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RBC Capital Markets, LLC

As of its Form ADV filed September 30, 2026, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in New York, New York, reported $310.4 billion in regulatory assets under management across 511,871 accounts, ranking #4 among all wealth firms in New York by assets.

Registration

Main office
New York, NY
Registration
SEC-registered, Approved
CRD number
31194
SEC file number
801-13059
Registered since
June 2, 1977
Latest Form ADV filing
September 30, 2026
Organized as
Limited Liability Company
Fiscal year ends
October
Other offices
382

Key figures

Regulatory assets under management
$310.4 billion
Discretionary
$235.3 billion (75.8%)
Non-discretionary
$75.1 billion
Accounts
511,871 (417,652 discretionary)
Clients
285,803, approximate as reported
Employees
8,781
Advisory staff
5,908 performing investment advisory functions
Average account
$606,459
Asset growth, 1 year
19.4% (from $260.0 billion a year earlier)
Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
19.2% (from $183.5 billion three years earlier)
Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
16.2% (from $146.6 billion five years earlier)
Client growth, 1 year
-3.3% (from 295,487)

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

RBC Capital Markets, LLC: regulatory assets under managementThe SEC's yearly snapshots and the latest filing. Years of state registration are not in the SEC files.RAUM the firm reported in each snapshot, October 1, 2010 to October 2, 2026.
$0$100B$200B$300B$400B201020132016202020232026$310BOctober 1, 2010: $34.3 billionOctober 3, 2011: $41.2 billionOctober 1, 2012: $44.6 billionOctober 1, 2013: $50.6 billionOctober 1, 2014: $67.7 billionOctober 1, 2015: $74.6 billionOctober 3, 2016: $76.3 billionOctober 2, 2017: $81.8 billionOctober 1, 2018: $106.0 billionOctober 1, 2019: $118.7 billionOctober 1, 2020: $141.7 billionOctober 4, 2021: $146.6 billionOctober 3, 2022: $201.2 billionOctober 5, 2023: $183.5 billionOctober 1, 2024: $201.3 billionSeptember 2, 2025: $260.0 billionOctober 2, 2026: $310.4 billion
Data table
RBC Capital Markets, LLC: regulatory assets under management
As ofRAUM
October 1, 2010$34.3 billion
October 3, 2011$41.2 billion
October 1, 2012$44.6 billion
October 1, 2013$50.6 billion
October 1, 2014$67.7 billion
October 1, 2015$74.6 billion
October 3, 2016$76.3 billion
October 2, 2017$81.8 billion
October 1, 2018$106.0 billion
October 1, 2019$118.7 billion
October 1, 2020$141.7 billion
October 4, 2021$146.6 billion
October 3, 2022$201.2 billion
October 5, 2023$183.5 billion
October 1, 2024$201.3 billion
September 2, 2025$260.0 billion
October 2, 2026$310.4 billion

Clients and services

Client mix

Regulatory assets by client typeForm ADV Item 5.D, as reported. Client counts are approximate.
MeasureBarRAUM
Individuals (other than high net worth) 263,588 clients $182.2 billion
High net worth individuals 12,350 clients $98.5 billion
Corporations or other businesses 3,071 clients $13.8 billion
Charitable organizations 2,222 clients $10.8 billion
Pension and profit sharing plans 2,335 clients $2.7 billion
State or municipal government entities 215 clients $1.2 billion
Pooled investment vehicles 17 clients $651.5 million
Insurance companies 105 clients $445.3 million
Banking or thrift institutions 7 clients $55.6 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 pooled investment vehicles
  • Portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting
  • Selection of other advisers
  • Educational seminars or workshops
  • Other

Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 51-100.

Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: yes.

Other business, affiliations and custody

Other business activities (Item 6.A)

  • Broker-dealer
  • Futures commission merchant
  • Insurance broker or agent
  • Registered municipal advisor
  • Registered security-based swap dealer

Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)

  • Broker-dealer
  • Other investment adviser
  • Swap dealer
  • Commodity pool operator or commodity trading advisor
  • Futures commission merchant
  • Banking or thrift institution
  • Trust company
  • Insurance company or agency
  • Pension consultant
  • 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, $308.9 billion in total.

Investment adviser representatives

IARs registered with the firm
3,838
Also registered through a broker-dealer
3,836
Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
3,750

Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFP 313, CFA 37, ChFC 19, PFS 2.

Between 561 and 2,824 of the firm's 3,838 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 8 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.

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Similar-sized firms in New York

The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.

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.