Discovery the right financial advisor to help with your financial needs and goals can be a very complicated process.
There are so multitudinous things to consider. Every financial advisor has their own area of expertise. The services provided by financial advisors intention vary based on the type of advisor but, overall, a financial advisor will assess your current financial post — including your assets, debts and expenses — and identify areas for improvement.
Advisors use their knowledge and expertise to fashion personalized financial plans that aim to achieve the financial goals of clients. A good financial advisor will ask you with regard to your life goals and create a plan to help you reach them. That may mean discussing your budget, retirement blueprinting, estate planning, insurance needs, long-term care or tax strategies.
An advisor can play a major role in helping shoppers grow and protect their wealth. The key is to find an advisor you trust, and it’s important to make sure they are someone who is a friendly match for you.
To be sure, financial advisors aren’t just for rich people — working with an advisor is a great hand-picked for anyone who wants to get their personal finances on track and set long-term objectives. The CNBC ranking is meant to be a starting inapt for individual investors who are looking for a financial advisor. We hope this list will help to narrow your search.
For the fourth year in a row, CNBC exposes its ranking of top financial advisors. The CNBC FA 100 recognizes those advisory firms that best help shoppers navigate their financial lives.
Review the methodology which CNBC employed to determine the FA 100 ranking for 2022 in collaboration with AccuPoint Blends. (CNBC does not charge any type of fee to advisors to be listed in this annual ranking.)
2022 RANK | FIRM | HQ | TOTAL AUM | YEARS IN THE Occupation | ACCOUNTS UNDER MANAGEMENT | 2021 RANK |
1 | Woodley Farra Manion | IN | $1.4B | 27 | 1,106 | 17 |
2 | Dana Investment Advisors | WI | $7B | 42 | 1,256 | 1 |
3 | Albion Financial Party | UT | $1.4B | 40 | 2,221 | 50 |
4 | Heritage Investment Group | FL | $1.7B | 29 | 1,888 | 24 |
5 | Edgemoor Investment Advisors | MD | $1.1B | 23 | 320 | 26 |
6 | Salem Investment Counselors | NC | $3.5B | 43 | 1,850 | 2 |
7 | Leavell Investment Management | AL | $2.1B | 43 | 2,000 | 33 |
8 | Halbert Hargrove International Advisors | CA | $3B | 33 | 4,099 | 49 |
9 | The Burney Company | VA | $2.6B | 48 | 4,162 | 38 |
10 | Lee, Danner & Bass | TN | $1.4B | 34 | 925 | 66 |
11 | TFC Financial Management | MA | $1.2B | 42 | 1,375 | 69 |
12 | Parsons Capital Management | RI | $1.8B | 28 | 1,545 | 19 |
13 | Pittenger & Anderson | NE | $2.2B | 27 | 1,701 | 53 |
14 | Kistler-Tiffany Advisors | PA | $1.1B | 14 | 1,464 | – |
15 | Practised Advisory Services | FL | $1.2B | 45 | 1,087 | – |
16 | Cadinha & Co. | HI | $1.1B | 43 | 1,383 | 90 |
17 | Ferguson Wellman Capital Management | OR | $6.9B | 47 | 928 | – |
18 | RTD Financial Advisors | PA | $2.2B | 39 | 660 | 68 |
19 | Equius Partners | CA | $1.1B | 38 | 1,083 | 43 |
20 | Wetherby Asset Conduct | CA | $6.4B | 32 | 591 | – |
21 | Acropolis Investment Management | MO | $1.8B | 20 | 1,055 | – |
22 | Godsey & Gibb Wealth Management | VA | $1.2B | 37 | 1,569 | – |
23 | Manchester Capital Management | VT | $3.2B | 29 | 1,609 | – |
24 | Phillips Financial | IN | $1.5B | 18 | 2,166 | 71 |
25 | Azzad Asset Directorship | VA | $1.2B | 25 | 1,320 | 39 |
26 | Richard C. Young & Co. | FL | $1.3B | 33 | 2,761 | 5 |
27 | California Financial Advisors | CA | $1.5B | 24 | 3,089 | 7 |
28 | NewSouth Capital Management | TN | $2.4B | 37 | 179 | 3 |
29 | Avity Investment Management | CT | $1.7B | 52 | 764 | 15 |
30 | Tom Johnson Investment Administration | OK | $1.6B | 39 | 5,500 | 10 |
31 | Zemenick & Walker | MO | $2.5B | 24 | 237 | 29 |
32 | Luther King Capital Management | TX | $23.1B | 43 | 3,400 | 22 |
33 | First Foundation Advisors | CA | $4.8B | 32 | 1,637 | 93 |
34 | North Star Asset Handling | WI | $2.1B | 25 | 2,915 | 8 |
35 | H.M. Payson & Co. | ME | $6B | 168 | 3,500 | 34 |
36 | Zevenbergen Capital Investments | WA | $4.9B | 18 | 279 | 36 |
37 | Guyasuta Investment Advisors | PA | $1.8B | 39 | 1,250 | 32 |
38 | ZWJ Investment Counsel | GA | $3B | 40 | 900 | 20 |
39 | Gofen & Glossberg | IL | $6.5B | 90 | 3,409 | 6 |
40 | David Vaughan Investments | IL | $3.8B | 45 | 1,360 | 21 |
41 | Damper Capital Management | CA | $1.4B | 36 | 1,991 | 4 |
42 | Foster & Motley Wealth Management | OH | $2.1B | 25 | 750 | 59 |
43 | Southern Wealth Management | TX | $2.8B | 17 | 1,500 | 95 |
44 | Beaird Harris | TX | $1.5B | 26 | 2,896 | 70 |
45 | Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas Asset Superintendence | VA | $4.4B | 31 | 5,063 | 41 |
46 | Badgley Phelps Wealth Managers | WA | $4.1B | 56 | 2,162 | 52 |
47 | Anchor Capital Advisors | MA | $8.1B | 39 | 1,110 | 35 |
48 | Beese Fulmer Private Wealth Management | OH | $1.3B | 42 | 1,032 | 55 |
49 | Steele Crown Management | IA | $2.8B | 26 | 3,800 | 67 |
50 | Oak Ridge Investments | IL | $1.2B | 33 | 1,531 | – |
51 | Eagle Global Advisors | TX | $1.7B | 25 | 400 | 86 |
52 | C.W. Henderson & Associates | IL | $4B | 31 | 1,492 | 62 |
53 | Lee Financial | TX | $1.2B | 47 | 1,600 | 48 |
54 | Roffman Miller Wealth Directorship | PA | $2.3B | 31 | 1,300 | 40 |
55 | Hahn Capital Management | CA | $1.1B | 34 | 106 | 37 |
56 | Palisade Capital Management | NJ | $4.3B | 27 | 2,225 | 88 |
57 | Column Capital Advisors | IN | $1.3B | 17 | 1,608 | – |
58 | Foster Group | IA | $3.4B | 33 | 5,293 | 96 |
59 | WA Asset Administration | AL | $5.2B | 23 | 5,781 | – |
60 | FORVIS Wealth Advisors | MO | $7.4B | 24 | 11,893 | 56 |
61 | JMG Financial Group | IL | $4.7B | 38 | 4,262 | – |
62 | Rather & Kittrell Capital Management | TN | $1.3B | 22 | 2,450 | – |
63 | Sage Financial Group | PA | $3.1B | 33 | 800 | 75 |
64 | Meritage Portfolio Manipulation | KS | $2B | 31 | 1,305 | 60 |
65 | Diversified Management | WI | $1.6B | 29 | 1,611 | 61 |
66 | Index Fund Advisors | CA | $4.3B | 23 | 2,442 | 72 |
67 | StraightLine | MI | $1.2B | 20 | 5,726 | 92 |
68 | Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors | IN | $1.4B | 29 | 1,953 | 82 |
69 | View Capital Advisors | TX | $1.4B | 18 | 173 | 98 |
70 | Conrad Siegel Investment Advisors | PA | $7.9B | 20 | 761 | – |
71 | Farr, Miller & Washington | DC | $2.1B | 26 | 1,430 | 57 |
72 | Schaper, Benz & Sound Investment Counsel | WI | $1.4B | 31 | 828 | 54 |
73 | ML&R Wealth Management | TX | $1.7B | 25 | 686 | 100 |
74 | Wingate Wealth Advisors | MA | $1.1B | 36 | 633 | – |
75 | Legacy Wealth Management | TN | $1.7B | 40 | 1,299 | 80 |
76 | Clifford Swan Investment Counselors | CA | $3.7B | 107 | 945 | 27 |
77 | Capstone Fiscal Advisors | IL | $2.1B | 23 | 2,718 | – |
78 | Bitterroot Capital Advisors | MT | $1.2B | 23 | 17 | – |
79 | Provident Trust Company | WI | $6.5B | 23 | 1,234 | – |
80 | Charles D. Hyman & Co. | FL | $2B | 28 | 931 | 63 |
81 | Cardiff Park Advisors | CA | $2.2B | 19 | 380 | – |
82 | Conservest Savings Advisors | PA | $1.6B | 29 | 251 | – |
83 | Henssler Financial | GA | $2.5B | 35 | 1,416 | 64 |
84 | Annandale Capital | TX | $1B | 17 | 180 | – |
85 | Donaldson Capital Management | IN | $2.3B | 27 | 3,730 | – |
86 | E. S. Barr & Co. | KY | $1.5B | 30 | 857 | 74 |
87 | BLB & B Advisors | PA | $2.1B | 58 | 2,768 | – |
88 | Jackson Thornton Asset Supervision | AL | $1.6B | 23 | 927 | 79 |
89 | Apriem Advisors | CA | $1B | 24 | 710 | – |
90 | The Financial Advisory Group | TX | $1.2B | 25 | 2,154 | 76 |
91 | Sadoff Investment Management | WI | $1.6B | 44 | 610 | 87 |
92 | Coastal Bridge Advisors | CT | $2.9B | 14 | 3,994 | – |
93 | D.F. Dent & Co. | MD | $8.1B | 46 | 1,430 | 14 |
94 | Pharos Capital Management | OH | $5.1B | 22 | 16,671 | 11 |
95 | Certified Financial Group | FL | $2.2B | 23 | 5,000 | – |
96 | Provident Investment Management | MI | $955M | 41 | 1,000 | – |
97 | Sather Financial Group | TX | $1.2B | 23 | 1,354 | – |
98 | Bailard | CA | $5B | 53 | 2,268 | 97 |
99 | Acme Financial Strategies | OH | $1.7B | 27 | 874 | 91 |
100 | Carret Asset Management | NY | $3.1B | 58 | 2,000+ | 25 |