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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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JG

Jeffrey Andrew Grange

IAR
RR
CRD#: 4875083
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
21 years registered
KB

Kevin Lee Bailey

RR
CRD#: 1934505
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93109

Registered Affiliation(s):NYLIFE SECURITIES LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
36 years registered
AW

April Nena Walstad

April Walstad, April Walstad Woodward
IAR
CRD#: 2558366
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93108

Registered Affiliation(s):WALSTAD INVESTMENT COUNSEL, INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
32 years registered
DP

Donna Louise Payne

Donna Louise Klink, Donna Louise Klink Payne
IAR
RR
CRD#: 1007323
Location:
Summerland, CA 93067

Registered Affiliation(s):CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
45 years registered
SM

Susan Kay Mack

Susan Ivy, Susan Mack, Susan Mack-Munford, Susan Williams
IAR
RR
CRD#: 5231597
Location:
Carpinteria, CA 93013

Registered Affiliation(s):PLANMEMBER SECURITIES CORPORATION

Disclosures:
Experience:
18 years registered
Joseph L Gagnon

Joseph L Gagnon

Joseph Louis Gagnon, Joseph Gagnon
IAR
CRD#: 4857998
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93110

Registered Affiliation(s):CREATIVEONE WEALTH, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
22 years registered
LL

Lisa Bettina Lomeli

Bettina Lomeli
IAR
RR
CRD#: 4982313
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

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

Disclosures:
Experience:
21 years registered
KS

Kirk Brian Stovesand

IAR
CRD#: 4249778
CFP®: Certified Financial PlannerCPWA®: Certified Private Wealth Advisor
Location:
Goleta, CA 93117

Registered Affiliation(s):WALPOLE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
26 years registered
AR

Armando Ramos

RR
CRD#: 2082042
Location:
Ventura, CA 93003

Registered Affiliation(s):PFS INVESTMENTS INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
36 years registered
CC

Clarice Merle Couey

IAR
RR
CRD#: 4853354
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036

Registered Affiliation(s):OSAIC WEALTH, INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
21 years registered
JH

Jessie Edward Hawkins

IAR
RR
CRD#: 4864542
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036

Registered Affiliation(s):MORGAN STANLEY

Disclosures:
Experience:
22 years registered
NC

Nathan Edward Cultice

IAR
CRD#: 2873957
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):CASTLE WEALTH PLANNING

Disclosures:
Experience:
29 years registered
RG

Robert Bernard Gilson

Bob Gilson, Robert Bernard Gilson
IAR
RR
CRD#: 1122485
Location:
Montecito, CA 93108

Registered Affiliation(s):MORGAN STANLEY

Disclosures:
Experience:
43 years registered
AO

Amber Kay Ortiz

Amber Kay Dominguez
IAR
RR
CRD#: 5517017
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Montecito, CA 93108

Registered Affiliation(s):CITY NATIONAL SECURITIES, INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
18 years registered
MR

Marie Aardema Rutherford

Marie L Aardema, Marie Lynn Aardema
IAR
RR
CRD#: 2448965
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED

Disclosures:
Experience:
20 years registered
CM

Casey Elsworth Marks

IAR
RR
CRD#: 4748267
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):STRATEGIC WEALTH ADVISORS GROUP

Disclosures:
Experience:
20 years registered
SW

Sean Michael Worthington

Sean M. Worthington, Sean Worthington
IAR
RR
CRD#: 5086578
Location:
Oxnard, CA

Registered Affiliation(s):CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
20 years registered
BT

Ben Philip Tucker

IAR
RR
CRD#: 5190141
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
20 years registered
JG

Joshua Richard Brandon Griep

Joshua Richard Griep
IAR
RR
CRD#: 5556816
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):CETERA ADVISORS LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
18 years registered
AO

Antony Mark Orme

Tony Mark Orme
IAR
CRD#: 2779741
Location:
Montecito, CA 93108

Registered Affiliation(s):MANCHESTER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
30 years registered
MK

Michele D Kosanke

RR
CRD#: 5203044
Location:
Carpinteria, CA 93013

Registered Affiliation(s):PLANMEMBER SECURITIES CORPORATION

Disclosures:
Experience:
20 years registered
RB

Ryan Keith Burnham

IAR
RR
CRD#: 5066139
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

Registered Affiliation(s):CENTAURUS FINANCIAL, INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
20 years registered
JC

Jeremy Robert Cole

IAR
RR
CRD#: 5017775
Location:
Ventura, CA 93001-4345

Registered Affiliation(s):LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
20 years registered
RC

Robert Williams Cheatham

IAR
CRD#: 5040406
Location:
Ventura, CA 93001

Registered Affiliation(s):INTEGRITY WEALTH ADVISORS, INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
20 years registered

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