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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated financial advisors in California

Every SEC-registered investment adviser representative at a Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated office in California, by city and A to Z.

The short answer

2,652 registered advisors work at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in California, out of 22,881 nationwide; it's the firm's number 2 state by advisors, and the most are in Los Angeles (341). 10 list the CFP designation and 2,652 are also registered broker representatives.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated advisors by city in California

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Los Angeles 341San Francisco 218Newport Beach 191San Diego 131Pasadena 124San Jose 107Walnut Creek 90Palo Alto 84Beverly Hills 75Irvine 69Westlake Village 60Roseville 49La Jolla 48Sacramento 47Brea 46Rancho Santa Fe 35San Mateo 35El Segundo 34Santa Monica 31Riverside 26Mill Valley 25Ontario 25Encino 24Oakland 23Santa Barbara 23Pleasanton 22Modesto 21Napa 21Temecula 21Fresno 18Monterey 18Stockton 18Indian Wells 17Rolling Hills Estates 17Santa Rosa 17Woodland Hills 17Carlsbad 16Seal Beach 15Bakersfield 13Laguna Niguel 13San Luis Obispo 10Santa Clarita 10Oxnard 8Redding 8Anaheim 6Huntington Beach 6Livermore 6Garden Grove 5Glendale 5Long Beach 5Visalia 5Burbank 4Campbell 4Cerritos 4Chino 4Chula Vista 4Cupertino 4Fountain Valley 4Fremont 4Hacienda Heights 4Lake Forest 4Milpitas 4Mountain View 4Alhambra 3Carmel 3Carson 3Corona 3Dublin 3Elk Grove 3Monterey Park 3North Hollywood 3Orange 3Palm Desert 3Rancho Cucamonga 3Salinas 3San Rafael 3Santa Clara 3Sunnyvale 3Tarzana 3Torrance 3Tustin 3Union City 3Valencia 3Venice 3West Covina 3Whittier 3Alta Loma 2Antioch 2Arcadia 2Baldwin Park 2Beaumont 2Berkeley 2Castro Valley 2Chico 2Citrus Heights 2Claremont 2Dana Point 2Downey 2Eastvale 2El Cajon 2Encinitas 2Folsom 2Foster City 2Fullerton 2Glendora 2Granada Hills 2Hollister 2La Quinta 2La Verne 2Ladera Ranch 2Lancaster 2Manteca 2Mission Viejo 2Moreno Valley 2Murrieta 2Newark 2Newbury Park 2Placentia 2Poway 2Rancho Cordova 2Redlands 2Redondo Beach 2Redwood City 2Rosemead 2Rowland Heights 2San Juan Capistrano 2San Leandro 2San Pedro 2San Ramon 2Santa Ana 2Santa Maria 2South Pasadena 2South San Francisco 2Sun Valley 2Sylmar 2Temple City 2Vacaville 2Vallejo 2Walnut 2West Hollywood 2West Los Angeles 2Westminster 2Yorba Linda 2Alameda 1Albany 1Aliso Viejo 1Apple Valley 1Auburn 1Bell 1Belvedere 1Benicia 1Bonita 1Brentwood 1Buena Park 1Burlingame 1Calabasas 1Canyon Country 1Capitola 1Ceres 1Chatsworth 1Chino Hills 1City Of Industry 1Clovis 1Concord 1Corona Del Mar 1Coronado 1Costa Mesa 1Culver City 1Daly City 1Danville 1Davis 1Dinuba 1Duarte 1El Dorado Hills 1El Monte 1Escondido 1Fairfax 1Fallbrook 1Fontana 1Gardena 1Gold River 1Goleta 1Grass Valley 1Greenbrae 1Half Moon Bay 1Hanford 1Hawthorne 1Hayward 1Healdsburg 1Hemet 1Hercules 1Hesperia 1Hollywood 1Inglewood 1La Canada Flintridge 1La Crescenta 1La Habra 1La Mesa 1Lafayette 1Laguna Beach 1Laguna Hills 1Lake Elsinore 1Lakewood 1Lincoln 1Lodi 1Los Alamitos 1Los Altos 1Madera 1Malibu 1Manhattan Beach 1Martinez 1Menifee 1Menlo Park 1Merced 1Millbrae 1Mission Hills 1Montebello 1Montrose 1Morgan Hill 1Newhall 1Northridge 1Norwalk 1Oceanside 1Pacifica 1Palmdale 1Paramount 1Petaluma 1Piedmont 1Pittsburg 1Pleasant Hill 1Port Hueneme 1Porterville 1Rancho Mirage 1Rancho Santa Margarita 1Richmond 1Rohnert Park 1San Anselmo 1San Bruno 1San Carlos 1San Clemente 1San Fernando 1San Gabriel 1San Marcos 1San Marino 1Santa Paula 1Santee 1Saratoga 1Sebastopol 1Sherman Oaks 1Simi Valley 1South Gate 1South Lake Tahoe 1St Helena 1Sunland 1Thousand Oaks 1Trabuco Canyon 1Tracy 1Truckee 1Tulare 1Turlock 1Ventura 1Vista 1Watsonville 1Wilmington 1Woodland 1

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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in other states

New York 3,452Florida 2,497New Jersey 1,702Texas 1,642Illinois 896North Carolina 787Massachusetts 755Arizona 700Pennsylvania 698Georgia 595Maryland 568Connecticut 545Michigan 536Ohio 460Virginia 414Washington 388Rhode Island 347South Carolina 264Missouri 235Tennessee 234Colorado 216Minnesota 209Indiana 186Nevada 181District of Columbia 177Louisiana 142Alabama 135Oregon 122Utah 120Oklahoma 89Kentucky 86Wisconsin 84New Mexico 80Arkansas 78New Hampshire 71Delaware 67Kansas 62Hawaii 52Iowa 45Nebraska 42Montana 37Mississippi 33Idaho 29Maine 28West Virginia 27South Dakota 17Vermont 17Alaska 16North Dakota 12

Questions

How many Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated financial advisors are in California?

2,652 investment adviser representatives are registered at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated offices in California, according to the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure records, out of 22,881 at the firm nationwide. 10 list the CFP designation and 2,652 are also registered as broker representatives.

Where in California does Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated have the most advisors?

Los Angeles, with 341, then San Francisco (218). Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated has advisors in 265 cities in California.

How do I check a Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated advisor in California?

Each advisor below links to a profile with their registrations, exams, designations 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 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated office they're registered at; broker-only representatives (FINRA BrokerCheck) aren't included.