SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Pettyjohn, Wood & White, Inc.
As of its Form ADV filed March 10, 2026, Pettyjohn, Wood & White, Inc., an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Lynchburg, Virginia, reported $1.0 billion in regulatory assets under management across 1,016 accounts, ranking #42 among all wealth firms in Virginia by assets.
Registration
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 106403
- SEC file number
- 801-13803
- Registered since
- May 10, 1978
- Latest Form ADV filing
- March 10, 2026
- Organized as
- Corporation
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 0
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $1.0 billion
- Discretionary
- $1.0 billion (100.0%)
- Non-discretionary
- $0
- Accounts
- 1,016 (1,016 discretionary)
- Clients
- 586, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 6
- Advisory staff
- 5 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $1.0 million
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 19.8% (from $853.8 million a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 16.4% (from $648.5 million three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 11.7% (from $587.2 million five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- 4.5% (from 561)
Broker-dealer affiliated. The firm is affiliated with a bank (Item 7.A(8)) that is part of a group with a broker-dealer (Item 7.A(1)) or controlled by a public company (Schedule D, Item 10.A). It is ranked among all wealth firms, the directory's view that includes wirehouses and broker-dealer firms, not in the main lists of independent RIAs. How firms are classed.
Growth rates come from the SEC's yearly snapshots and are left blank when the years are not comparable.
Rankings
Among all wealth firms, including wirehouses and broker-dealer firms.
Assets over time
Data table
| As of | RAUM |
|---|---|
| October 1, 2010 | $216.0 million |
| October 3, 2011 | $224.7 million |
| October 1, 2012 | $222.1 million |
| October 1, 2013 | $230.3 million |
| October 1, 2014 | $364.7 million |
| October 1, 2015 | $389.3 million |
| October 3, 2016 | $386.7 million |
| October 2, 2017 | $421.0 million |
| October 1, 2018 | $455.7 million |
| October 1, 2019 | $456.1 million |
| October 1, 2020 | $547.6 million |
| October 4, 2021 | $587.2 million |
| October 3, 2022 | $683.2 million |
| October 5, 2023 | $648.5 million |
| October 1, 2024 | $734.4 million |
| September 2, 2025 | $853.8 million |
| October 2, 2026 | $1.0 billion |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| High net worth individuals 287 clients | $823.6 million | |
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 275 clients | $106.4 million | |
| Charitable organizations 9 clients | $54.4 million | |
| Corporations or other businesses 12 clients | $25.3 million | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans 3 clients | $13.3 million | |
| Banking or thrift institutions fewer than 5 clients | $0 | |
| State or municipal government entities fewer than 5 clients | $0 | |
| Other investment advisers fewer than 5 clients | $0 | |
| Insurance companies fewer than 5 clients | $0 | |
| Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions fewer than 5 clients | $0 | |
| Other fewer than 5 clients | $0 |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
Advisory services
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 0.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: no.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
None reported.
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Banking or thrift institution
- Lawyer or law firm
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported custody of client cash or securities, $511.6 million in total.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 5
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 0
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 5
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFA 1.
0 of the firm's 5 IARs are registered in jurisdictions that require IAR CE. IAR CE requirements by state.
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Disclosures
On Form ADV Item 11 the firm answered yes to 0 disclosure questions. See the detail on IAPD.
Succession and acquired firms
On Form ADV Item 4 the firm did not report succeeding to another adviser's business.
Similar-sized firms in Virginia
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Yeske Buie Inc. | Vienna | $1.1 billion |
| Alpha Omega Wealth Management, LLC | Richmond | $1.0 billion |
| McLean Asset Management Corp. | Tysons | $993.9 million |
| Brown | Miller Wealth Management, LLC | McLean | $991.1 million |
| Morris & Wells Wealth Management | Charlottesville | $987.9 million |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Pettyjohn, Wood & White, Inc. on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.pwandw.com
- Wealth management firms in Virginia
Firm data as of October 2, 2026, from ia100226.zip. Figures are as the firm reported them; corrections are made on Form ADV and appear after the next monthly reload.
Data as of October 2, 2026, from Form ADV. Sources: SEC registered adviser data (ia100226.zip) and IAPD compilation reports. How the directory is built.