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EMPIRICAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Legal name: EMPIRICAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC
CRD 152622File 801-72168
APPROVED
Retail clients
Custody
Filing as of Jul 29, 2026
Feed vintage Oct 1, 2026
Regulatory AUM
$8.43B
Top 10% of cohort (national)
Discretionary AUM
$8.43B
Non-discretionary $3.2M
Clients
2,400
8,690 accounts
Employees
94
Top 10% of cohort in WA
Identity & registration
ADV Item 1- Organization form
- Limited Liability Company
- Firm type
- Registered
- SEC region
- SFRO
- Registration date
- Feb 23, 2011
- Principal office
- 1420 5TH AVE, SUITE 3150, SEATTLE, WA, 98101
- Phone
- 206-923-3474
- Website
- https://www.empirical.net/
Assets & accounts
ADV Item 5F- Total regulatory AUM
- $8.43B
- Discretionary AUM
- $8.43B
- Non-discretionary AUM
- $3.2M
- Discretionary accounts
- 8,689
- Non-discretionary accounts
- 1
- Total accounts
- 8,690
- AUM per client
- $3.5M
Clients by type
ADV Item 5D| Client type | Clients | AUM |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Fewer than 5 | $140.7M |
| Charitable organizations | 5 | $19.5M |
| High net worth individuals | 1,839 | $7.98B |
| Pooled investment vehicles | 1 | $16.4M |
| Individuals (other than high net worth individuals) | 555 | $267.7M |
Compensation & activities
ADV Items 5E, 5GCompensation
- Fixed fees
- Hourly charges
- Performance-based fees
- A percentage of assets under your management
Advisory activities
- Other advisory activities
- Financial planning services
- Selection of other advisers
- Portfolio management for other
- Portfolio management for businesses
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
- Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
Custody
ADV Item 9- Firm Custody Cash
- Yes
- Firm Custody Assets
- No
- Firm Custody Clients
- No
- Firm Custody Securities
- Yes
- Related Person Custody Cash
- Yes
- Related Person Custody Assets
- No
- Related Person Custody Clients
- No
- Related Person Custody Securities
- Yes
Disclosure events
ADV Item 11This firm answered no to every Item 11 disclosure question in this filing.
Filed changes
| Date | Field | From | To | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | Clients | 2,132 | 2,400 | increased by268 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | AUM | $6,701,226,120 | $8,428,968,273 | increased by$1,727,742,153 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Accounts | 8,402 | 8,690 | increased by288 |
| May 1, 2025 vs Oct 1, 2022 | Employees | 50 | 94 | increased by44 |
| May 1, 2025 vs Oct 1, 2022 | Clients | 1,532 | 2,132 | increased by600 |
| May 1, 2025 vs Oct 1, 2022 | AUM | $4,166,875,809 | $6,701,226,120 | increased by$2,534,350,311 |
| May 1, 2025 vs Oct 1, 2022 | Accounts | 5,560 | 8,402 | increased by2,842 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Employees | 42 | 50 | increased by8 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Clients | 1,391 | 1,532 | increased by141 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | AUM | $3,045,728,540 | $4,166,875,809 | increased by$1,121,147,269 |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Accounts | 5,534 | 5,560 | increased by26 |
| Apr 1, 2021 | Registration | — | APPROVED |
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