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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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Erin Mcgovern

Erin Mary Ziegler, Erin Mcgovern Ziegler
RR
CRD#: 1819118
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
28 years registered
Jonathan Kae-chi Wang

Jonathan Kae-chi Wang

Jonathan K Wang
IAR
CRD#: 4196411
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):BERGQUIST WANG, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
13 years registered
RL

Ryan Atticus Lowe

IAR
CRD#: 4766979
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):15 EQUITY

Disclosures:
Experience:
23 years registered
WD

Wilbert Dominguez

Wilbert B Dominguez, Wilbert Manuel Dominguez, Wilbert Manuel Dominguez Balam
IAR
RR
CRD#: 5581338
Location:
Santa Paula, CA 93060

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

Disclosures:
Experience:
13 years registered
CP

Carey Cholwezi Pott

PR
CRD#: 5582424
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):15 EQUITY

Disclosures:
Experience:
18 years registered
HC

Harrison T Croff

IAR
RR
CRD#: 6197598
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
13 years registered
RB

Rachel Helen Burkley

Rachel Helen Zabst
IAR
RR
CRD#: 6495701
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

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

Disclosures:
Experience:
11 years registered
JW

Jonathan Scott Wimbish

PR
CRD#: 4256943
Location:
Long Beach, CA 90802

Registered Affiliation(s):KENSINGTON INVESTMENT COUNSEL

Disclosures:
Experience:
24 years registered
RT

Richard Scott Tenold

RR
CRD#: 3000839
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

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

Disclosures:
Experience:
28 years registered
SR

Steven A Rosso

IAR
RR
CRD#: 6587168
Location:
Goleta, CA 93117

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

Disclosures:
Experience:
10 years registered
JT

Julia Grace Tipolt

Julie Grace Swan
IAR
RR
CRD#: 3014915
Location:
Buellton, CA

Registered Affiliation(s):STATE FARM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP.

Disclosures:
Experience:
28 years registered
JR

Janie Soto Rios

San Juanita Rios
RR
CRD#: 2289304
Location:
Ventura, CA 93003

Registered Affiliation(s):PFS INVESTMENTS INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
28 years registered
ML

Mee Hyon Lee

M Lee, Mee Hyon Lee, Michelle Lee, Mee Lee
IAR
RR
CRD#: 6561885
Location:
Ventura, CA 93003

Registered Affiliation(s):J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
10 years registered
TL

Troy Allen Lunde

Troy Alan Lunde
RR
CRD#: 2720643
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036-0211

Registered Affiliation(s):ALLSTATE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
28 years registered
FA

Florencio Greg Ayala

Gregorio F Ayala, Florencio F Ayala, Florencio G Ayala, Florencio Greg Ayala Iii, Florencio Gregorio Ayala Iii, Florencio Gregorio Ayala, Greg Ayala
IAR
RR
CRD#: 6575741
Location:
Port Hueneme, CA 93041

Registered Affiliation(s):J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
10 years registered
John Joseph Demboski

John Joseph Demboski

IAR
RR
CRD#: 4320709
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):VALMARK ADVISERS, INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
25 years registered
JP

John R Pate

John Robert Pate
IAR
RR
CRD#: 1805356
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93108

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

Disclosures:
Experience:
38 years registered
BB

Blakely Garrett Biederman

Blake Biederman
IAR
RR
CRD#: 1752359
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036-1117

Registered Affiliation(s):LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
39 years registered
Lori Ann Daffron

Lori Ann Daffron

Lori Ann Tschech
IAR
RR
CRD#: 1839429
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
38 years registered
KL

Kristina M Linker

Kristina Michelle Schwartz
RR
CRD#: 3219965
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

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

Disclosures:
Experience:
27 years registered
JJ

Jeffrey Frank Jagard

Jeff Frank Jagard, Jeff Jagard
IAR
CRD#: 4601379
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):AVALAN, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
22 years registered
RS

Robert Allen Schultz

Robert Schultz
IAR
CRD#: 5640026
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):OMEGA FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
17 years registered
NH

Nathan B Hass

IAR
RR
CRD#: 6098845
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
12 years registered
KV

Kyle G Vandermey

IAR
RR
CRD#: 6269706
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):PENSIONMARK FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
9 years registered

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