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RIAs by state · SEC data as of October 1, 2026

RIAs in Connecticut

The SEC-registered investment advisers based in Connecticut, what they manage, and the largest independent wealth managers.

Connecticut is home to 149 wealth-focused RIAs managing $233B, 18th of 51 states and DC. The largest is Apella Wealth in West Hartford, with $11B.

Wealth-focused RIAs
149
18th of 51
Their assets
$233B
19th of 51
$1B+ firms
42
Median $439M
All SEC RIAs
501
24,416 employees

Largest independent wealth managers in Connecticut

Largest independent wealth managers headquartered in Connecticut
#FirmHeadquartersRegulatory AUMIndividual clientsEmployees
1Apella WealthSEC recordWest Hartford$11B8,139179
2Bradley Foster & Sargent IncSEC recordHartford$9.1B1,84061
3Coastal Bridge AdvisorsSEC recordWestport$5.0B1,84646
4Northcoast Asset Management LLCSEC recordStamford$5.0B4,41245
5Connecticut Wealth Management, LLCSEC recordFarmington$4.5B1,30374
6Essex Financial Services, Inc.SEC recordEssex$4.2B2,78046
7Greenwich Wealth Management, LLCSEC recordGreenwich$3.5B58913
8Principle WealthSEC recordMadison$3.2B1,17328
9Johnson BrunettiSEC recordWethersfield$2.8B6,03864
10Main Street Research LLCSEC recordLakeville$2.7B1,01824
11RZH Advisors LLCSEC recordStamford$2.4B45111
12Moneco AdvisorsSEC recordFairfield$2.3B2,78166
13Clear Harbor Asset Management, LLCSEC recordStamford$2.1B78424
14Adviceone Advisory Services, LLCSEC recordGlastonbury$2.0B1,44956
15Rossmore Private Capital, LLCSEC recordGlastonbury$1.9B25310

Ranked by regulatory assets under management on each firm’s latest Form ADV. Excludes broker-dealers’ advisory arms and managed-account platforms. Nationally: the 100 largest RIAs.

Questions

How many RIAs are there in Connecticut?

501 SEC-registered investment advisers have their main office in Connecticut, and 149 of them are wealth-focused, managing at least half of their assets for individuals and high-net-worth clients. That ranks Connecticut 18th of 51 states and DC, according to Financial ADVSR’s count of SEC data as of October 1, 2026.

What is the largest RIA in Connecticut?

Apella Wealth, based in West Hartford, is the largest independent wealth manager headquartered in Connecticut, with $11B in regulatory assets under management and 8,139 individual clients on its latest Form ADV.

How much do Connecticut RIAs manage?

Wealth-focused RIAs based in Connecticut report $233B in regulatory assets under management, 19th among the states. 42 of them manage $1 billion or more; the median manages $439M.

How we built this

The SEC publishes a list of every registered investment adviser, drawn from each firm’s Form ADV. We used the list current through October 1, 2026, kept the 16,943 advisers the SEC shows as approved, and placed each in the state of its main office; 14,641 are based in the United States. Regulatory assets under management come from Item 5.F, client counts from Item 5.D.

Wealth-focused RIAs manage at least half of their assets for individuals and high-net-worth clients, the same test as our RIA Custody Tracker; there are 8,130 in the US. Rankings and each state’s largest-firms list show independent wealth managers only: wealth-focused firms that offer financial planning, are not themselves broker-dealers, and hold less than half their assets in wrap programs they sponsor or manage. That leaves out wirehouse and broker-dealer advisory arms and managed-account platforms, which still count in each state’s totals.

What it doesn’t show

  • State-registered advisers, most of which manage less than $100 million, register with their state regulator and aren’t in SEC data.
  • A firm counts only in its main office state, though many have offices in several.
  • Figures are as of each adviser’s latest annual Form ADV update, usually its December 31 fiscal year-end, so they lag recent deals.
  • Firms that file under more than one registration (an RIA and a separate institutional arm, for example) appear as separate advisers.

The data is free to use with credit to Financial ADVSR. Questions or corrections: contact the editors.

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