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RIA Pulse Local Standouts: North Carolina

Sep 9, 2025

This week, we're highlighting top performers in North Carolina

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RIA Pulse Local Standouts: North Carolina

Each week we give props to high-performing RIA firms of all different sizes in a particular state, selecting a handful of standout firms that perform well across a number of industry benchmarks.

This week, we're highlighting top performers in North Carolina:

All percentiles listed below are relative to firms within the given AUM Band and State. Complete industry benchmarks across all peer groups and locations can be found at riapulse.com.

Under $250M AUM Firms

Under $250M AUM

1. SAFEBRIDGE LLC (DENVER, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Advisor (100th percentile), AUM Per Employee (100th percentile), Accounts Per Client (92th percentile)

2. REH WEALTH ADVISORS LLC (RALEIGH, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Employee (95th percentile), Accounts Per Employee (92th percentile), AUM Per Advisor (85th percentile)

3. WELLS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, LLC (ASHEVILLE, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Advisor (94th percentile), AUM Per Employee (84th percentile), Client To Advisor Ratio (84th percentile)

4. MUIRFIELD WEALTH ADVISORS LLC (CHARLOTTE, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Advisor (92th percentile), AUM Per Employee (78th percentile), Average AUM Per Client (78th percentile)

5. LEVEL WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC (GREENSBORO, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Client (100th percentile), Average AUM Per Client (89th percentile), AUM Per Advisor (82th percentile)

6. FRONT PORCH FINANCIAL ADVISORY (CHARLOTTE, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Advisor (98th percentile), AUM Per Employee (98th percentile), Client To Advisor Ratio (93th percentile)

7. COUNTERWEIGHT PRIVATE WEALTH (WILMINGTON, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Client (95th percentile), Average AUM Per Client (85th percentile), AUM Per Advisor (80th percentile)

8. GRANADA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC (DAVIDSON, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Advisor (99th percentile), AUM Per Employee (99th percentile), Average AUM Per Client (93th percentile)

9. TASSEL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC (MATTHEWS, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Employee (87th percentile), Accounts Per Client (82th percentile), AUM Per Employee (76th percentile)

10. PINAFORE WEALTH COUNSEL INC. (DURHAM, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Employee (89th percentile), Accounts Per Client (76th percentile)

250M to $500M AUM Firms

$250M to $500M AUM

1. AUCTUS ADVISORS LLC (CHARLOTTE, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Advisor (96th percentile), AUM Per Employee (94th percentile), Accounts Per Employee (90th percentile)

2. ZURAW FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC (GREENSBORO, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Client (100th percentile), Accounts Per Employee (98th percentile), Client To Advisor Ratio (92th percentile)

3. DAVIS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC (CHARLOTTE, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Advisor (92th percentile), AUM Per Employee (86th percentile), Average AUM Per Client (80th percentile)

4. ALTAMONT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (ASHEVILLE, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Employee (98th percentile), AUM Per Advisor (85th percentile), Accounts Per Employee (85th percentile)

5. THE PINES WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC (SOUTHERN PINES, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Employee (96th percentile), Accounts Per Client (86th percentile), AUM Per Employee (78th percentile)

6. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (GREENSBORO, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Advisor (88th percentile), Client To Advisor Ratio (82th percentile), AUM Per Employee (82th percentile)

7. H. L. ORMOND & COMPANY, LLC (GREENVILLE, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Client (98th percentile), AUM Per Advisor (90th percentile), Client To Advisor Ratio (86th percentile)

8. TAGSTONE CAPITAL, INC. (CHARLOTTE, NC)
Standout metrics: Average AUM Per Client (98th percentile), AUM Per Advisor (98th percentile), Accounts Per Employee (88th percentile)

9. DEFENDER CAPITAL (CHARLOTTE, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Account (96th percentile), AUM Per Advisor (94th percentile), AUM Per Employee (88th percentile)

10. LEWIS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, LLC (RALEIGH, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Employee (100th percentile), AUM Per Account (98th percentile), Average AUM Per Client (92th percentile)

500M to $1B AUM Firms

$500M to $1B AUM

1. CARDINAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC (RALEIGH, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Employee (100th percentile), AUM Per Employee (96th percentile), AUM Per Advisor (96th percentile)

2. KUHN ADVISORS, INC. (DURHAM, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Advisor (100th percentile), Accounts Per Client (100th percentile), Client To Advisor Ratio (100th percentile)

3. ATLANTIC PRIVATE WEALTH, LLC (CHAPEL HILL, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Employee (96th percentile), AUM Per Employee (92th percentile), Average AUM Per Client (88th percentile)

4. 1808 CAPITAL PARTNERS (GREENSBORO, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Employee (87th percentile), AUM Per Employee (83th percentile), AUM Per Advisor (78th percentile)

5. LAUREL WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC (CHARLOTTE, NC)
Standout metrics: Client To Advisor Ratio (80th percentile), AUM Per Employee (79th percentile)

6. COLLEGIATE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. (RALEIGH, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Employee (91th percentile), Client To Advisor Ratio (90th percentile), Accounts Per Client (85th percentile)

1B to $5B AUM Firms

$1B to $5B AUM

1. SALEM INVESTMENT COUNSELORS INC (WINSTON SALEM, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Employee (100th percentile), Accounts Per Employee (97th percentile), AUM Per Advisor (96th percentile)

2. ARBOR INVESTMENT ADVISORS (WINSTON SALEM, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Employee (93th percentile), Client To Advisor Ratio (90th percentile), AUM Per Advisor (89th percentile)

3. TOPSAIL WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC (CHARLOTTE, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Employee (100th percentile), AUM Per Advisor (93th percentile), AUM Per Account (76th percentile)

4. COLONY FAMILY OFFICES, LLC (CHARLOTTE, NC)
Standout metrics: Client To Advisor Ratio (100th percentile), AUM Per Employee (93th percentile), AUM Per Account (85th percentile)

5. SMITH SALLEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT (GREENSBORO, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Employee (83th percentile)

6. ABSHER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC (CHAPEL HILL, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Client (90th percentile), Client To Advisor Ratio (77th percentile), AUM Per Employee (77th percentile)

7. FRANKLIN STREET ADVISORS INC. (CHAPEL HILL, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Client (93th percentile), Average AUM Per Client (79th percentile), AUM Per Account (79th percentile)

8. ETON ADVISORS (CHAPEL HILL, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Advisor (100th percentile), AUM Per Account (94th percentile), AUM Per Employee (90th percentile)

9. BRAGG FINANCIAL ADVISORS INC (CHARLOTTE, NC)
Standout metrics: AUM Per Advisor (86th percentile), Client To Advisor Ratio (83th percentile), AUM Per Account (82th percentile)

10. HAMILTON POINT INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC (CHAPEL HILL, NC)
Standout metrics: Accounts Per Client (86th percentile)


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Generated 9/9/2025. Average data age: 133 days.