assets $37,231,168 (18%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 88 Assets $164,952,337 (80%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $662,023 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 2 Assets $4,023,403 (2%)
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 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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Zermatt Wealth, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 5. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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)
1 other office, as of the October 2026 filing
Charlotte, NC
States registered or notice-filed
8 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
$265M 2021 $274M 2022 $201M 2023 $173M 2024 $178M 2025 $207M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$206,868,9315September 15, 2026
October 2025$177,769,2775March 31, 2025
October 2024$172,596,7545July 3, 2024
October 2023$201,043,8145April 21, 2023
October 2022$273,796,5627July 8, 2022
October 2021$264,683,9977May 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $264,683,997 in the October 2021 data and $206,868,931 in the October 2026 data, down 22%.

Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 5 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. October 2026
    • Changed its legal name from WFA of San Diego, LLC to Zermatt Wealth, LLC.
  2. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $177,769,277 to $206,868,931 (+16%).
  4. February 2026
    • 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
wfasandiego.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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AdvisorCensus. Zermatt Wealth Advisors (CRD 307404): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/zermatt-wealth-advisors-san-diego-ca-307404