Wealth Management Firms (RIAs) in Charlotte
64 wealth management firms are on this list. Of those that report regulatory assets on Form ADV, Alight Financial Advisors is the largest: $35.1 billion through Alight Financial Advisors, LLC (filed ).
Cornerstone Wealth follows with $2.5 billion. The 64 advisers counted report $66.8 billion together; the ten largest hold 74% of it, and half report less than $281 million.
Updated . Rechecked quarterly; next check . Figures read , as filed to .
- $25BN and over52%1 firm
- $1BN to $5BN25%11 firms
- $500MM to $1BN8%9 firms
- Under $500MM14%43 firms
Latest Form ADV of each, filed Jan 2026 to Sep 2026. Read ; sources at the end of the page.
- Wealth management firms listedList of October 2026; 63 are wealth managers and 1 is a wealth manager with a broker-dealer
- 64
- Combined assets64 counted; as filed to Sep 2026
- $66.8BN
- Median firmHalf of the 64 report less
- $281MM
- Held by the ten largestOf the $66.8BN combined
- 74%
Alight Financial Advisors, Cornerstone Wealth and Novare Capital Management lead the Charlotte wealth management firms by assets
The twenty largest by regulatory assets on their latest Form ADV. Together they report $56.7BN, 85% of the $66.8BN the 64 counted report.
- 1
Alight Financial Advisors
Wealth manager with a broker-dealer, Charlotte, NC
$35.1BNRegulatory assets, Mar 2026
100% other individuals
- 2
Cornerstone Wealth
Wealth manager, Huntersville, NC
$2.5BNRegulatory assets, Aug 2026
58% high net worth, 40% other individuals, 1% other
- 3
Novare Capital Management
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$1.9BNRegulatory assets, Aug 2026
90% high net worth, 7% other individuals, 2% businesses
- 4
Linden Thomas Advisory Services
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$1.8BNRegulatory assets, May 2026
50% high net worth, 41% other individuals, 9% pension plans
- 5
Ally Invest Advisors
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$1.7BNRegulatory assets, Apr 2026
95% other individuals, 5% high net worth
- 6
Mill Capital Management
Wealth manager, Concord, NC
$1.5BNRegulatory assets, Feb 2026
52% high net worth, 48% charities
- 7
MBL Advisors
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$1.4BNRegulatory assets, Mar 2026
99% high net worth
- 8
Blueprint Financial Advisors
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$1.4BNRegulatory assets, Aug 2026
57% other individuals, 40% high net worth, 3% businesses
- 9
Topsail Wealth Management
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$1.3BNRegulatory assets, Sep 2026
93% high net worth, 5% charities, 2% other individuals
- 10
Laurel Wealth Advisors
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$1.1BNRegulatory assets, Mar 2026
85% high net worth, 8% other individuals, 5% businesses
- 11
Providence Capital Advisors
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$1.1BNRegulatory assets, Mar 2026
93% high net worth, 5% other individuals
- 12
Verum Partners
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$1.0BNRegulatory assets, Jul 2026
83% high net worth, 10% businesses, 3% other individuals
- 13
Strathmore Capital Advisors
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$805MMRegulatory assets, Sep 2026
82% high net worth, 13% other individuals, 2% businesses
- 14
BNA Wealth
Wealth manager, Rock Hill, SC
$620MMRegulatory assets, Jul 2026
71% high net worth, 28% other individuals
- 15
Alpha Financial Advisors
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$619MMRegulatory assets, Jun 2026
93% high net worth, 7% other individuals
- 16
Auctus Advisors
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$613MMRegulatory assets, Aug 2026
95% high net worth, 5% other individuals
- 17
Sapere Wealth Management
Wealth manager, Matthews, NC
$605MMRegulatory assets, Mar 2026
87% high net worth, 8% other individuals, 2% pension plans
- 18
Burkett Financial Services
Wealth manager, Rock Hill, SC
$573MMRegulatory assets, Feb 2026
81% high net worth, 16% other individuals, 3% pension plans
- 19
Hobart Wealth
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$558MMRegulatory assets, Jun 2026
57% other individuals, 43% high net worth
- 20
Defender Capital
Wealth manager, Charlotte, NC
$510MMRegulatory assets, Jan 2026
73% high net worth, 15% other individuals, 9% private funds
Regulatory assets each adviser reported in its latest Form ADV. Each pin opens the filing behind the figure; the ranking rule and sources are at the end of the page. Read .
One firm holds 52% of the assets
How the 64 firms counted spread by size: most are small, the dollars sit at the top.
One dot per firm counted. Read .
Assets each reported in its latest filing; shares are of the $66.8BN combined, one row per firm. Read .
52%
of the assets reported sits with one firm, Alight Financial Advisors. The five largest hold 64%; 52 of 64 report under $1 billion.
- Wealth managers63
- Wealth manager with a broker-dealer1
Kind of each, from its Form ADV (Items 5.G and 6.A), October 2026.
- Other individuals64%
- High net worth33%
- Charities1%
- Pension plans1%
- Businesses1%
- Private funds0%
Client types each adviser reports with its assets, latest filing; sums of filed figures.
Leaders beyond the ranking
Figures the main ranking does not compare: the most individual clients, the most high net worth clients, most private funds.
| Rank | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alight Financial Advisors | 195,957Mar 2026 |
| 2 | Ally Invest Advisors | 83,199Apr 2026 |
| 3 | Cornerstone Wealth | 2,373Aug 2026 |
| 4 | Blueprint Financial Advisors | 2,290Aug 2026 |
| 5 | Linden Thomas Advisory Services | 1,268May 2026 |
| 6 | Insight Folios | 1,228Mar 2026 |
| 7 | Everstar Asset Management | 1,116May 2026 |
| 8 | Novare Capital Management | 757Aug 2026 |
Counts of clients as filed; a client is an account holder the adviser counts, not a household.
| Rank | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novare Capital Management | 440Aug 2026 |
| 2 | Linden Thomas Advisory Services | 432May 2026 |
| 3 | BNA Wealth | 388Jul 2026 |
| 4 | Everstar Asset Management | 352May 2026 |
| 5 | Cornerstone Wealth | 319Aug 2026 |
| 6 | Verum Partners | 274Jul 2026 |
| 7 | Providence Capital Advisors | 254Mar 2026 |
| 8 | Laurel Wealth Advisors | 244Mar 2026 |
Counts of clients as filed; a client is an account holder the adviser counts, not a household.
| Rank | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sapere Wealth Management | 6Mar 2026 |
| 2 | Everstar Asset Management | 5May 2026 |
| 3 | Hayden Harper Wealth Advisory | 2Mar 2026 |
| 4 | Defender Capital | 1Jan 2026 |
| 5 | Portus Wealth Advisors | 1Feb 2026 |
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All 64 wealth management firms
A to Z, with each firm's regulatory assets, its clients, the share of its assets held for individuals and its private funds, each with a pin to its Form ADV.
Showing all 64 firms
The first 30 are shown here; find, a kind or a size shows every match.
No row matches. Clear the find field or choose All.
Assets are the regulatory assets in the adviser's latest Form ADV (Item 5.F; solid bar). Clients are every client it counts (Item 5.D); Individuals is the share of its assets held for individuals, high net worth and other; private funds are the funds it advises (Item 7.B). Each pin opens the filing behind the figure. The square beside a name opens every figure with its filing and notes.
One firm holds 52% of the money
Five findings from the filings of the 64 firms counted.
- 52%
of the $66.8 billion the 64 firms counted report is one firm's: Alight Financial Advisors. Without it, the other 63 report $31.8 billion.
Assets, latest Form ADV of each; sums of filed figures
- $281MM
is the median: half of the 64 report less, and 52 report under $1 billion.
Assets, latest Form ADV of each
- 15
private funds are advised by the firms counted; Sapere Wealth Management advises the most, 6.
Private funds on each Form ADV (Schedule D); sums of filed figures
- 64%
of their assets is other individuals money; the next largest client type is high net worth, at 33%.
Client types each adviser reports with its assets; sums of filed figures
- 52
of the 64 have their main office in Mecklenburg County, NC; the next place is York County, SC, with 6.
Main office on each Form ADV
Questions
How many wealth management firms are there in Charlotte?
This list holds 64 wealth management firms in the Charlotte metro; 64 of them report regulatory assets on Form ADV, $66.8 billion together.
What are the largest wealth management firms in Charlotte?
By the regulatory assets they report: Alight Financial Advisors $35.1 billion, Cornerstone Wealth $2.5 billion, Novare Capital Management $1.9 billion, Linden Thomas Advisory Services $1.8 billion, Ally Invest Advisors $1.7 billion.
How much do wealth management firms in Charlotte typically manage?
Of the 64 that report, the median reports $281 million in regulatory assets; 52 report under $1 billion.
How do you start a relationship with wealth management firms in Charlotte?
Each figure on this page carries a pin that opens the firm's Form ADV, which names its services, its clients and how to reach it. For fund managers and companies raising capital, Praxis Rock runs capital formation programs; see Raise Capital.
Sources and method
- Who is listed
- 64 wealth management firms, 63 are wealth managers and 1 is a wealth manager with a broker-dealer. Every SEC registered adviser with a main office in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA (Census CBSA 16740) that reports $100 million or more in regulatory assets, half or more of them for individuals, less the firms our other lists carry as another kind.
- Ranking rule
- The top 20, every total, share and median, the charts and the answers to the questions use one set: the 64 advisers that report regulatory assets in their latest SEC Form ADV, with a main office in the Charlotte metro, that the filing itself ties to the row (the CRD the list cites, or the row's own website in Item 1.I), one figure per adviser. A name match with no such tie is shown in the row's detail only, never ranked or counted.
- Our arithmetic
- The $66.8BN, the median, shares, charts and boards are sums and medians of filed numbers over that one set; 0 firms with a figure outside it stay listed with the figure and the reason.
- Pins
- Each figure's pin opens the filing it comes from: the adviser's Form ADV as filed, or the SEC filing index of its latest 13F report. The pin's label names the source and its date.
- What we searched
- On we read every firm's latest Form ADV in the SEC monthly file by its CRD and searched 13F reports by the CIK on its Form ADV record. Of the 64, 64 report on a current Form ADV and 14 file 13F reports.
- Words
- Each firm's kind is read from its Form ADV: a wealth manager advises individuals and offers financial planning (Items 5.D and 5.G); "also a broker-dealer" where Item 6.A is checked. Firm names only: no person, contact or website is shown.
| Figure | Source | Period, read |
|---|---|---|
| Assets, private funds, client types, main office, employees | SEC Form ADV adviser data, October 2026 report, and each adviser's Form ADV as filed, 64 advisers | Filings to 2026-10-01; read 2026-10-31 |
| Reports of listed stocks (13F filer) | SEC EDGAR Form 13F, 14 filers, by the CIK on each Form ADV | Latest filing; read 2026-10-31 |
| Main office to metro | HUD USPS ZIP to county crosswalk, 2026 Q2, and the Census metro delineation, July 2023 | Read 2026-10-31 |
| Logos | None shown: each firm has a monogram | Read 2026-10-31 |
Cite as: Praxis Rock Advisors, "Wealth Management Firms (RIAs) in Charlotte," updated October 31, 2026, praxisrock.com/resources/investors/wealth-management-firms-charlotte