SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd
As of its Form ADV filed October 1, 2026, Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd, an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Beachwood, Ohio, reported $18.6 billion in regulatory assets under management across 47,696 accounts, ranking #5 among all wealth firms in Ohio by assets.
Registration
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 153184
- SEC file number
- 801-71457
- Registered since
- June 4, 2010
- Latest Form ADV filing
- October 1, 2026
- Organized as
- Limited Liability Company
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 170
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $18.6 billion
- Discretionary
- $17.8 billion (95.7%)
- Non-discretionary
- $798.4 million
- Accounts
- 47,696 (45,275 discretionary)
- Clients
- 25,767, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 618
- Advisory staff
- 352 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $390,942
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 28.9% (from $14.5 billion a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 21.8% (from $10.3 billion three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 17.0% (from $8.5 billion five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- 17.3% (from 21,974)
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 | $0 |
| October 3, 2011 | $313.3 million |
| October 1, 2012 | $551.3 million |
| October 1, 2013 | $1.1 billion |
| October 1, 2014 | $2.0 billion |
| October 1, 2015 | $2.3 billion |
| October 3, 2016 | $3.6 billion |
| October 2, 2017 | $4.3 billion |
| October 1, 2018 | $5.8 billion |
| October 1, 2019 | $5.4 billion |
| October 1, 2020 | $5.7 billion |
| October 4, 2021 | $8.5 billion |
| October 3, 2022 | $11.0 billion |
| October 5, 2023 | $10.3 billion |
| October 1, 2024 | $12.5 billion |
| September 2, 2025 | $14.5 billion |
| October 2, 2026 | $18.6 billion |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| High net worth individuals 4,159 clients | $11.9 billion | |
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 20,685 clients | $5.7 billion | |
| Corporations or other businesses 315 clients | $702.7 million | |
| Charitable organizations 121 clients | $284.2 million | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans 106 clients | $75.9 million | |
| Insurance companies 5 clients | $20.1 million | |
| Banking or thrift institutions fewer than 5 clients | $5.5 million |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Hourly charges
- 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
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 1000.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: yes.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
None reported.
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Other investment adviser
- Banking or thrift institution
- Trust company
- Accountant or accounting firm
- Sponsor or syndicator of limited partnerships
- Sponsor, general partner or managing member of pooled investment vehicles
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
- 386
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 317
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 352
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFP 65, ChFC 15, CFA 3, PFS 2.
Between 60 and 144 of the firm's 386 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 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 Ohio
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc. | Cincinnati | $23.0 billion |
| Nationwide Investment Advisors, LLC | Columbus | $16.7 billion |
| Fifth Third Securities, Inc. | Cincinnati | $10.9 billion |
| Bartlett & Co. Wealth Management LLC | Cincinnati | $10.3 billion |
| Valmark Advisers, Inc. | Akron | $10.2 billion |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Stratos Wealth Partners, Ltd on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.stratosmd.com
- Wealth management firms in Ohio
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.