SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
As of its Form ADV filed September 25, 2026, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in St. Petersburg, Florida, reported $501.0 billion in regulatory assets under management across 1,143,145 accounts, ranking #1 among all wealth firms in Florida by assets.
Registration
- Main office
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 705
- SEC file number
- 801-10418
- Registered since
- December 19, 1974
- Latest Form ADV filing
- September 25, 2026
- Organized as
- Corporation
- Fiscal year ends
- September
- Other offices
- 817
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $501.0 billion
- Discretionary
- $378.7 billion (75.6%)
- Non-discretionary
- $122.3 billion
- Accounts
- 1,143,145 (985,700 discretionary)
- Clients
- 533,848, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 16,780
- Advisory staff
- 5,683 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $438,226
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 15.5% (from $433.8 billion a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 17.8% (from $306.1 billion three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 15.6% (from $242.5 billion five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- 4.8% (from 509,525)
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 | $25.4 billion |
| October 3, 2011 | $30.1 billion |
| October 1, 2012 | $38.3 billion |
| October 1, 2013 | $56.9 billion |
| October 1, 2014 | $75.6 billion |
| October 1, 2015 | $83.9 billion |
| October 3, 2016 | $91.4 billion |
| October 2, 2017 | $133.5 billion |
| October 1, 2018 | $142.9 billion |
| October 1, 2019 | $176.1 billion |
| October 1, 2020 | $203.9 billion |
| October 4, 2021 | $242.5 billion |
| October 3, 2022 | $331.2 billion |
| October 5, 2023 | $306.1 billion |
| October 1, 2024 | $350.0 billion |
| September 2, 2025 | $433.8 billion |
| October 2, 2026 | $501.0 billion |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| High net worth individuals 99,598 clients | $288.7 billion | |
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 413,527 clients | $116.1 billion | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans 9,726 clients | $46.1 billion | |
| Corporations or other businesses 7,358 clients | $40.0 billion | |
| State or municipal government entities 117 clients | $4.8 billion | |
| Insurance companies 385 clients | $2.3 billion | |
| Banking or thrift institutions 710 clients | $1.8 billion | |
| Charitable organizations 196 clients | $1.1 billion | |
| Other investment advisers fewer than 5 clients | $0 | |
| Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions fewer than 5 clients | $0 |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Hourly charges
- Fixed fees
- Commissions
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
- Other
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 500.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: yes.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Insurance broker or agent
- Registered municipal advisor
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Other investment adviser
- Municipal advisor
- Banking or thrift institution
- Trust company
- Insurance company or agency
- Pension consultant
- Sponsor or syndicator of limited partnerships
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported custody of client cash or securities, $459.5 billion in total.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 5,802
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 5,790
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 5,683
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFP 552, ChFC 52, CFA 48, PFS 3.
Between 1,572 and 3,877 of the firm's 5,802 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 12 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 Florida
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc | St. Petersburg | $390.0 billion |
| Corient | Miami | $165.3 billion |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC | Miami | $34.9 billion |
| We Family Offices | Coral Gables | $17.8 billion |
| Independent Financial Partners | Tampa | $16.3 billion |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Raymond James & Associates, Inc. on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.raymondjames.com
- Wealth management firms in Florida
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.