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CREATIVE PLANNING LLC

71 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map

Market position · 2024

Plans served1,093+206 YoYRank #23 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$301.3B0.3%Market share · rank #43
Fees received$53MMedian $39,307/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY+206334 won · 128 lostPlan-level switch detection
Plans served · 5-year trajectory
Market-share plans percent annotated. Bar height is raw plan count.
Customer-base shape
What does a typical CREATIVE PLANNING LLC plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where CREATIVE PLANNING LLC ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
Other fees; Investment advisory (plan); Other servicesCode 27
651$40,000
Other investment fees and expenses; Investment management fees paid directly by plan; Investment advisory (participants); Investment advisory (plan)Code 26
243$16,886
Other fees; Consulting (general)Code 16
73$45,000
Shareholder servicing fees; Investment managementCode 28
44$52,294
Trustee (bank, trust company, or similar financial institution); Recordkeeping fees; Other fees; Direct payment from the plan; Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Other servicesCode 15
41$35,251
Other feesCode 99
40$26,152
Investment advisory (plan); Contract Administrator; Direct payment from the planCode 13
11$73,121
Other servicesCode 49
8$11,627
Competitor overlap
Percent of CREATIVE PLANNING LLC's plans that also list each competitor on Schedule C. High numbers = co-living partners; low numbers = direct displacement targets.
Plans won in 2024
Appeared this year; did not appear last year under CREATIVE PLANNING LLC.
SponsorFromAssets
DELTA AIR LINES, INC.GA · 580218548-004
FINANCIAL ENGINES$19.0B
THE PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC.CA · 942728480-013
EWG ELEVATE INC$9.9B
CACI INTERNATIONAL, INC.VA · 541345888-002
GRANT THORNTON LLP$3.9B
U.S. ANESTHESIA PARTNERS, INCTX · 460872971-001
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC.$2.8B
AMERITEAM SERVICES, LLCTN · 472129748-002
SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.$1.8B
PITNEY BOWES INC.CT · 060495050-006
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC$1.7B
GREENBERG TRAURIG, PAFL · 591270754-004
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.$1.6B
SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES, INC.SC · 570301199-002
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC$1.2B
ACE HARDWARE CORPORATIONIL · 360700810-001
TORCH CREATIVE INC$1.2B
LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C.CA · 942602731-003
LIDO ADVISORS LLC$1.1B
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under CREATIVE PLANNING LLC; not this year.
SponsorToAssets
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANYCA · 951240335-002
FINANCIAL ENGINES$5.7B
V2X, INC.MS · 640941176-001
CBIZ RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES$538M
SAFRAN USA, INC.TX · 510282961-001
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC$538M
RITE-HITE HOLDING CORPORATIONWI · 391913562-001
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.$423M
BCD TRAVEL USA LLCGA · 582308827-001
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC.$409M
CAPGEMINI AMERICA, INC.IL · 222575929-004
FORVIS, LLP$409M
NATIXIS NORTH AMERICA LLCNY · 272765452-001
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.$389M
FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONALNC · 237413005-001
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE$231M
GRANDE CHEESE COMPANYWI · 390867071-001
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE$195M
FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONALNC · 237413005-002
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE$183M
Top plans by assets
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PlanAssetsParticipantsFeesTenureFlags
APPLE INC.CA · 942404110-001
$24.7B145,428$10,2226y1
DELTA AIR LINES, INC.GA · 580218548-004
$19.0B112,027$23,9191y1
UNITED AIRLINES, INC.IL · 742099724-202
$16.8B20,168$757,2927y1
DELTA AIR LINES, INC.GA · 580218548-014
$15.9B17,776$379,0512y1
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANYTX · 741563240-003
$11.6B13,086$95,5325y1
ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH, INCWI · 824184596-004
$10.5B103,145$14,8572y1
THE PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC.CA · 942728480-013
$9.9B30,066$8,2931y1
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATIONTX · 943025021-002
$8.9B43,502$130,9667y1
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUPCA · 951750445-008
$7.9B12,335$133,1327y1
HDR, INC.NE · 470663756-007
$7.7B16,282$88,7934y1
Flag exposure
82.9%Market: 89.2%
This provider
Market baseline

Share of this provider's plans tripping any deterministic red flag this year. Lower than market baseline = better risk surface.

Aliases resolved (71)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into CREATIVE PLANNING LLC.
  • CREARTIVE PLANNING HOLDCO DBA CR PL
  • CREATIVE FINANCIAL GROUP
  • CREATIVE FINANCIAL GROUP, LTD
  • CREATIVE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
  • CREATIVE GROUP
  • CREATIVE IMAGING GROUP
  • CREATIVE LITHO, INC.
  • CREATIVE ONE SECURITIES
  • CREATIVE P
  • CREATIVE PALNNING
  • CREATIVE PLAN DESIGN, LTD
  • CREATIVE PLANING HOLDCO, LLC
  • CREATIVE PLANNIN
  • CREATIVE PLANNING
  • CREATIVE PLANNING ASSOCIATES
  • CREATIVE PLANNING BENEFITS LLC-000
  • CREATIVE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
  • CREATIVE PLANNING FINANCIAL SERVICE
  • CREATIVE PLANNING HOLD CO INC
  • CREATIVE PLANNING HOLD CO LLC
  • CREATIVE PLANNING HOLD CO, LLC
  • CREATIVE PLANNING HOLD CO. LLC
  • CREATIVE PLANNING HOLD CO., LLC
  • CREATIVE PLANNING HOLDCO
  • CREATIVE PLANNING HOLDCO ,LLC
Book composition by plan size
Bars stack to total plans served; segments use the same asset cutoffs as the /retirement size filter. Up-and-to-the-right on the bigger segments = moving up-market.
Under $5M$5-50M$50-250M$250M-1B$1B+
Compliance posture vs market
Per-flag share for CREATIVE PLANNING LLC's book against the same flag's overall prevalence across all filings. Negative delta = under-indexed (cleaner book); positive = elevated risk surface.
FlagPlans flaggedProvider %Market %Delta
Recently terminated302.74%7.76%-5.02 pp
Fidelity bond gap242.20%26.94%-24.75 pp
Late contributions30527.90%1.71%+26.19 pp
Failed to provide benefit363.29%0.14%+3.15 pp
Corrective distributions39436.05%1.76%+34.29 pp
Loss discovered20.18%0.00%+0.18 pp
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with CREATIVE PLANNING LLC. Compare to the incumbent market share (1.6%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-1.6 pp vs incumbent
Geographic penetration index
(Provider plans in state / state plans) divided by the provider's overall share of the market. Index 1.00 = average; > 1 = over-indexed (winning more than their fair share); < 1 = under-indexed (white space).
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