SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Kimelman & Baird, LLC
As of its Form ADV filed April 1, 2026, Kimelman & Baird, LLC, an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in New York, New York, reported $1.5 billion in regulatory assets under management across 490 accounts, ranking #99 among all wealth firms in New York by assets.
Registration
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 2440
- SEC file number
- 801-9182
- Registered since
- April 2, 1973
- Latest Form ADV filing
- April 1, 2026
- Organized as
- Limited Liability Company
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 0
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $1.5 billion
- Discretionary
- $1.5 billion (100.0%)
- Non-discretionary
- $0
- Accounts
- 490 (490 discretionary)
- Clients
- 249, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 9
- Advisory staff
- 6 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $3.0 million
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 3.4% (from $1.4 billion a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 5.7% (from $1.3 billion three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 5.2% (from $1.1 billion five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- -4.2% (from 260)
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 | $644.3 million |
| October 3, 2011 | $642.2 million |
| October 1, 2012 | $597.9 million |
| October 1, 2013 | $622.7 million |
| October 1, 2014 | $744.3 million |
| October 1, 2015 | $762.3 million |
| October 3, 2016 | $722.5 million |
| October 2, 2017 | $788.5 million |
| October 1, 2018 | $890.9 million |
| October 1, 2019 | $826.0 million |
| October 1, 2020 | $998.0 million |
| October 4, 2021 | $1.1 billion |
| October 3, 2022 | $1.5 billion |
| October 5, 2023 | $1.3 billion |
| October 1, 2024 | $1.4 billion |
| September 2, 2025 | $1.4 billion |
| October 2, 2026 | $1.5 billion |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| High net worth individuals 113 clients | $1.3 billion | |
| Charitable organizations 6 clients | $92.5 million | |
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 129 clients | $50.6 million | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans fewer than 5 clients | $1.8 million |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Commissions
Advisory services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 11-25.
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)
- Broker-dealer
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported no custody of client cash or securities.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 4
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 4
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 4
0 of the firm's 4 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 1 disclosure question. 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 New York
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| John G. Ullman & Associates, Inc | Horseheads | $1.5 billion |
| Whitney & Company | Rochester | $1.5 billion |
| Tsa Management Inc | Glen Head | $1.5 billion |
| Shade Tree Advisors LLC | Saratoga Springs | $1.5 billion |
| Fusion Family Wealth, LLC | Woodbury | $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
- Kimelman & Baird, LLC on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.kimelmanbaird.com
- Wealth management firms in New York
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.