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Largest wealth firms by assets under management, including broker-dealer firms in Kentucky

As of October 2, 2026, Meridian Wealth Management, LLC ranked #1 in Kentucky in AdvisorIQ's ranking of largest wealth firms by assets under management, including broker-dealer firms, with $5.0 billion.

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

SEC-registered and state-registered firms that report RAUM, ranked by RAUM. 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). RAUM is regulatory assets under management (Form ADV Item 5.F(2)(c)) as reported in each firm's latest Form ADV filing in the data of October 2, 2026, usually as of the firm's last fiscal year end. Firms reporting no RAUM are not ranked. 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.

Largest wealth firms by assets under management, including broker-dealer firms in Kentucky
Rank Firm City RAUM
1 Meridian Wealth Management, LLC Lexington $5.0 billion
2 MCF Advisors, LLC Lexington $4.7 billion
3 Keystone Financial Group, LLC Lexington $2.3 billion
4 E. S. Barr & Company Lexington $2.2 billion
5 Journey Advisory Group, LLC Covington $1.7 billion
6 The Gleason Group, Inc. Prospect $1.6 billion
7 Legacy Financial Advisors, Inc. Covington $1.5 billion
8 Strategic Wealth Investment Group, LLC Louisville $1.4 billion
9 Private Client Services, LLC Broker-dealer affiliated: A wealth firm that is, or is part of, a broker-dealer or a bank: a wirehouse, a broker-dealer or its advisory arm, or a bank's. It appears in the all wealth firms view, not in the main lists of independent RIAs. Louisville $1.4 billion
10 Barlow Wealth Partners, LLC Louisville $1.4 billion
11 KPP Advisory Services LLC Louisville $1.2 billion
12 Parthenon LLC Louisville $1.2 billion
13 Harvey Investment Company, LLC Louisville $1.0 billion
14 Castellan Louisville $882.2 million
15 Spectrum Financial Alliance, Ltd., L.L.C. Nicholasville $813.0 million
16 Asio Capital LLC Lexington $805.1 million
17 Ballast, Inc. Lexington $751.5 million
18 Saling Wealth Advisors Louisville $617.7 million
19 Atlas Brown Louisville $605.2 million
20 Reliant Wealth Planning, LLC Louisville $595.2 million
21 Alexander Investment Services Co. Broker-dealer affiliated: A wealth firm that is, or is part of, a broker-dealer or a bank: a wirehouse, a broker-dealer or its advisory arm, or a bank's. It appears in the all wealth firms view, not in the main lists of independent RIAs. Louisville $576.8 million
22 First Kentucky Securities Corp Broker-dealer affiliated: A wealth firm that is, or is part of, a broker-dealer or a bank: a wirehouse, a broker-dealer or its advisory arm, or a bank's. It appears in the all wealth firms view, not in the main lists of independent RIAs. Louisville $566.0 million
23 Van Leeuwen Retirement & Investment Services Richmond $559.4 million
24 Churchill Financial Advisors, LLC Louisville $522.9 million
25 Legacy Financial Independent Advisors LLC Louisville $484.0 million
26 Retirement Planning Solutions, LLC Louisville $467.0 million
27 Alpha Financial Partners LLC Lexington $459.9 million
28 Owen Larue Financial Group Elizabethtown $458.9 million
29 Paragon Private Wealth Management LLC Lexington $457.9 million
30 Guidance Capital, Inc. Louisville $449.8 million
31 Altus Wealth Management, LLC Fort Mitchell $405.2 million
32 Dupree Financial Group, LLC Lexington $404.4 million
33 Tony Walker Financial Bowling Green $373.7 million
34 Pillar Financial Advisors, LLC Louisville $357.9 million
35 Access Wealth Management, LLC Louisville $357.7 million
36 FWG Investments, LLC Lexington $349.0 million
37 J. Hagan Capital, Inc. Louisville $341.8 million
38 Moneywatch Advisors, Inc. Lexington $329.7 million
39 Centerline Wealth Advisors, LLC Louisville $326.0 million
40 Investments & Financial Planning, LLC Lexington $318.7 million
41 Family Wealth Planning Partners Louisville $317.4 million
42 Magnate Advisory Services, LLC Louisville $314.1 million
43 Ricketts Financial, LLC Louisville $314.0 million
44 Wrenne Financial Planning LLC Lexington $297.9 million
45 Lockshield Partners, Inc. Glasgow $290.6 million
46 Russell Capital Management, LLC Lexington $275.0 million
47 Demeter Tactical Investments Corp. Prospect $265.3 million
48 Wallace Hart Capital Management Lexington $264.0 million
49 Winebrenner Capital Management LLC Louisville $260.5 million
50 Principled Wealth Advisors, LLC Covington $252.1 million
51 Jennings & Associates Financial Advisors, LLC Paducah $240.1 million
52 BLVD Private Wealth, LLC Prospect $220.4 million
53 Advantage Investment Management Louisville $215.4 million
54 Itrust Asset Management, LLC Lexington $211.9 million
55 LFG Wealth Partners, LLC Elizabethtown $190.7 million
56 Wealth Management of the Bluegrass, LLC. Lexington $186.7 million
57 Research & Portfolio Management Crescent Springs $160.8 million
58 Invest Inc. Lexington $158.7 million
59 Townsend Financial Planning Mount Sterling $148.3 million
60 The Prosperity People Bellevue $147.0 million
61 Lanier Asset Management, LLC Louisville $141.7 million
62 Equity Advisors of Kentucky Inc Lexington $141.6 million
63 Mercurio Wealth Advisors Louisville $141.1 million
64 Q2 Wealth Management Lexington $123.5 million
65 Abri LLC Lexington $114.4 million
66 Graeter Wealth Advisors, LLC Louisville $104.9 million
67 Riverstone Asset Management, LLC Louisville $103.0 million
68 Farnsley Advisors Louisville $91.8 million
69 Sapphire Fiduciary Advisors, LLC Louisville $90.0 million
70 Foster Investment Services Lexington $89.9 million
71 Canopus Wealth Management Louisville $84.1 million
72 R.D. Smothers Wealth Management Campbellsville $74.9 million
73 Stewardship Partners Investment Counsel, Inc. Olmstead $73.2 million
74 MC Financial Services, Inc. Louisville $68.6 million
75 Rivercities Asset Management, LLC Owensboro $65.9 million
76 Bluegrass Financial Planning, LLC Louisville $61.2 million
77 Leif Clarke Wealth Management, Inc. Ashland $60.3 million
78 Journey Financial Management, LLC Bowling Green $57.9 million
79 Fire Wealth Management, LLC Mayfield $57.5 million
80 Jla Capital, LLC Prospect $57.4 million
81 Thompson Investment Advisors Louisville $57.0 million
82 Proactive Advisors, LLC Lexington $56.8 million
83 Prosperity Asset Management, LLC Louisville $56.6 million
84 Federal Hill Capital Management Bardstown $55.6 million
85 Pulse Wealth Lexington $50.1 million
86 Investment Answers Louisville $49.3 million
87 Plentiful Wealth, LLC Louisville $44.7 million
88 Wealth Management of Kentucky, Inc. Lexington $42.9 million
89 Moneywise, Inc. Lexington $40.4 million
90 Crimson Oak Wealth Management, LLC Lexington $39.0 million
91 Beacon Asset Management Owensboro $36.0 million
92 Burl Investment Management, LLC Lexington $32.3 million
93 Highland Capital Advisors , LLC Louisville $32.1 million
94 Warren Wealth Management & Tax Planning Inc. Louisville $31.3 million
95 Dmlo Wealth Planning, LLC Louisville $30.4 million
96 Pivot Point Wealth Planning Brandenburg $30.2 million
97 Inspire Private Wealth Management Louisville $29.0 million
98 T.K.M. Financial Services, LLC Louisville $28.3 million
99 Lach Financial Louisville $27.6 million
100 Geiser Wealth Planning, LLC Lexington $24.4 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. How the directory is built.