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Ranking, North Carolina

Fastest-growing wealth firms over five years, including broker-dealer firms in North Carolina

As of October 2, 2026, Guardian Wealth Advisors, LLC ranked #1 in North Carolina in AdvisorIQ's ranking of fastest-growing wealth firms over five years, including broker-dealer firms, with 79.0%, from a base of $149.4 million.

Showing all wealth firms, including wirehouses and broker-dealer firms. Independent RIAs only

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.

Rank Firm City Growth Starting value
1 Guardian Wealth Advisors, LLC Raleigh 79.0% $149.4 million
2 Wells Fargo Investment Institute, Inc. Broker-dealer affiliated Charlotte 48.7% $5.9 billion
3 Crown Wealth Group LLC Charlotte 35.1% $111.5 million
4 First Citizens Asset Management, Inc Broker-dealer affiliated Raleigh 33.5% $109.8 million
5 IP Financial Advisory Services LLC Charlotte 33.2% $114.7 million
6 Verum Partners LLC Charlotte 31.2% $260.5 million
7 Colton Groome Financial Advisors, LLC Asheville 30.9% $188.9 million
8 Cornerstone Wealth Planning Charlotte 29.0% $135.9 million
9 Raleigh Capital Management Inc. Cary 27.5% $117.9 million
10 Tilia Fiduciary Partners, Inc. Wilmington 27.0% $122.0 million
11 Tagstone Capital, Inc. Charlotte 25.6% $118.2 million
12 Alphastar Capital Management Cornelius 25.4% $804.6 million
13 Sjbenen Advisory, LLC Durham 24.5% $133.5 million
14 MBL Advisors Charlotte 23.9% $487.3 million
15 Strathmore Capital Advisors Charlotte 22.0% $297.9 million
16 Providence Capital Advisors, LLC Charlotte 19.8% $434.8 million
17 Ally Invest Advisors Broker-dealer affiliated Charlotte 19.5% $709.8 million
18 Worth Advisors Charlotte 18.7% $119.2 million
19 Cornerstone Wealth Huntersville 18.5% $1.1 billion
20 Financial Symmetry Inc. Raleigh 18.3% $664.7 million
21 Tassel Capital Management, Inc Matthews 18.0% $116.3 million
22 Ironsides Asset Advisors, LLC Rocky Mount 18.0% $623.0 million
23 Dovetail Financial Group LLC Wilmington 17.9% $131.5 million
24 Sapere Wealth Management, LLC Matthews 17.7% $267.9 million
25 Independent Advisor Alliance, LLC Charlotte 17.6% $7.7 billion
26 Live Oak Private Wealth, LLC Broker-dealer affiliated Wilmington 17.4% $592.4 million
27 Long Island Wealth Management, Inc. Raleigh 16.9% $133.4 million
28 First Citizens Investor Services, Inc. Broker-dealer affiliated Raleigh 16.9% $1.2 billion
29 Old Peak Finance Chapel Hill 16.9% $327.7 million
30 Insight Folios Charlotte 16.8% $152.6 million
31 Horizons Wealth Management Asheville 16.1% $122.5 million
32 Altamont Capital Management Asheville 16.0% $196.0 million
33 Salem Investment Counselors Inc Winston Salem 16.0% $2.0 billion
34 Spartan Planning Group Greensboro 16.0% $182.9 million
35 Hobart Wealth Charlotte 15.8% $267.7 million
36 Absher Wealth Management, LLC Chapel Hill 15.7% $609.0 million
37 Bragg Financial Advisors Inc Charlotte 15.5% $2.3 billion
38 Biltmore Family Office, LLC Charlotte 15.2% $1.7 billion
39 Founders Financial Alliance, LLC Raleigh 15.0% $588.5 million
40 Cascades Capital Asset Management, LLC Greensboro 15.0% $190.6 million
41 Capital Investment Counsel Inc Raleigh 15.0% $509.9 million
42 WMS Advisors, LLC Charlotte 14.6% $142.4 million
43 Delegate Advisors, LLC Chapel Hill 14.2% $883.0 million
44 Portus Wealth Advisors, LLC Charlotte 14.2% $105.2 million
45 Zuraw Financial Advisors, LLC Greensboro 14.0% $269.8 million
46 Cardinal Capital Management Inc Raleigh 13.9% $535.9 million
47 Three Magnolias Financial Advisors Winston Salem 13.9% $254.5 million
48 Uwharrie Investment Advisors, Inc. Broker-dealer affiliated Albemarle 13.8% $176.7 million
49 Piedmont Capital Management, LLC Greenboro 13.8% $259.9 million
50 Holderness Investments Co Greensboro 13.8% $346.6 million
51 Whitener Capital Management, Inc Rocky Mount 13.7% $315.0 million
52 Allen Wealth Management, LLC Boone 13.7% $350.3 million
53 Hilltop Wealth Advisors, LLC Chapel Hill 13.6% $335.4 million
54 Hamilton Point Investment Advisors, LLC Chapel Hill 13.6% $639.3 million
55 Cassia Capital Partners LLC Winston Salem 13.6% $132.9 million
56 Old North State Wealth Management, LLC Wilmington 13.2% $243.4 million
57 Auctus Advisors LLC Charlotte 13.2% $330.0 million
58 Mill Capital Management, LLC Concord 12.9% $813.2 million
59 Alpha Financial Advisors, LLC Charlotte 12.6% $341.6 million
60 Carolina Wealth Management, Inc. Greenville 12.4% $444.2 million
61 Bluesky Wealth Advisors, LLC New Bern 12.4% $560.8 million
62 Linden Thomas Advisory Services, LLC Charlotte 12.3% $991.8 million
63 Capital Investment Advisory Services, LLC Broker-dealer affiliated Raleigh 12.3% $1.3 billion
64 Lumina Wealth Management, LLC Wilmington 11.9% $136.9 million
65 Verity Asset Management Durham 11.8% $660.9 million
66 Semmax Financial Advisors, Inc. Winston-Salem 11.7% $285.2 million
67 Arbor Investment Advisors Winston Salem 11.6% $744.0 million
68 Aspire Private Capital Cornelius 11.2% $299.3 million
69 Colony Family Offices, LLC Charlotte 11.1% $2.0 billion
70 Capital Advisers, Inc. Raleigh 11.0% $368.1 million
71 Cannon Advisors Charlotte 10.8% $108.7 million
72 First Financial Group Raleigh 10.8% $190.2 million
73 Horizon Financial Services, LLC Winston Salem 10.4% $159.7 million
74 Laurel Wealth Advisors, LLC Charlotte 10.4% $673.7 million
75 Accruent Wealth Advisors Winston-Salem 10.3% $121.0 million
76 Disciplined Portfolio Solutions LLC Leland 10.2% $141.7 million
77 Townsend Asset Management Corp. Raleigh 9.8% $299.9 million
78 Act Advisors Asheville 9.5% $316.4 million
79 Gouws Capital LLC Charlotte 9.4% $133.8 million
80 Kuhn Advisors, Inc. Durham 9.4% $511.4 million
81 Novare Capital Management Charlotte 9.4% $1.2 billion
82 Reliant Investment Partners, LLC Pinehurst 9.3% $172.3 million
83 First Oak Wealth Management, LLC Raleigh 9.0% $205.3 million
84 Smith Partners Wealth Management, LLC Greensboro 9.0% $127.5 million
85 Franklin Street Advisors Inc. Broker-dealer affiliated Chapel Hill 8.9% $3.0 billion
86 Atlantic Private Wealth, LLC Chapel Hill 8.9% $583.3 million
87 Physicians Financial Services, Inc. Raleigh 8.8% $316.3 million
88 Beacon Wealthcare LLC Raleigh 8.7% $202.8 million
89 Eastover Capital Management Charlotte 8.7% $259.0 million
90 Carolina Financial Advisors, Inc. Greensboro 8.6% $159.1 million
91 Collegiate Capital Management, Inc. Raleigh 8.3% $439.2 million
92 Beacon Financial Strategies Corp. Raleigh 8.2% $208.7 million
93 Powell Wealth Cornelius 8.0% $156.0 million
94 Clearview Wealth Management Charlotte 8.0% $124.4 million
95 Woodard & Co Asset Management Group Inc Bermuda Run 7.5% $813.8 million
96 Smith Salley Wealth Management Greensboro 7.4% $2.0 billion
97 Westhampton Capital Winston-Salem 7.2% $168.8 million
98 Hollingsworth Avent Averre & Purvis, PA Raleigh 6.8% $127.5 million
99 Defender Capital Charlotte 6.8% $367.0 million
100 Private Wealth Management of North Carolina LLC Henderson 6.8% $117.4 million

Showing the top 100. Figures are as firms reported them on Form ADV.

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