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Top 25 Institutional investment advisors based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 15,944 institutional investment advisors headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 501,710 professional contacts across them, including 220,201 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers institutional investment advisors headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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501,710Contacts tracked
220,201Verified emails
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The 25 largest institutional investment advisors based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 15,944 institutional investment advisors based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to institutional investment advisors: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceSt. Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202610001+42,985 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Edward Jones is a leading North American financial services firm in the U.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Partial evidenceMilwaukee, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026n/a38,382 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Northwestern Mutual, our financial advisors are ready to meet you where you are and stay with you long-term.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202610001+32,808 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in 1914, Merrill is one of the largest wealth management businesses in the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Indirect evidenceValley Forge, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202610001+24,672 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a community of 50 million who think-and feel-differently about investing.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Indirect evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,00024,283 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Ameriprise Financial, we have been helping people feel more confident about their financial future for over 130 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202610001+20,868 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Mercer, A Marsh business, we’re helping our clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work, and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Partial evidenceSt. Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202610001+13,910 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With financial advisors serving our clients in all 50 states, Wells Fargo Advisors is headquartered in St.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Indirect evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,00013,475 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“LPL Financial Holdings Inc.(Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202610001+11,150 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Morningstar, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Partial evidenceSan Mateo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,00010,517 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Franklin Resources, Inc.[NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton The products, services, information and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Indirect evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0009,836 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Capital Group was established in 1931 in Los Angeles, California, and now has 31 offices around the globe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceBaltimore, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0008,422 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“T.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202610001+5,499 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Voya Financial, Inc.(NYSE: VOYA), is a leading retirement, employee benefits and investment management company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Partial evidenceMilwaukee, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0005,330 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 1919, Baird has guided families, businesses, communities and institutions toward their financial goals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Strong evidencePlano, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0005,152 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Fisher Investments is an independent, fee-only investment adviser serving clients across three principal business units: US Private Client, Institutional and Private Client…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Strong evidenceNashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0004,862 contacts →

Strong evidence

“AllianceBernstein (AB) is a leading global investment management firm that offers diversified investment services to institutional investors, individuals, and private wealth…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202610001+4,819 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At J.P.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Partial evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0003,436 contacts →

Partial evidence

“For almost 100 years, we have chosen to do things differently, including the way we structure our ownership model, organization, and investment platform.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Partial evidenceJersey City, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0003,420 contacts →

Partial evidence

“BNY Pershing and its affiliates provide global financial business solutions to advisors, broker-dealers, family offices, hedge fund and ’40 Act fund managers, registered…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Indirect evidenceAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20265,001-10,0003,114 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Invesco is dedicated to helping investors around the world rethink possibility.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0002,738 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In 1924, MFS launched the US’ first open-end mutual fund.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Indirect evidenceCincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0002,725 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Founded in Cincinnati in as The Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0002,623 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Neuberger Berman is an employee-owned, private, independent investment manager founded in 1939 with 2,800 employees in 26 countries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24Indirect evidencePhiladelphia, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0002,611 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is a leading wealth management firm dedicated to putting client needs first.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25Indirect evidenceWilmington, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,951 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wilmington Trust has built deep and lasting relationships, put our clients first, and provided innovative advice for complex situations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Institutional investment advisors based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
43.9%Verified-email coverage
31.5Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
3.3%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
11,601
11-50
3,309
51-200
681
201-500
152
501-1,000
55
1,001-5,000
61
5,001-10,000
16
10001+
37

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 15,944 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among institutional investment advisors, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “institutional investment advisors”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names institutional investment advisors), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among institutional investment advisors, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 220,201 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Institutional investment advisors by metro

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names institutional investment advisors, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many institutional investment advisors are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 15,944 institutional investment advisors headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Edward Jones, headquartered in St. Louis, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most institutional investment advisors?

New York leads with 533 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (193) and Atlanta (191).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 220,201 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 15,944 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.