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Broker-dealer firm · St. Louis, MO

Wells Fargo Advisors

Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC · SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 11025 · SEC 801-57434

At a glance

Wells Fargo Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in St. Louis, Missouri, with $252.3 billion in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed September 2, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is high-net-worth individuals, and it reports 455,837 individual clients. By Form ADV it is a broker-dealer firm, ranked 12th of 391 broker-dealer firms and 101st of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.

Main office 314-875-3000wellsfargoadvisors.comAs filed on Form ADV

Regulatory AUM
$252B
Rank among broker-dealer firms
#12 of 391
Rank among all SEC RIAs
#101 of 17,210
Rank in Missouri
#5 of 196
Individual clients
455,837
High-net-worth clients
233,869
Accounts
466,575
Discretionary
76% of AUM
Employees
4,047
Advisory staff
2,366
Offices
1,339

Owners and executives on its Form ADV

Custody and brokerage

Custodian

  1. Wells FargoAffiliate of the firm$103B

Other RIAs using Wells Fargo

Broker-dealer

Hybrid RIA

Wells Fargo Advisors is a hybrid RIA: 4,047 of its employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer. It names affiliated broker-dealers: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association., Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, Wells Fargo Prime Services, LLC, Wells Fargo Securities (japan) Co., LTD., Wells Fargo Securities Asia Limited, Wells Fargo Securities Canada, LTD, Wells Fargo Securities Europe, Wells Fargo Securities International Limited, Wells Fargo Securities Singapore PTE. LTD and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.

Other hybrid RIAs

Who it serves

Client typeClientsRegulatory AUMShare
High-net-worth individuals233,869$183B73%
Individuals221,968$51B20%
Corporations or other businesses3,954$9.3B4%
Charitable organizations2,392$5.0B2%
Pension and profit sharing plans4,364$3.4B1%
State or municipal government entities20$89M<1%
Banking or thrift institutions1$8M<1%
Insurance companies7$4M<1%

Disciplinary disclosures

Wells Fargo Advisors answers yes to 331 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV (criminal, regulatory or civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates). Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗

Services

  • Financial planning
  • Portfolio management for individuals and small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses and institutions
  • Pension consulting
  • Selecting other advisers
  • Other services

How it’s paid

  • A percentage of assets under management
  • Fixed fees
  • Commissions

Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗wellsfargoadvisors.com ↗

SEC and FINRA actions

  • SEC, Aug 12, 2026Fiduciary duty and conflicts. Outcome in the release.Official release
See Wells Fargo Advisors in the Enforcement Tracker →

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Background

Questions

How much does Wells Fargo Advisors manage?

Wells Fargo Advisors reports $252.3 billion in regulatory assets under management across 466,575 accounts, 76% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed September 2, 2026.

What kind of firm is Wells Fargo Advisors?

Wells Fargo Advisors is a broker-dealer firm by its Form ADV answers. The firm is itself registered as a broker-dealer as well as an investment adviser. It reports a bank or thrift among its related persons. A public reporting company controls it.

Who are Wells Fargo Advisors’s clients?

By assets, its largest client types are high-net-worth individuals ($183.0 billion, 233,869 clients); individuals ($51.4 billion, 221,968 clients); corporations or other businesses ($9.3 billion, 3,954 clients).

Does Wells Fargo Advisors have any disciplinary history?

Wells Fargo Advisors answers yes to 331 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV, which covers criminal, regulatory and civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates. The details are on the SEC’s adviser search.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure is Wells Fargo Advisors’s own answer on its latest Form ADV, from the SEC’s registered-adviser list as of October 1, 2026: regulatory assets and accounts (Item 5.F), clients by type (5.D), employees (5.A and 5.B), compensation (5.E) and services (5.G). Custodians come from Schedule D 5.K(3) of its latest filing (2026-09-02), which lists those holding 10% or more of separately managed account assets and the amount at each. “Hybrid” means some employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2)); affiliated broker-dealers are the related persons it lists in Item 7.A and Schedule D. Firm type comes from its own answers: broker-dealer firms are registered broker-dealers themselves (Item 6.A); private fund advisers manage mostly private funds (Item 7.B, 5.D); wealth managers manage at least half their assets for individuals (5.D). Ranks compare it by regulatory assets with every SEC-registered adviser and with firms of its type. Figures are as of the firm’s last annual update, so they can lag recent deals and market moves. Regulatory AUM counts assets the firm continuously supervises and can differ from what a firm markets.

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