State-registered independent wealth management RIA
Forward Financial Advisors, LLC
As of its Form ADV filed April 22, 2026, Forward Financial Advisors, LLC, a state-registered independent wealth management RIA in North Bay Village, Florida, reported $22.9 million in regulatory assets under management across 136 accounts, ranking #953 among independent RIAs in Florida by assets.
Registration
- Main office
- North Bay Village, FL
- Registration
- State-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 307677
- SEC file number
- None (state-registered)
- Registered since
- June 24, 2020
- Latest Form ADV filing
- April 22, 2026
- Organized as
- Limited Liability Company
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 0
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $22.9 million
- Discretionary
- $22.3 million (97.2%)
- Non-discretionary
- $643,000
- Accounts
- 136 (134 discretionary)
- Clients
- 40, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 1
- Advisory staff
- 1 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $168,485
- 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
Independent wealth management RIA: individual and high net worth clients hold at least half of its regulatory assets, it offers financial planning or portfolio management for individuals, and it is not a broker-dealer, a bank or part of one by the directory's rules. 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 independent wealth management RIAs.
Assets over time
Data table
| As of | RAUM |
|---|---|
| October 7, 2026 | $22.9 million |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 33 clients | $11.8 million | |
| High net worth individuals 7 clients | $11.1 million |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Hourly charges
Advisory services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
- Market timing services
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 1-10.
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)
- Insurance company or agency
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported custody of client cash or securities, $22.3 million in total.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 1
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 0
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 1
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFP 1.
1 of the firm's 1 IAR is registered in jurisdictions that require IAR CE. IAR CE requirements by state.
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Disclosures
Our source has no Form ADV Item 11 detail for this firm. 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 Florida
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Transparenza Advisors LLC | Miami | $23.1 million |
| Amg Wealth Management LLC | Land O Lakes | $22.9 million |
| Gulf Coast Investment Management | Fort Myers | $22.7 million |
| Ignite Financial LLC | Ponte Vedra Beach | $22.6 million |
| Emergent Global Investments | Coral Gables | $22.6 million |
The five independent RIAs nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Forward Financial Advisors, LLC on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: forwardfinancialadv.com
- Independent RIAs in Florida
Firm data as of October 7, 2026, from IA_FIRM_STATE_Feed_10_07_2026.xml.gz. Figures are as the firm reported them; corrections are made on Form ADV and appear after the next monthly reload.
Data as of October 7, 2026, from Form ADV. Sources: SEC registered adviser data (ia100226.zip) and IAPD compilation reports. How the directory is built.