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Independent RIAs with the most clients in North Dakota

As of October 2, 2026, Light Financial Services, Inc. ranked #1 in North Dakota in AdvisorIQ's ranking of independent RIAs with the most clients, with 1,244.

Include wirehouses and broker-dealer firms

Firms ranked by number of clients: the clients counted by type in Form ADV Item 5.D(a) to (n) plus clients for whom the firm has no RAUM (Item 5.C(1)), as reported in the latest filing in the data of October 2, 2026. Counts are approximate as firms report them; a client type marked "fewer than 5 clients" without a number adds nothing. SEC-registered and state-registered firms are both ranked. 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). 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.

Independent RIAs with the most clients in North Dakota
Rank Firm City Most clients
1 Light Financial Services, Inc. Fargo 1,244
2 Financial Strategies Group Fargo 663
3 Brady Martz Wealth Solutions, LLC Grand Forks 448
4 Wealth Forward, LLC Fargo 379
5 Retirement Resource Wealth Management, LLC West Fargo 358
6 Strategic Financial Inc. West Fargo 289
7 Prairiewood Wealth Management Fargo 244
8 Fleischer & Johnson Wealth Management, Inc. Bismarck 232
9 Fjell Capital Fargo 212
10 Complete Investment Advisory, LLC Fargo 189
11 Johnson Wealth Management, LLC Grand Forks 176
12 Hendrickson Financial Services, LLC Dickinson 148
13 Capital City Wealth Management, Inc. Bismarck 135
14 Shockman Financial Fargo 121
15 Eighth Wonder Investments Fargo 108
16 Blake Wealth Strategies Grand Forks 80
17 Triton Investments, LLC Bismarck 79
18 Schmidt Wealth Management Fargo 68
19 Bona Fide Finance Mandan 51
20 21st Financial Grand Forks 46
21 Thoreson Steffes Fargo 31
22 Flyway Financial Steele 28
23 Ins Capital Management, LLC Dickinson 17
24 Cultivate Financial Fargo 12
25 Dakota Wealth Advisors LLC Bismarck 11

25 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.