SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC
As of its Form ADV filed April 15, 2026, Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC, an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Greenwood, South Carolina, reported $1.8 billion in regulatory assets under management across 731 accounts, ranking #9 among all wealth firms in South Carolina by assets.
Registration
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 115015
- SEC file number
- 801-60493
- Registered since
- September 5, 2001
- Latest Form ADV filing
- April 15, 2026
- Organized as
- Limited Liability Company
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 1
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $1.8 billion
- Discretionary
- $1.8 billion (100.0%)
- Non-discretionary
- $0
- Accounts
- 731 (731 discretionary)
- Clients
- 764, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 21
- Advisory staff
- 14 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $2.4 million
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 5.8% (from $1.7 billion a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 9.0% (from $1.4 billion three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 3.2% (from $1.5 billion five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- 7.8% (from 709)
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 | $770.9 million |
| October 3, 2011 | $905.9 million |
| October 1, 2012 | $915.1 million |
| October 1, 2013 | $931.9 million |
| October 1, 2014 | $970.6 million |
| October 1, 2015 | $1.1 billion |
| October 3, 2016 | $1.1 billion |
| October 2, 2017 | $1.1 billion |
| October 1, 2018 | $1.2 billion |
| October 1, 2019 | $1.3 billion |
| October 1, 2020 | $1.3 billion |
| October 4, 2021 | $1.5 billion |
| October 3, 2022 | $1.5 billion |
| October 5, 2023 | $1.4 billion |
| October 1, 2024 | $1.5 billion |
| September 2, 2025 | $1.7 billion |
| October 2, 2026 | $1.8 billion |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 584 clients | $730.7 million | |
| State or municipal government entities 10 clients | $396.4 million | |
| High net worth individuals 76 clients | $285.7 million | |
| Corporations or other businesses 13 clients | $184.3 million | |
| Charitable organizations 44 clients | $159.5 million | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans 4 clients | $8.5 million |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Fixed fees
- Other
Advisory services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
- Portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients
- Pension consulting
- Selection of other advisers
- Educational seminars or workshops
- Other
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 101-250.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: no.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
- Insurance broker or agent
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Banking or thrift institution
- Trust company
- Insurance company or agency
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported custody of client cash or securities, $926.8 million in total.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 16
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 0
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 16
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFP 3, CFA 1, ChFC 1, PFS 1.
16 of the firm's 16 IARs are registered in jurisdictions that require IAR CE. IAR CE requirements by state.
Counts only. AdvisorIQ does not list individual people.
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 South Carolina
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Colonial Trust Advisors, Inc. | Spartanburg | $1.9 billion |
| CCM Investment Advisers, LLC | Columbia | $1.5 billion |
| Anchor Investment Management | Columbia | $1.5 billion |
| Apollon Financial, LLC | Mount Pleasant | $1.4 billion |
| Verity Investment Partners | Beaufort | $1.4 billion |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Greenwood Capital Associates, LLC on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.greenwoodcapital.com
- Wealth management firms in South Carolina
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.