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Fastest-growing independent RIAs over five years in Kentucky

As of October 2, 2026, Castellan ranked #1 in Kentucky in AdvisorIQ's ranking of fastest-growing independent RIAs over five years, with 42.5%, from a base of $150.2 million.

Include wirehouses and broker-dealer firms

SEC-registered firms ranked by compound annual growth in RAUM over the five years between the SEC snapshots of October 4, 2021 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 five years in Kentucky
Rank Firm City Growth Starting value
1 Castellan Louisville 42.5% $150.2 million
2 Retirement Planning Solutions, LLC Louisville 31.4% $119.2 million
3 Strategic Wealth Investment Group, LLC Louisville 29.6% $378.0 million
4 Meridian Wealth Management, LLC Lexington 27.7% $1.5 billion
5 The Gleason Group, Inc. Prospect 26.9% $489.3 million
6 Spectrum Financial Alliance, Ltd., L.L.C. Nicholasville 25.6% $260.5 million
7 Tony Walker Financial Bowling Green 24.0% $127.4 million
8 KPP Advisory Services LLC Louisville 23.4% $433.8 million
9 Paragon Private Wealth Management LLC Lexington 23.4% $160.2 million
10 Asio Capital LLC Lexington 22.6% $290.3 million
11 Journey Advisory Group, LLC Covington 20.6% $647.4 million
12 J. Hagan Capital, Inc. Louisville 17.1% $155.3 million
13 MCF Advisors, LLC Lexington 16.7% $2.2 billion
14 Keystone Financial Group, LLC Lexington 16.6% $1.1 billion
15 Van Leeuwen Retirement & Investment Services Richmond 16.5% $260.5 million
16 Ballast, Inc. Lexington 16.0% $358.4 million
17 Investments & Financial Planning, LLC Lexington 14.9% $159.1 million
18 Alpha Financial Partners LLC Lexington 14.9% $229.7 million
19 Legacy Financial Advisors, Inc. Covington 14.7% $764.6 million
20 Owen Larue Financial Group Elizabethtown 14.4% $234.2 million
21 Saling Wealth Advisors Louisville 13.9% $321.8 million
22 Altus Wealth Management, LLC Fort Mitchell 13.2% $217.7 million
23 Lockshield Partners, Inc. Glasgow 12.8% $159.4 million
24 Winebrenner Capital Management LLC Louisville 11.4% $152.1 million
25 Pillar Financial Advisors, LLC Louisville 11.3% $209.2 million
26 Reliant Wealth Planning, LLC Louisville 10.5% $361.4 million
27 Centerline Wealth Advisors, LLC Louisville 10.2% $200.4 million
28 E. S. Barr & Company Lexington 9.9% $1.4 billion
29 Moneywatch Advisors, Inc. Lexington 9.9% $206.0 million
30 FWG Investments, LLC Lexington 8.7% $230.2 million
31 Dupree Financial Group, LLC Lexington 8.5% $269.3 million
32 Atlas Brown Louisville 7.5% $421.8 million
33 Parthenon LLC Louisville 7.2% $858.2 million
34 Research & Portfolio Management Crescent Springs 6.8% $115.7 million
35 Itrust Asset Management, LLC Lexington 6.6% $154.1 million
36 Magnate Advisory Services, LLC Louisville 6.4% $230.3 million
37 Mercurio Wealth Advisors Louisville 6.0% $105.6 million
38 Harvey Investment Company, LLC Louisville 4.5% $826.4 million
39 Wallace Hart Capital Management Lexington 4.2% $215.0 million
40 Ricketts Financial, LLC Louisville 3.7% $261.4 million
41 Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc Lexington 2.9% $122.6 million
42 Russell Capital Management, LLC Lexington -1.7% $300.3 million
43 Lanier Asset Management, LLC Louisville -4.5% $178.8 million

43 firms ranked. 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. How the directory is built.