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Financial Services · Recurring Advisory

The Financial Planning Firm

Wealth management is one of the stickiest, highest-retention businesses you can own. You charge an annual fee on the assets you manage, and that fee renews on the whole book every year clients stay. You are not selling a product; you are building a base of assets under management whose recurring advisory fee compounds as the market rises and as you add net new assets.

~1% annual fee on AUMRecurring, sticky revenueHigh client retentionSells for a multiple of recurring revenue
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The Snapshot

Is this worth your attention?

$50M-$500M
Typical AUM managed
a small to mid-size practice
~1%
Blended advisory fee
lower as account sizes rise
20-35%
Net profit margin
after advisor comp; the dominant cost
$25k-$150k
Cost to start
registration, compliance, technology, working capital
Multiple yrs
Time to scale AUM
faster if you bring or buy a book
Medium
Day-to-day difficulty
relationship & compliance intensive

A fit if you…

  • Can earn trust and hold long-term client relationships
  • Want recurring, sticky revenue that compounds with assets
  • Hold or will earn the credentials (CFP, Series exams, RIA registration)
  • Can stay disciplined through market swings and client anxiety
  • Are comfortable as a fiduciary putting clients first

Probably not if you…

  • Want fast, transactional income from day one
  • Dislike compliance, documentation, and regulatory detail
  • Cannot stay calm and steady when markets fall
  • Have no patience for a slow, relationship-built asset base
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Step Inside the Layout

A live look at one tool inside

This is the actual 3D floor from the full model - drag to explore it. Inside, you configure the space yourself and watch the economics move with every choice.

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This is just the surface

The full model is the complete, interactive deep-dive, and every business here is built to the same standard: a live economics simulator you tune to your own numbers, an interactive 3D walkthrough, a location scorecard, an owner-fit assessment, buy-versus-build guidance, and the full breakdown of how it makes money and what quietly kills margin.