FOUNDERS FINANCIAL SECURITIES, LLC

C30
CRD 137945·SEC 801-66892·TOWSON, MD
AUM
$4.14B
$1B+
Est. Revenue
$41.4M
@ 1% on AUM
Est. EBITDA
$12.4M
@ 30% margin
Est. Deal Value
$99.2M
@ 8× EBITDA

Identity

Registrations & legal identity

Legal name
FOUNDERS FINANCIAL SECURITIES, LLC
CRD
137945
SEC file #
801-66892
EIN
202052994
DBA names

Economics

AUM
$4.14B
AUM band
$1B+
AUM trajectory
'20'26
$1.05B → $4.14B▲ +295%
Client mix
Individuals Other8,124
Individuals High Net Worth1,466
Pension Profit Sharing Plans241
Charitable Organizations22
Corporations17

Operations

Employees (total)
139
Advisory staff (per ADV)
101
Advisory staff (5-yr trend)
'20'26
91 advisors → 101 advisors▲ +11%
Primary office
TOWSON MD
Branches

Custodian & Brokerage

Primary custodian
E*Tradelow confidence
Services offered
Financial planningPortfolio mgmt — individualsPortfolio mgmt — businessesPension consulting
Fee basis
% of AUMHourly chargesSubscription feesFixed fees

Filings

Latest ADV filing
04/20/2026
ADV-W filed at

Compliance

Disclosures (firm)
3
Trademark
Additional signalsExpand ▾

Ownership & succession ★

Who controls the firm + pre-computed succession flags

Top Owner Name
FOUNDERS FINANCIAL LLC
Top Owner Pct
87.5
Top Owner Entity Kind
DE
Owner Count
4
Control Persons
FOUNDERS FINANCIAL LLC
KRCMA, JOSEPH VICTOR
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
DREAMBRIDGEPLANNING.COM
Rdap Domain Creation Date
2015-04-02T15:14:47Z
Rdap Firm Age Years
11
Rdap Firm Age Band
10-20y
Rdap Registrar
Cloudflare, Inc.

Retirement-plan book (Form 5500) ★

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

Retirement Plan Book
Yes
Form 5500 Plan Count
3
Form 5500 Total Compensation
86,006
Form 5500 Compensation Trajectory 3y
202586,006
Form 5500 Plan Count Trajectory 3y
20253
Schedule C Total Compensation
86,006
Schedule C Service Provider Rows
3

SEC EDGAR

Edgar Cik
0001342396
Edgar Registered
Yes
Edgar Filing Count
80
Edgar First Filing Date
2007-02-28
Edgar Last Filing Date
2026-04-28
Edgar 13f Count
53
Edgar 13f Latest AUM Estimate
Filing Date2026-04-17
Accession0001062993-26-002032

Compliance & brand

Firm Registration Status
active

All other collected signals (16)

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

Adv W Recently Filed
No
Bc Firm Active Bc Count
49
Bc Firm Active IA Count
44
Bc Firm IAR Count
50
Custodian Candidates
Full
E*trade4
Axos Advisor Services2
Lpl Financial1
Edgar Addresses
Mailing
1026 CROMWELL BRIDGE ROADSUITE 100TOWSON, MD 21286
Business
1026 CROMWELL BRIDGE ROADSUITE 100TOWSON, MD 21286
Edgar EIN
202052994
Edgar Recent Filings
X-17A-52026-04-28 · 0001342396-26-000004
13F-HR/A2026-04-17 · 0001062993-26-002032
Firm Has Custody
Yes
Mailing Office Differs
No
Rdap Domain Expiration Date
2027-04-02T15:14:47Z
Rdap Domain Last Changed
2026-03-03T04:17:16Z
Rdap Nameservers
Langston.ns.cloudflare.comMaisie.ns.cloudflare.com
Rdap Secure Dns Enabled
No
Rdap Status
Client Transfer Prohibited
Trust Company Affiliate
No

People (52)

52
SHEPHERD, BRADLEY MATTHEW
IAR · Executive Officer · 2.5%
2303045
JOSEPH VICTOR KRCMA
Executive Officer · 2.5%
2790534
JILL ANNE RECKAMP
Executive Officer · 2.5%
4767622
Chuckie Wayne Young
IAR
7304018
CHAD MICHAEL BOWHUIS
IAR
6068731
JAMES ROBERT ROSENBERGER
IAR
5353330
Pierre Frediere
IAR
2252335
MARC BRIAN ASHER
IAR
4108503
CINDY SPRINKLE EVERLY
IAR
4855219
WILLIAM R WALTERS
IAR
1112873
MARIA JOANNA SHERTZER
IAR
4306137
CHRISTOPHER LYNCH IMBACH
IAR
1905984
MARK JOHN DARRELL
IAR
1155946
ADAM HOWARD MILLER
IAR
2148763
Stefanie Jean Agar
IAR
7609635
DAVID FRANK REA
IAR
5741982
RONALD PAUL HAMMONS
IAR
4471744
PHILIP MICHAEL DUBAY
IAR
6440139
Douglas William Waltz
IAR
7529014
GREGORY BENTON HART
IAR
2043272
ALLAN EDWARD PAUL RANDALL
IAR
6464883
NATHAN DEANE ESTABROOK
IAR
4881352
ROBERT ABRAHAM KORBEY
IAR
4607962
JOHN MILTON ZINAICH
IAR
4121001
JOHN MICHAEL DONAGHY
IAR
1967479
JOSHUA THOMAS FOX
IAR
4270579
Jeffrey Donald Wells
IAR
6615639
Tiffany Amspacher
IAR
7996884
Cecilia Kok
IAR
7720392
PETER JOSEPH MURPHY
IAR
6109439
STEVEN ALEXANDER LIM
IAR
6134111
ROBERT CLEMENT BARRY
IAR
729511
BRUCE ALLEN CAIN
IAR
2589388
ROBERT A GENTNER
IAR
5698491
THOMAS EDWARD GERHART
IAR
4234509
Eric Alan Somsel
IAR
6636832
JODI FAY BRUSH
IAR
4651524
PATRICK WILLIAM HERKERT
IAR
6009366
Cameron Michael Bernadsky
IAR
2431457
ERIC JOSEPH DALLAVALLE
IAR
2939276
STEVEN ANTHONY AQUINO
IAR
3250909
ANDREW ROBERT LAMBERTSON
IAR
5256385
BETH ANN ESTABROOK
IAR
5109757
KIMBERLY DAWN STEWART
IAR
6189135
Nicholas Evan Parr
IAR
7717645
LUIS E PADILLA
IAR
4628614
NICK CHARLES HOFFMANN
IAR
2114796
LINDA ANN DERICKSON
IAR
2335572
JORDAN SCOTT WEINBERG
IAR
1784029
TIMOTHY JAMES LAY
IAR
4328783
Polina Bolotnikova
IAR
7688031
Lisa Marlene Spitler
IAR
6644246