SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
J. Freeman & Associates
As of its Form ADV filed May 14, 2026, J. Freeman & Associates, an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Greenville, South Carolina, reported $175.0 million in regulatory assets under management across 367 accounts, ranking #70 among all wealth firms in South Carolina by assets.
Registration
- Main office
- Greenville, SC
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 144039
- SEC file number
- 801-135397
- Registered since
- February 23, 2026
- Latest Form ADV filing
- May 14, 2026
- Legal name
- JFA ADVISORS, LLC
- Organized as
- Limited Liability Company
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 0
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $175.0 million
- Discretionary
- $175.0 million (100.0%)
- Non-discretionary
- $0
- Accounts
- 367 (367 discretionary)
- Clients
- 365, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 2
- Advisory staff
- 1 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $476,839
- Asset growth, 1 year
- Not reported
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- Not reported
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- Not reported
- Client growth, 1 year
- Not reported
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 2, 2026 | $175.0 million |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| High net worth individuals 45 clients | $81.0 million | |
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 300 clients | $60.0 million | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans 15 clients | $17.0 million | |
| Insurance companies fewer than 5 clients | $8.3 million | |
| Corporations or other businesses 5 clients | $5.0 million | |
| State or municipal government entities fewer than 5 clients | $3.7 million |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Fixed fees
Advisory services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
- Portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients
- Pension consulting
- Selection of other advisers
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 51-100.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: no.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
- Broker-dealer
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- Insurance company or agency
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported no custody of client cash or securities.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 1
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 1
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 1
Designations held by the firm's IARs: ChFC 1.
1 of the firm's 1 IAR is 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Keen Capital, Ltd | Chapin | $179.7 million |
| Beers Kight Financial Advisors, LLC | Columbia | $179.4 million |
| Intentional | Fort Mill | $175.8 million |
| Allison Investment Management, LLC | Columbia | $170.4 million |
| Wallick Investments, LLC | Columbia | $168.3 million |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- J. Freeman & Associates on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.j-freeman.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.