Top 10 fastest-growing RIAs in Arkansas (2026)

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#	Firm	Assets, end of 2023 → 2025	Growth	Advisory staff	Net advisors, 12 mo	How they grew	Main custodian	Score
1	Greenwood Gearhart, LLC FAYETTEVILLE	$1.11B → $1.97B	1.78× 1.3× typical	8 → 14	+1	Organic	Schwab	88.8
2	Brown Capital Management, LLC LITTLE ROCK	$131.2M → $216.1M	1.65× 1.2× typical	3 → 4	+1	Organic or recruited	Schwab	82.7
3	Sowell Management NORTH LITTLE ROCK	$3.33B → $4.81B	1.44× 1.1× typical	84 → 94	+1	Organic or recruited	Fidelity	70.6
4	Mach-1 Financial Group, LLC ROGERS	$354.4M → $546.3M	1.54× 1.1× typical	6 → 8	0	Organic	Schwab	62.2
5	Crews & Associates, Inc. LITTLE ROCK	$112.4M → $181.1M	1.61× 1.2× typical	16 → 18	0	Organic or recruited	Pershing	61.1
6	Gutierrez Wealth Advisory, LLC LITTLE ROCK	$229.8M → $329.3M	1.43× 1.1× typical	2 → 4	0	Organic	Fidelity	60.3
7	Bass and Bell, Inc. LITTLE ROCK	$711.4M → $1.02B	1.44× 1.1× typical	5 → 6	0	Organic	Raymond James	54.6
8	Clientfirst Wealth Management, LLC LITTLE ROCK	$221.6M → $302.8M	1.37× 1.0× typical	1 → 2	0	Organic	Raymond James	54.5
9	New Wave Wealth Advisors SPRINGDALE	$215.3M → $386.8M	1.8× 1.3× typical	4 → 4	0	Organic	Schwab	53.3
10	Family Legacy Planning BENTONVILLE	$112.1M → $169.1M	1.51× 1.1× typical	3 → 3	0	Organic	Fidelity	45.8

Score: 0 to 100, from each firm's percentile among 5,989 RIAs nationally. See the national top 100 and the tech stacks they run.

How we ranked

Who's in: 5,989 SEC-registered RIAs serving individuals, based in the US, with $100M+ in assets, 25+ individual clients and 2+ advisory staff, that filed their 2026 annual Form ADV. Bank and broker-dealer networks (more advisors moving than advisory staff) are left out.
Asset growth (half the score): regulatory assets at the end of 2025 (2026 annual Form ADV) over the end of 2023 (the firm's last 2024 filing). Firms update this number once a year, in the annual amendment. The typical firm grew 1.34×, which is mostly the market. Growth over 3× counts as 3×, so one big merger can't decide the list (acquisitions aren't reported on Form ADV).
Advisory staff growth (a quarter): employees giving investment advice (Item 5.B(1)), over the same two years.
Net advisors (a quarter): registered advisors who joined the firm in the last 12 months minus those who left, from SEC registration records.
Each is a percentile among the firms that are in, and only firms whose assets grew faster than the typical firm's are listed. Assets include market gains and any acquisitions, so a high rank is a signal to look closer, not proof of organic growth.
How they grew (an estimate): each firm's gain, split four ways. Typical: what the typical firm grew. Acquired: firms most of whose advisors moved to it (half or more, and the old firm stopped filing, or three-quarters or more), at their last reported assets; a buyer that keeps an acquired firm filing on its own isn't seen, so this is a floor. Joined (hatched): advisors who moved in from other firms, at up to their old firm's assets per advisor ($150M at most), since a new hire may bring no clients at all. Organic: the rest, new clients and existing clients' money. “Organic” firms are organic even if every joiner brought a full book.
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