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GRADIENT SECURITIES, LLC

C23
CRD 127701·SEC 801-80807·ARDEN HILLS, MN
AUM
$607.9M
$500M-$1B
Est. Revenue
$6.1M
@ 1% on AUM
Est. EBITDA
$1.8M
@ 30% margin
Est. Deal Value
$14.6M
@ 8× EBITDA

Identity

Registrations & legal identity

Legal name
GRADIENT SECURITIES, LLC
CRD
127701
SEC file #
801-80807
EIN
—
DBA names
Gradient Wealth Management

Economics

AUM
$607.9M
AUM band
$500M-$1B
AUM trajectory
'20'26
$189.9M → $607.9M▲ +220%
Client mix
Individuals Other4,386
Individuals High Net Worth160
Corporations4
Pension Profit Sharing Plans3

Operations

Employees (total)
67
Advisory staff (per ADV)
67
Advisory staff (5-yr trend)
'20'26
60 advisors → 67 advisors▲ +12%
Primary office
ARDEN HILLS MN
Branches
—

Custodian & Brokerage

Primary custodian
Charles Schwablow confidence
Services offered
Financial planningPortfolio mgmt — individualsPension consultingSelection of other advisers
Fee basis
% of AUMHourly chargesFixed feesOther Compensation

Filings

Latest ADV filing
04/13/2026
ADV-W filed at
—
Website
gradientfinancialgroup.com

Compliance

Disclosures (firm)
8
Trademark
—
Additional signalsExpand ▾

Ownership & succession ★

Who controls the firm + pre-computed succession flags

Top Owner Name
MERAKI PRIVATE EQUITY, LLC
Top Owner Pct
87.5
Top Owner Entity Kind
DE
Owner Count
4
Control Persons
MERAKI PRIVATE EQUITY, LLC
NELSON, ROBERT SCOTT
Solo Advisor Indicator
No
Succession Risk Solo Owner
No
Is Parent Owned Subsidiary
Yes

Availability / M&A ★

Already-acquired = skip; deal comps

Adv W Filed
No

Web presence ★

Stale website = winding down

Web Signal Quality
ok
Rdap Domain
GRADIENTFINANCIALGROUP.COM
Rdap Domain Creation Date
2008-04-02T14:34:53Z
Rdap Firm Age Years
18
Rdap Firm Age Band
10-20y
Rdap Registrar
GoDaddy.com, LLC

Retirement-plan book (Form 5500) ★

401(k)/plan business — cross-sell value

Retirement Plan Book
No
Form 5500 Plan Count
1
Form 5500 Total Compensation
19,772
Form 5500 Compensation Trajectory 3y
202519,772
Form 5500 Plan Count Trajectory 3y
20251
Schedule C Total Compensation
19,772
Schedule C Service Provider Rows
1

SEC EDGAR

Edgar Registered
No

Compliance & brand

Firm Registration Status
active

All other collected signals (13)

Everything else we've pulled for this record, not yet curated into a section.

Adv W Recently Filed
No
Bc Firm Active Bc Count
50
Bc Firm Active IA Count
36
Bc Firm IAR Count
50
Custodian Candidates
Full
Charles Schwab6
E*trade4
Goldman Sachs2
Folio Institutional1
Firm Has Custody
No
Mailing Office Differs
No
Rdap Domain Expiration Date
2027-04-02T14:34:53Z
Rdap Domain Last Changed
2026-04-03T12:21:17Z
Rdap Nameservers
Ns0.dnsmadeeasy.comNs1.dnsmadeeasy.comNs2.dnsmadeeasy.comNs3.dnsmadeeasy.com
Rdap Secure Dns Enabled
No
Rdap Status
Client Delete ProhibitedClient Renew ProhibitedClient Transfer ProhibitedClient Update Prohibited
Trust Company Affiliate
No

People (52)

52
REMME, BRIAN, ANDREW
IAR · Executive Officer · 2.5%
3103459
ROBERT SCOTT NELSON
Executive Officer · 2.5%
4237080
Jamie Lee Jochum
Executive Officer · 2.5%
4459768
Daniel Adam Ladzinski
IAR
7889316
Audeliz Santiago
IAR
6994443
Daniel Busch Nelson
IAR
7161637
David Lawrence Meade
IAR
5422117
GEORGE NICHOLAS YANKOUPE
IAR
3210892
RICHARD SCOTT REID
IAR
4464300
Parker Brian Schmidt
IAR
7972932
JAMES RUSSELL LORD
IAR
1309083
Lindsay L Tran
IAR
7151534
WINK, KENNETH, ROBERT
IAR
4558654
ERIC RICHARD NOHNER
IAR
5967351
PAMELA HAUSMAN
IAR
1266907
CRAIG MATTHEW DICKSON
IAR
4597789
PAUL CHRISTOPHER VESSEL
IAR
5303123
Jack Robert Ekholm
IAR
7936920
Noah Maddalozzo
IAR
8031233
Jones, Nicholas, Ehren
IAR
4767525
Tyler Chamberlain Howe
IAR
6224390
CARLYN MARIE HOSKING
IAR
6245982
Brandon TODD Green
IAR
5635726
MARK ALLEN MCNAMEE
IAR
4433330
JAMIE LAWRENCE WING
IAR
2363448
WINK, ROBERT, LOUIS
IAR
1804889
Joseph Michael Wemlinger
IAR
6933747
SEAN PAUL PEREZ
IAR
5055922
LARRY CLIFFORD DOGS
IAR
2215488
Travis John May
IAR
6783863
Allene Ward Heilman
IAR
4850815
MICHAEL AUBREY RAITT
IAR
3030926
Jonah Adam Rauguth
IAR
6629493
CASSADY, JASEN, EUGENE
IAR
4942336
Waugh, Jason, Allen
IAR
7215772
JAMES DAVID WINK
IAR
4840965
KEVIN STEPHEN MORAVEK
IAR
3248248
Foley, Nikki, Lynn
IAR
6784833
TODD WILLIAM KNUTSEN
IAR
1205375
JORGE ALBERTO TREVINO
IAR
4579361
LINDSAY ANNE CAMERON
IAR
5621950
Daniel Lara
IAR
7728659
Sreenivasa Rao Gogineni
IAR
7989158
Turner David Burkholder
IAR
7483637
PETER FREDERICK ACQUARO
IAR
2918693
Camron Jennings Varney
IAR
6693594
James Charles Baldwin
IAR
7451561
GRETCHEN M BRUNNER
IAR
5054460
YAO, SEAN, YIJUNG
IAR
5002048
BENJAMIN JOSEPH ZAHARIAS
IAR
4609899
Kenneth Tyson Fankhauser
IAR
5875952
TYLER BROOKS TURY
IAR
5381644