Savant Wealth Management Ranks 12th on Barron’s 2025 Top 100 RIA Firms
ROCKFORD, Ill. (Oct. 15, 2025) – Savant Wealth Management, a fee-only registered investment adviser (RIA), announced it ranked number 12 on the Barron’s list of 2025 Top 100 RIA Firms, moving up from number 17 in 2024 and number 31 in 2023. The publication’s tenth annual ranking of independent advisory firms is based on a variety of factors, including assets, the firm’s growth, technology spending, succession planning, and other metrics. Savant did not pay a fee to be included in the rankings.
Brent Brodeski, CPA, CFP®, CFA®, MBA, Savant’s founder and CEO, said the firm’s rise to number 12 on Barron’s 2025 Top 100 RIA Firms list reflects a disciplined growth strategy and commitment to delivering strong client outcomes. “We are building Savant to serve families for generations through evidence-based planning and investing, deep advisor expertise, modern tools, and leadership continuity,” he said.
With its annual Top 100 RIA Firms list, Barron’s seeks to recognize advisory firms that exemplify excellence and, in doing so, elevate expectations across the wealth management profession. As Barron’s notes, the ranking is intended to guide investors at the start of their search, providing a practical, high-level screen informed by both quantitative and qualitative factors to help narrow the field of prospective advisors.
About Savant Wealth Management
Savant Wealth Management is a leading independent, nationally recognized, fee-only firm serving clients for nearly 40 years with approximately $32.9 billion in assets under management and $1.3 billion in assets under advisement (as of 6/30/2025). As a trusted advisor, Savant Wealth Management offers investment management, financial planning, retirement plans, and family office services to financially established individuals and institutions. Savant also offers corporate accounting, tax preparation, payroll, and consulting through its affiliate, Savant Tax & Consulting, and estate planning document preparation and other legal services through its affiliated law firm, Savant Legal LLP.
Barron’s 2025 Top 100 RIA Firms: Rankings were determined through a multi-faceted process that includes verification of data with advisors’ firms and regulatory databases. Barron’s then applies a rankings formula to the data to generate a ranking. The formula features three major categories of calculations: 1) assets, 2) revenue, and 3) quality of practice. In each of those categories, Barron’s conducts multiple subcalculations. More information on Barrons’s methodology can be found here. Savant did not pay a fee to be considered for the rankings.
Barron’s 2024 Top 100 RIA Firms: Rankings were determined through a multi-faceted process that includes verification of data with advisors’ firms and regulatory databases. Barron’s then applies a rankings formula to the data to generate a ranking. The formula features three major categories of calculations: 1) assets, 2) revenue, and 3) quality of practice. In each of those categories, Barron’s conducts multiple subcalculations. More information on Barrons’s methodology can be found here. Savant did not pay a fee to be considered for the rankings.
2023 Barron’s Top 100 Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) Firms: This annual ranking published in September 2023 weighed numerous factors in the rankings including technology spending, staff diversity, and succession planning. Advisors who wish to be ranked complete a 102-question survey about their practice. Barron’s verifies the data of the advisory firms with regulatory databases to apply a rankings formula to generate the ranking. The formula features three major categories of calculations: (1) Assets (2) Revenue (3) Quality of practice as of June 20, 2023. Barron’s completes multiple calculations in each of these categories. Savant did not pay a fee to be included in this ranking.
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