SEC-registered independent wealth management RIA

Rather & Kittrell, Inc.

As of its Form ADV filed August 7, 2026, Rather & Kittrell, Inc., an SEC-registered independent wealth management RIA in Knoxville, Tennessee, reported $2.3 billion in regulatory assets under management across 3,206 accounts, ranking #6 among independent RIAs in Tennessee by assets.

Registration

Main office: Knoxville, TN
Registration: SEC-registered, Approved
CRD number: 114885
SEC file number: 801-66996
Registered since: July 14, 2006
Latest Form ADV filing: August 7, 2026
Organized as: Corporation
Fiscal year ends: December
Other offices: 1

Key figures

Regulatory assets under management: $2.3 billion
Discretionary: $1.3 billion (57.7%)
Non-discretionary: $951.8 million
Accounts: 3,206 (3,093 discretionary)
Clients: 1,129, approximate as reported
Employees: 32
Advisory staff: 17 performing investment advisory functions
Average account: $702,525
Asset growth, 1 year: 21.4% (from $1.9 billion a year earlier)
Asset growth, 3-year annual rate: 23.2% (from $1.2 billion three years earlier)
Asset growth, 5-year annual rate: 16.3% (from $1.1 billion five years earlier)
Client growth, 1 year: -2.0% (from 1,152)

Independent wealth management RIA: individual and high net worth clients hold at least half of its regulatory assets, it offers financial planning or portfolio management for individuals, and it is not a broker-dealer, a bank or part of one by the directory's rules. 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 independent wealth management RIAs.

Ranking	Nationally	In Tennessee	Value
Largest independent RIAs by assets under management	#536	#6	$2.3 billion
Fastest-growing independent RIAs over one year	#2,100	#45	21.4%from $1.9 billion
Fastest-growing independent RIAs over three years	#1,114	#28	23.2%from $1.2 billion
Fastest-growing independent RIAs over five years	#1,030	#21	16.3%from $1.1 billion
Independent RIAs with the biggest asset gains over one year	#513	#6	$397.1 million
Independent RIAs with the most clients	#818	#17	1,129
Independent RIAs with the fastest client growth over one year	#4,589	#94	-2.0%from 1,152
Independent RIAs with the most accounts	#628	#14	3,206
Independent RIAs with the most advisory staff	#568	#7	17
Independent RIAs with the most high net worth clients	#667	#9	369
Independent RIAs with the most CFP professionals	#253	#4	11

Assets over time

Rather & Kittrell, Inc.: regulatory assets under managementThe SEC's yearly snapshots and the latest filing. Years of state registration are not in the SEC files.

Data table

Rather & Kittrell, Inc.: regulatory assets under management
As of	RAUM
October 1, 2010	$136.0 million
October 3, 2011	$148.9 million
October 1, 2012	$171.3 million
October 1, 2013	$263.3 million
October 1, 2014	$331.2 million
October 1, 2015	$389.5 million
October 3, 2016	$438.2 million
October 2, 2017	$503.8 million
October 1, 2018	$661.9 million
October 1, 2019	$728.2 million
October 1, 2020	$878.7 million
October 4, 2021	$1.1 billion
October 3, 2022	$1.3 billion
October 5, 2023	$1.2 billion
October 1, 2024	$1.5 billion
September 2, 2025	$1.9 billion
October 2, 2026	$2.3 billion

Clients and services

Client mix

Regulatory assets by client typeForm ADV Item 5.D, as reported. Client counts are approximate.
Measure	Bar	RAUM
High net worth individuals 369 clients		$993.0 million
Pension and profit sharing plans 113 clients		$864.7 million
Individuals (other than high net worth) 613 clients		$275.1 million
Banking or thrift institutions fewer than 5 clients		$79.7 million
Charitable organizations 7 clients		$23.9 million
Corporations or other businesses 2 clients		$9.3 million
Insurance companies fewer than 5 clients		$3.0 million
State or municipal government entities fewer than 5 clients		$1.8 million
Other investment advisers fewer than 5 clients		$1.7 million
Other fewer than 5 clients		$996

How the firm is paid

A percentage of assets under management
Hourly charges
Fixed fees
Commissions

Advisory services

Financial planning
Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
Portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients
Pension consulting
Selection of other advisers
Other

Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 1094.

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)

None reported.

Custody (Item 9)

The firm reported custody of client cash or securities, $1.3 billion in total.

Investment adviser representatives

IARs registered with the firm: 20
Also registered through a broker-dealer: 0
Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3)): 17

Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFP 11, CFA 1.

20 of the firm's 20 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.

Succession and M&A for advisors

Similar-sized firms in Tennessee

Firm	City	RAUM
LBMC Investment Advisors, LLC	Brentwood	$2.2 billion
Patten and Patten, Inc.	Chattanooga	$2.2 billion
Capwealth Advisors, LLC	Franklin	$2.0 billion
Woodmont Investment Counsel, LLC	Nashville	$2.0 billion
Lee Danner & Bass Inc	Nashville	$2.0 billion

The five independent RIAs nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.

Elsewhere

Rather & Kittrell, Inc. on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
Firm website: www.rkcapital.com
Independent RIAs in Tennessee

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.