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RIA directory Rankings Fastest growing, 3 years North Carolina
Ranking, North Carolina
Fastest-growing independent RIAs over three years in North Carolina
As of October 2, 2026, Tilia Fiduciary Partners, Inc. ranked #1 in North Carolina in AdvisorIQ's ranking of fastest-growing independent RIAs over three years, with 41.7%, from a base of $141.9 million.
Include wirehouses and broker-dealer firms
SEC-registered firms ranked by compound annual growth in RAUM over the three years between the SEC snapshots of October 5, 2023 and October 2, 2026, for firms with at least $100 million in RAUM at the start. The value is a fraction per year and base_value is the starting RAUM. Firms growing more than 100 percent a year are left out: on Form ADV that almost always reflects a merger, an acquisition or assets moved from an affiliated adviser rather than growth, and each firm's own page still shows the change. Independent wealth management RIAs are ranked: firms whose individual and high net worth clients hold at least half of their regulatory assets and that offer financial planning or portfolio management for individuals, leaving out broker-dealers, banks and their advisory arms. The all wealth firms view ranks the same way with those broker-dealer affiliated firms added. Asset managers, private fund managers, pension consultants and platform managers are never ranked (see the methodology). Only SEC-registered firms are ranked: the state-registered firm data is current only, with no earlier snapshots. Growth includes market movement, net new assets and acquisitions. State lists use each firm's main office state, or its registration state when the main office is not public. The US list leaves out firms whose main office is outside the United States. Equal values share a rank and are listed by CRD number.
Fastest-growing independent RIAs over three years in North Carolina
Rank
Firm
City
Growth
Starting value
1
Tilia Fiduciary Partners, Inc.
Wilmington
41.7%
$141.9 million
2
Tradewinds, LLC
Raleigh
39.6%
$242.5 million
3
Colton Groome Financial Advisors, LLC
Asheville
36.9%
$282.3 million
4
Verum Partners LLC
Charlotte
36.5%
$398.9 million
5
Crown Wealth Group LLC
Charlotte
35.1%
$203.7 million
6
Family Wealth Partners, LLC
Matthews
35.0%
$159.4 million
7
Lifeplan Group
Raleigh
34.9%
$132.8 million
8
Strathmore Capital Advisors
Charlotte
32.9%
$342.7 million
9
Cornerstone Wealth
Huntersville
30.5%
$1.1 billion
10
Sjbenen Advisory, LLC
Durham
29.7%
$183.3 million
11
Cornerstone Wealth Planning
Charlotte
28.5%
$229.0 million
12
Hobart Wealth
Charlotte
27.6%
$268.5 million
13
Peace of Mind Wealth Management
Raleigh
27.3%
$137.3 million
14
Guardian Wealth Advisors, LLC
Raleigh
26.6%
$1.4 billion
15
Worth Advisors
Charlotte
26.4%
$139.1 million
16
Long Island Wealth Management, Inc.
Raleigh
26.1%
$145.5 million
17
Quest 10 Wealth Builders, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina
25.3%
$120.8 million
18
Zuraw Financial Advisors, LLC
Greensboro
25.3%
$264.4 million
19
MBL Advisors
Charlotte
24.8%
$731.8 million
20
IP Financial Advisory Services LLC
Charlotte
24.3%
$250.5 million
21
Founders Financial Alliance, LLC
Raleigh
24.3%
$617.1 million
22
Ironsides Asset Advisors, LLC
Rocky Mount
24.2%
$742.4 million
23
Financial Symmetry Inc.
Raleigh
24.0%
$807.6 million
24
Holderness Investments Co
Greensboro
24.0%
$346.7 million
25
Capital Investment Counsel Inc
Raleigh
23.9%
$537.9 million
26
Delegate Advisors, LLC
Chapel Hill
23.8%
$902.4 million
27
Amphora Wealth Management, LLC
Chapel Hill
22.8%
$106.1 million
28
Tassel Capital Management, Inc
Matthews
22.7%
$144.1 million
29
Greenway Wealth Advisors, LLC
Charlotte
22.6%
$100.1 million
30
Three Magnolias Financial Advisors
Winston Salem
21.7%
$270.2 million
31
Sapere Wealth Management, LLC
Matthews
21.5%
$337.1 million
32
Auctus Advisors LLC
Charlotte
21.4%
$342.5 million
33
Omnistar Financial Group, Inc.
Wilmington
21.2%
$160.4 million
34
Old Peak Finance
Chapel Hill
20.8%
$405.3 million
35
Cascades Capital Asset Management, LLC
Greensboro
20.6%
$218.6 million
36
Alpha Financial Advisors, LLC
Charlotte
20.5%
$353.6 million
37
Gouws Capital LLC
Charlotte
20.5%
$120.0 million
38
Portus Wealth Advisors, LLC
Charlotte
20.3%
$117.1 million
39
Allen Wealth Management, LLC
Boone
20.2%
$382.3 million
40
Whitener Capital Management, Inc
Rocky Mount
20.0%
$346.2 million
41
Cardinal Capital Management Inc
Raleigh
20.0%
$594.2 million
42
Capital Advisers, Inc.
Raleigh
19.9%
$360.0 million
43
Aspire Private Capital
Cornelius
19.8%
$296.2 million
44
Alphastar Capital Management
Cornelius
19.8%
$1.5 billion
45
Providence Capital Advisors, LLC
Charlotte
19.8%
$623.4 million
46
Independent Advisor Alliance, LLC
Charlotte
19.5%
$10.1 billion
47
Altamont Capital Management
Asheville
19.5%
$241.9 million
48
Semmax Financial Advisors, Inc.
Winston-Salem
19.4%
$291.0 million
49
Old North State Wealth Management, LLC
Wilmington
19.4%
$265.9 million
50
A4 Wealth Advisors LLC
Huntersville
19.2%
$126.0 million
51
Hilltop Wealth Advisors, LLC
Chapel Hill
18.9%
$377.9 million
52
Absher Wealth Management, LLC
Chapel Hill
18.9%
$750.6 million
53
Horizons Wealth Management
Asheville
18.9%
$153.8 million
54
WMS Advisors, LLC
Charlotte
18.8%
$167.6 million
55
Cannon Wealth Management Services
Winston Salem
18.7%
$146.6 million
56
Bragg Financial Advisors Inc
Charlotte
18.6%
$2.8 billion
57
Adolos Asset Management
Advance
18.4%
$145.7 million
58
Bluesky Wealth Advisors, LLC
New Bern
17.9%
$612.4 million
59
Sparta Wealth Partners
Charlotte
17.6%
$194.1 million
60
Kensington Financial Group, Inc.
Winston-Salem
17.6%
$104.2 million
61
Raleigh Capital Management Inc.
Cary
17.2%
$247.2 million
62
Tagstone Capital, Inc.
Charlotte
17.1%
$229.8 million
63
First Oak Wealth Management, LLC
Raleigh
17.0%
$197.2 million
64
Reliant Investment Partners, LLC
Pinehurst
16.8%
$168.3 million
65
Act Advisors
Asheville
16.8%
$313.1 million
66
First Financial Group
Raleigh
16.6%
$199.9 million
67
Disciplined Portfolio Solutions LLC
Leland
16.6%
$145.5 million
68
Arbor Investment Advisors
Winston Salem
16.6%
$813.4 million
69
Muirfield Wealth Advisors LLC
Charlotte
16.4%
$162.0 million
70
AIM Advisors, LLC
Raleigh
16.4%
$100.3 million
71
Physicians Financial Services, Inc.
Raleigh
16.4%
$306.0 million
72
Lumina Wealth Management, LLC
Wilmington
16.3%
$152.6 million
73
Collie Financial Planning, Inc.
Black Mountain
16.0%
$104.4 million
74
Pendleton Financial Wealth Management
Raleigh
15.9%
$102.8 million
75
Linden Thomas Advisory Services, LLC
Charlotte
15.9%
$1.1 billion
76
Hayden Harper Wealth Advisory, LLC
Charlotte
15.8%
$110.3 million
77
Horizon Financial Services, LLC
Winston Salem
15.7%
$169.5 million
78
Carolina Wealth Management, Inc.
Greenville
15.7%
$515.9 million
79
Beacon Wealthcare LLC
Raleigh
15.6%
$199.5 million
80
IA Network, LLC
Charlotte
15.6%
$129.3 million
81
Timonier
Winston Salem
15.5%
$292.1 million
82
Colony Family Offices, LLC
Charlotte
15.5%
$2.2 billion
83
Atlantic Private Wealth, LLC
Chapel Hill
15.3%
$583.6 million
84
Accruent Wealth Advisors
Winston-Salem
15.3%
$129.1 million
85
Hamilton Point Investment Advisors, LLC
Chapel Hill
15.2%
$793.1 million
86
Collegiate Capital Management, Inc.
Raleigh
15.1%
$428.1 million
87
Laurel Wealth Advisors, LLC
Charlotte
14.9%
$729.2 million
88
Cannon Advisors
Charlotte
14.8%
$119.9 million
89
Powell Wealth
Cornelius
14.8%
$151.6 million
90
Spartan Planning Group
Greensboro
14.3%
$256.8 million
91
Biltmore Family Office, LLC
Charlotte
14.3%
$2.3 billion
92
Dovetail Financial Group LLC
Wilmington
14.2%
$200.7 million
93
Holcombe & McGrath
Asheville
13.9%
$105.5 million
94
Verity Asset Management
Durham
13.8%
$783.2 million
95
Joel Adams and Associates Inc.
Asheville
13.8%
$207.4 million
96
Phoenix Wealth Advisors Inc.
Chapel Hill
13.7%
$436.2 million
97
H. L. Ormond & Company, LLC
Greenville
13.5%
$274.5 million
98
Carolina Financial Advisors, Inc.
Greensboro
13.4%
$165.3 million
99
Novare Capital Management
Charlotte
13.2%
$1.3 billion
100
Gragg Financial
Shelby
13.1%
$148.7 million
Showing the top 100. Figures are as firms reported them on Form ADV.
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Data as of October 2, 2026, from Form ADV.
Sources: SEC registered adviser data (ia100226.zip)
and IAPD compilation reports .
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