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Financial ADVSR advisor directory · SEC adviser records

Financial advisors in San Diego, CA

Every SEC-registered investment adviser representative at a firm office in San Diego, with the firms that employ the most of them.

3,490 registered advisors work in San Diego; the most are at LPL Financial LLC (742). 645 list the CFP designation and 2,660 are also registered broker representatives.

Firms with the most advisors in San Diego

FirmAdvisors in San Diego
LPL Financial LLC news742
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC news167
Morgan Stanley news150
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated news138
UBS Financial Services Inc. news118
Strategic Advisers LLC112
Cetera Investment Advisers LLC news104
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC news104
Park Avenue Securities LLC71
Independent Financial Group, LLC66
Commonwealth Financial Network news62
Madison Avenue Securities, LLC61
Pure Financial Advisors, LLC54
Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC news53
Osaic Wealth, Inc. news49
Sovran Advisors, LLC43
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. news42
Edward Jones news40
Equitable Advisors, LLC news37
Kingswood Wealth Advisors, LLC news35
Corient news29
LPL Enterprise, LLC news29
Dunham27
Mma Securities LLC27
Ipg Investment Advisors, LLC24

Advisors in San Diego, A to Z (first 300 of 3,490)

CFP advisors in San Diego →

Other cities in California

All of California →

San Francisco 3,219Los Angeles 3,218Newport Beach 1,783Irvine 1,659Pasadena 1,109Walnut Creek 1,049San Jose 897Beverly Hills 656Roseville 611Westlake Village 597Sacramento 588Palo Alto 500Torrance 471La Jolla 463Carlsbad 429Menlo Park 428Santa Barbara 422El Segundo 421Fresno 413San Rafael 394San Mateo 354Woodland Hills 343Long Beach 335Folsom 305

Questions

How many financial advisors are in San Diego, CA?

3,490 investment adviser representatives are registered at firm offices in San Diego, California, according to the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure records. 2,660 of them are also registered as broker representatives, and 645 list the CFP designation.

Which firm has the most financial advisors in San Diego?

LPL Financial LLC, with 742 registered advisors in San Diego, followed by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC with 167.

How do I check a financial advisor in San Diego?

Each advisor below links to a profile with their firm, registrations, exams and how long they've been registered, plus links to the SEC's adviser search and FINRA BrokerCheck, where any disclosures are listed in full.

Source: the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure daily file. Advisors are listed at the city of the firm office they're registered at; an advisor registered at offices in more than one city appears in each. Broker-only representatives (FINRA BrokerCheck) aren't included. Moving firms? See who's moving this week, compare payouts by firm or value a recruiting offer.