SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Planmember Securities Corporation
As of its Form ADV filed September 17, 2026, Planmember Securities Corporation, an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Carpinteria, California, reported $10.1 billion in regulatory assets under management across 69,645 accounts, ranking #24 among all wealth firms in California by assets.
Registration
- Main office
- Carpinteria, CA
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 11869
- SEC file number
- 801-39177
- Registered since
- June 27, 1991
- Latest Form ADV filing
- September 17, 2026
- Organized as
- Corporation
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 350
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $10.1 billion
- Discretionary
- $10.1 billion (100.0%)
- Non-discretionary
- $0
- Accounts
- 69,645 (69,645 discretionary)
- Clients
- 69,770, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 429
- Advisory staff
- 425 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $145,316
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 12.0% (from $9.0 billion a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 10.4% (from $7.5 billion three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 10.3% (from $6.2 billion five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- 1.4% (from 68,778)
Broker-dealer affiliated. The firm is itself a broker-dealer as well as an investment adviser (Form ADV Item 6.A(1)). 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 | $1.1 billion |
| October 3, 2011 | $2.0 billion |
| October 1, 2012 | $2.3 billion |
| October 1, 2013 | $2.6 billion |
| October 1, 2014 | $3.1 billion |
| October 1, 2015 | $3.3 billion |
| October 3, 2016 | $2.6 billion |
| October 2, 2017 | $3.2 billion |
| October 1, 2018 | $4.2 billion |
| October 1, 2019 | $4.3 billion |
| October 1, 2020 | $5.3 billion |
| October 4, 2021 | $6.2 billion |
| October 3, 2022 | $8.2 billion |
| October 5, 2023 | $7.5 billion |
| October 1, 2024 | $8.3 billion |
| September 2, 2025 | $9.0 billion |
| October 2, 2026 | $10.1 billion |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 68,543 clients | $7.7 billion | |
| High net worth individuals 898 clients | $1.5 billion | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans 126 clients | $900.0 million | |
| Corporations or other businesses 56 clients | $21.5 million | |
| Charitable organizations 22 clients | $7.7 million |
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
- Educational seminars or workshops
- Other
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 101-250.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: yes.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Insurance broker or agent
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- Other investment adviser
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported custody of client cash or securities, $7.5 billion in total.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 441
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 426
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 425
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFP 51, ChFC 17, CFA 4, PFS 1.
Between 187 and 287 of the firm's 441 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 California
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Pure Financial Advisors, LLC | San Diego | $11.1 billion |
| Parallel Advisors, LLC | San Francisco | $10.3 billion |
| Centaurus Financial, Inc. | Anaheim | $9.7 billion |
| Main Street Advisors | Santa Monica | $9.6 billion |
| Composition Wealth, LLC | Los Angeles | $9.5 billion |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Planmember Securities Corporation on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.planmember.com
- Wealth management firms in California
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.