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Top Financial Advisors in Santa Barbara, California

Finding the right financial advisor in Santa Barbara is a difficult thing to do. Not only are there seemingly endless advisors to choose from, but it is challenging to evaluate whether any given advisor has the right experience and specializations to match your unique needs. AdvisorCheck is here to help. Our comprehensive database of financial advisors in the US, including the best financial advisors in Santa Barbara, combined with our one-of-a-kind tool kit allows you to find, evaluate, and monitor financial advisors better than ever before.

To start, here are some of the top financial advisor firms in Santa Barbara, CA.


Find the Best Financial Advisor Firms in Santa Barbara:

PENSIONMARK FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

CRD#: 208512

RIA

Address: 24 E. Cota Street Suite 200, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Clients: 3,311

Average Clients per Advisor: 25

AUM: $ 26.6B

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EL CAPITAN ADVISORS

CRD#: 290340

RIA

Address: 1900 State Street Suite J, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

AUM: $ 7.4B

MISSION WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LP

CRD#: 113057

RIA

Address: 1111 Chapala Street 3rd Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Clients: 766

Average Clients per Advisor: 13

AUM: $ 5.0B

WEST COAST FINANCIAL, LLC

CRD#: 104677

RIA

Address: 1435 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Clients: 344

Average Clients per Advisor: 12

AUM: $ 1.5B

ARLINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

CRD#: 283288

RIA

Address: 100 E. De La Guerra St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Clients: 24

Average Clients per Advisor: 4

AUM: $ 741M

CURTIS ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

CRD#: 151695

RIA

Address: 735 State Street Suite 214, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Clients: 60

Average Clients per Advisor: 20

AUM: $ 396M

How We Chose the Top Financial Advisors in Santa Barbara, California

To create this list of top financial advisor firms in Santa Barbara, we started by identifying SEC-registered firms with at least $100 million in assets under management (AUM). We included firms that employ professionals registered to provide investment advisory services, either solely as investment adviser representatives (IARs) or as both IARs and registered brokers. Dually registered advisors can offer investment advice and also help clients buy or sell securities like stocks and mutual funds. From there, we ranked the remaining firms based on several key factors, giving higher rankings to those with greater total AUM and to those that primarily serve individual clients rather than institutional investors. This approach helps ensure you're choosing from among the best financial advisors Santa Barbara has to offer.

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Kai Joseph Cogswell

Kai Joseph Cogswell
IAR
RR
CRD#: 5511714
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):WELLS FARGO ADVISORS FINANCIAL NETWORK, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
18 years registered
Daisy Dahlia Melendez

Daisy Dahlia Melendez

IAR
RR
CRD#: 6528875
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Registered Affiliation(s):CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
8 years registered
RP

Randall Michael Patrick

Randy Michael Patrick
IAR
RR
CRD#: 5833073
Location:
Ventura, CA 93001

Registered Affiliation(s):PLANMEMBER SECURITIES CORPORATION

Disclosures:
Experience:
16 years registered
NB

Nancy Yalei Brewster

Nancy Ya-Lei Brewster, Nancy Ya-Lei Kaufman
IAR
RR
CRD#: 4755830
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036

Registered Affiliation(s):MORGAN STANLEY

Disclosures:
Experience:
18 years registered
CA

Clarisa S Andrade

Clarisa Simon Andrade, Clarisa Simon
IAR
RR
CRD#: 5581879
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036

Registered Affiliation(s):MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Disclosures:
Experience:
18 years registered
Michael Spencer Fox

Michael Spencer Fox

IAR
RR
CRD#: 6738509
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036

Registered Affiliation(s):COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

Disclosures:
Experience:
8 years registered
LN

Lisa Ann Neff

Lisa Ann Fallgren
IAR
CRD#: 4251021
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):WEST COAST FINANCIAL, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
25 years registered
Joshua D Hayes

Joshua D Hayes

IAR
CRD#: 5655380
AIF®: Accredited Investment FiduciaryCFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):CURTIS ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
15 years registered
LM

Leo John Murphy

IAR
CRD#: 2962473
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):ALAMAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
28 years registered
KC

Krista Kay Chaves

Krista Kay Hauser, Krista Kay Jensen
IAR
RR
CRD#: 5628574
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):PENSIONMARK FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
17 years registered
DW

Donna Weidl

Donna Gong, Donna Ibarra
IAR
RR
CRD#: 5632755
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

Disclosures:
Experience:
17 years registered
RG

Ryan Douglas Gensicke

Ryan Douglas Gensicke, Ryan Gensicke
IAR
RR
CRD#: 5681407
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):PENSIONMARK FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
17 years registered
Brian Gerald Sottak

Brian Gerald Sottak

IAR
CRD#: 5701635
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):MISSION WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LP

Disclosures:
Experience:
17 years registered
BB

Brian Joshua Berry

IAR
RR
CRD#: 6008321
Location:
Santa Barbara , CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
14 years registered
JK

Joshua Robert Keith

IAR
CRD#: 3275818
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93108

Registered Affiliation(s):LAGUNA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
27 years registered
AS

Adam Daniel Stempel

IAR
CRD#: 4787837
CFP®: Certified Financial PlannerCPWA®: Certified Private Wealth Advisor
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93108

Registered Affiliation(s):ARIADNE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LP

Disclosures:
Experience:
22 years registered
BT

Brett Lane Threlkeld

RR
CRD#: 2453777
Location:
Carpinteria, CA 93013

Registered Affiliation(s):PLANMEMBER SECURITIES CORPORATION

Disclosures:
Experience:
32 years registered
SH

Steven R Hanson

IAR
RR
CRD#: 4854600
Location:
Carpinteria, CA 93013

Registered Affiliation(s):PLANMEMBER SECURITIES CORPORATION

Disclosures:
Experience:
17 years registered
WK

Whitney Lynne Kelt

Whitney Kelt
RR
CRD#: 2541770
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Registered Affiliation(s):KOVACK SECURITIES INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
32 years registered
BT

Brian Michael Tisdale

Brian Tisdale
IAR
RR
CRD#: 5593020
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Registered Affiliation(s):BANCWEST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
18 years registered
DP

Donald Greg Petrie

RR
CRD#: 2466923
Location:
Ojai, CA 93023

Registered Affiliation(s):PRIVATE PLACEMENT INSURANCE PRODUCTS, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
32 years registered
Michael Joseph Mansfield

Michael Joseph Mansfield

Michael Mansfield
IAR
CRD#: 5656946
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Ventura, CA 93003

Registered Affiliation(s):THE LYND GROUP ADVISORS, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
17 years registered
FJ

Frances Jones

Frances Fierros, Frances Fierros-Sendejas, Frances Fierrossendejas
IAR
RR
CRD#: 6016518
Location:
Ventura, CA 93003

Registered Affiliation(s):EDWARD JONES

Disclosures:
Experience:
14 years registered
MH

Matt Husted

IAR
RR
CRD#: 6022862
Location:
Ventura, CA 93003

Registered Affiliation(s):WELLS FARGO CLEARING SERVICES, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
14 years registered

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