SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Transamerica Retirement Advisors, LLC
As of its Form ADV filed March 31, 2026, Transamerica Retirement Advisors, LLC, an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, reported $18.8 billion in regulatory assets under management across 212,722 accounts, ranking #2 among all wealth firms in Iowa by assets.
Registration
- Main office
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 107319
- SEC file number
- 801-42910
- Registered since
- December 16, 1992
- Latest Form ADV filing
- March 31, 2026
- Organized as
- Limited Liability Company
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 173
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $18.8 billion
- Discretionary
- $8.0 billion (42.5%)
- Non-discretionary
- $10.8 billion
- Accounts
- 212,722 (141,576 discretionary)
- Clients
- 212,722, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 398
- Advisory staff
- 173 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $88,507
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 16.5% (from $16.2 billion a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 22.1% (from $10.4 billion three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 16.5% (from $8.8 billion five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- -0.1% (from 212,858)
Broker-dealer affiliated. The firm is controlled by a public company (Schedule D, Item 10.A) and affiliated with a broker-dealer (Item 7.A(1)) whose registered representatives are among its advisory staff (Item 5.B(2)). 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 | $4.6 billion |
| October 3, 2011 | $4.4 billion |
| October 1, 2012 | $4.4 billion |
| October 1, 2013 | $3.5 billion |
| October 1, 2014 | $3.6 billion |
| October 1, 2015 | $3.8 billion |
| October 3, 2016 | $3.5 billion |
| October 2, 2017 | $3.8 billion |
| October 1, 2018 | $5.1 billion |
| October 1, 2019 | $5.4 billion |
| October 1, 2020 | $6.3 billion |
| October 4, 2021 | $8.8 billion |
| October 3, 2022 | $11.5 billion |
| October 5, 2023 | $10.4 billion |
| October 1, 2024 | $12.7 billion |
| September 2, 2025 | $16.2 billion |
| October 2, 2026 | $18.8 billion |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 212,700 clients | $17.4 billion | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans 22 clients | $1.4 billion |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Fixed fees
Advisory services
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
- Portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients
- Pension consulting
- Educational seminars or workshops
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
- Other investment adviser
- Commodity pool operator or commodity trading advisor
- Trust company
- Insurance company or agency
- Real estate broker, dealer or agent
- Sponsor, general partner or managing member of pooled investment vehicles
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported no custody of client cash or securities.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 303
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 303
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 293
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFP 16, ChFC 2, CFA 1.
Between 175 and 182 of the firm's 303 IARs are registered in jurisdictions that require IAR CE. The source counts registrations by jurisdiction, and many IARs are registered in more than one, so the exact number is not knowable from it. IAR CE requirements by state.
Counts only. AdvisorIQ does not list individual people.
Disclosures
On Form ADV Item 11 the firm answered yes to 4 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 Iowa
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Principal Securities, Inc. | Des Moines | $17.0 billion |
| Avantax Planning Partners, Inc. | Dubuque | $7.6 billion |
| Integrity Alliance, LLC | Urbandale | $5.4 billion |
| Foster Group, Inc. | West Des Moines | $4.8 billion |
| Nations Financial Group, Inc. | Cedar Rapids | $4.8 billion |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Transamerica Retirement Advisors, LLC on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.transamerica.com
- Wealth management firms in Iowa
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.