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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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Patrick Ward Lynn

Pat Lynn
IAR
RR
CRD#: 3176811
Location:
Carpinteria, CA 93013

Registered Affiliation(s):PLANMEMBER SECURITIES CORPORATION

Disclosures:
Experience:
27 years registered
EB

Erin Burke

Erin Ann Benson, Erin Benson, Erin Ann Burke
IAR
RR
CRD#: 2509732
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036

Registered Affiliation(s):MORGAN STANLEY

Disclosures:
Experience:
27 years registered
JL

Jason R Lloyd

Jason Lloyd
IAR
RR
CRD#: 4005418
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036

Registered Affiliation(s):MORGAN STANLEY

Disclosures:
Experience:
27 years registered
BP

Bruce Jackman Porter

IAR
RR
CRD#: 4451085
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Santa Ynez, CA 93460

Registered Affiliation(s):COOPER MCMANUS

Disclosures:
Experience:
25 years registered
JL

John Alfred Lorenz

IAR
CRD#: 1940578
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):ARLINGTON FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
36 years registered
ES

Elisabeth Rachel Schreiber

Elizabeth Rachel Schreiber
IAR
RR
CRD#: 2690565
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):MORGAN STANLEY

Disclosures:
Experience:
26 years registered
SH

Shelly Ann Horwitz

Shelly Howard Horwitz, Shelly Ann Howard
IAR
RR
CRD#: 4101551
Location:
Reston, VA 20191

Registered Affiliation(s):PENSIONMARK FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
26 years registered
RM

Richard J Marcellin

Richard J. Marcellin
IAR
RR
CRD#: 4119055
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

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

Disclosures:
Experience:
26 years registered
FH

Frank Florez Hsin

IAR
RR
CRD#: 4131005
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):KINGSWOOD WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
26 years registered
JY

Joshua Sequoia Yager

Josh Yager
IAR
CRD#: 2638956
Location:
Goleta, CA 93111

Registered Affiliation(s):ANODOS ADVISORS, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
31 years registered
CM

Carol Elizabeth Marks

Carol Elizabeth Gottfried, Carol Elizabeth Hahn, Carol E Hogan, Carol Elizabeth Hogan
IAR
RR
CRD#: 2947624
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93105

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

Disclosures:
Experience:
26 years registered
JV

Jeffery Ronald Van Ry

Jeff Van Ry, Jeffery Ronald Van Ry, Jeffery Van Ry
IAR
CRD#: 4254925
Location:
San Rafael, CA 93105

Registered Affiliation(s):GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
26 years registered
DA

David Fernando Almeida

IAR
RR
CRD#: 4195173
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036

Registered Affiliation(s):OSAIC WEALTH, INC.

Disclosures:
Experience:
26 years registered
BH

Benjamin Edward Hopps

IAR
RR
CRD#: 4608364
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036

Registered Affiliation(s):MORGAN STANLEY

Disclosures:
Experience:
23 years registered
MD

Mark Duran

Mark Christopher Duran
IAR
RR
CRD#: 4307804
CFA: Chartered Financial Analyst
Location:
St. Petersburg, FL

Registered Affiliation(s):PENSIONMARK FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
24 years registered
Kathryn E Courain

Kathryn E Courain

IAR
CRD#: 4062768
CFP®: Certified Financial Planner
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):AVALAN, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
25 years registered
DP

David Alan Prichard

PR
CRD#: 4358005
Location:
New York, NY 10036

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

Disclosures:
Experience:
25 years registered
JK

John Gary Kennedy

John G Kennedy
IAR
RR
CRD#: 2925347
Location:
Ventura, CA 93001

Registered Affiliation(s):D.A. DAVIDSON & CO.

Disclosures:
Experience:
25 years registered
JC

John Cordell Clay JR

John Cordell Clay Jr., John Cordell Clay Jr.
IAR
RR
CRD#: 4432824
Location:
Ventura, CA 93001

Registered Affiliation(s):D.A. DAVIDSON & CO.

Disclosures:
Experience:
25 years registered
JE

Justin A. Evans

Justin Andrew Evans, Justin A. Evans, Justin Evans
IAR
RR
CRD#: 4425989
Location:
Sunnyvale, CA 94087-1398

Registered Affiliation(s):STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
25 years registered
DH

David Owen Hellewell

David Hellewell
IAR
RR
CRD#: 4363297
Location:
Oxnard, CA 93036

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

Disclosures:
Experience:
25 years registered
CA

Charles Edmund Allison

Charles Allison
IAR
RR
CRD#: 4452409
Location:
Camarillo, CA 93010

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

Disclosures:
Experience:
25 years registered
ED

Edward Ballard Doubleday

Edward Doubleday, Ned Doubleday
IAR
CRD#: 2418479
CPWA®: Certified Private Wealth Advisor
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93110

Registered Affiliation(s):FREESTONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
32 years registered
MF

Mary Margaret Francisco

Mary Mcaustin Francisco, Mary Margaret Mcaustin, Mary Mcaustin Mcaustin
IAR
RR
CRD#: 1832319
Location:
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Registered Affiliation(s):PENSIONMARK FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Disclosures:
Experience:
24 years registered

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