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Zuckerman Investment Group

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 137785

Filed as ZUCKERMAN INVESTMENT GROUP · Legal name Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC

Zuckerman Investment Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2006, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 1, 2026.

20 years
registered since 2006
$2,167,050,844
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Zuckerman Investment Group compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Zuckerman Investment Group reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Zuckerman Investment Group located?

Zuckerman Investment Group's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Zuckerman Investment Group registered with the SEC or a state?

Zuckerman Investment Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2006. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 137785.

How much does Zuckerman Investment Group manage?

Zuckerman Investment Group reports $2,167,050,844 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 1, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have Zuckerman Investment Group's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Zuckerman Investment Group: Regulatory assets under management: $1,048,349,834 in the October 2021 data and $2,167,050,844 in the October 2026 data, up 107%. Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 15 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Zuckerman Investment Group serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (266); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (159); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (14).

Which custodians does Zuckerman Investment Group use?

Zuckerman Investment Group's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., CIBC National Trust Company and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Zuckerman Investment Group 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/137785

What changed in Zuckerman Investment Group's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 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

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
$2,167,050,844

$2,167,050,844 as of October 2026, filing dated September 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,118,049,768.Non-discretionary: $49,001,076.

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 159 Assets $64,858,881 (3%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 266 Assets $1,987,468,692 (92%)
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 14 Assets $86,294,469 (4%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $3,978,127 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $15,735,010 (1%)
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 Fewer than 5 Assets $8,715,665 (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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Zuckerman Investment Group, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2006 (20 years)
Employees
Total: 15. Performing investment advisory functions: 6.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.CIBC National Trust CompanyPershing LLC

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
12 states or jurisdictions
AZCACOFLILINMIMNNHNJNYTX

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
$1.05B 2021 $1.15B 2022 $1.26B 2023 $1.54B 2024 $1.9B 2025 $2.17B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,167,050,84415September 1, 2026
October 2025$1,899,810,94020March 28, 2025
October 2024$1,542,095,79818March 28, 2024
October 2023$1,258,987,90517March 29, 2023
October 2022$1,150,666,56117September 14, 2022
October 2021$1,048,349,83415August 13, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,048,349,834 in the October 2021 data and $2,167,050,844 in the October 2026 data, up 107%.

Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 15 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
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 6.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,899,810,940 to $2,167,050,844 (+14%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in NJ.
    • 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
zuckermaninvestmentgroup.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. Zuckerman Investment Group (CRD 137785): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/zuckerman-investment-group-chicago-il-137785