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THE CLARUS GROUP

THE CLARUS GROUP, INC., CRD 310163

HOUSTON, TX

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Data as of Jul 17, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 18, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 12
Dated events: 4
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 3, 2020 to Jul 17, 2026
18 observations

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Firm class: independent wealth managerderivedprivate_client_share=1.0 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0
Regulatory AUM: $1.1BItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-07-17); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $1.1B
Private client RAUM: $1.1BderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 100%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 9
RAUM per advisor: $123Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 14
Advisory employees: 9
Offices: 3Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1,786
Individual clients: 393
High net worth clients: 220
Custody, client assets: $54.5M
SEC number: 801-119388
CIK: 1844568
CRD: 310163
Filings on the tape: 18
First filed: Aug 3, 2020
Latest filed: Jul 17, 2026
Organised: Corporation, TX
Website: claruswealthgroup.com

Advisors on IAPD

current investment adviser representatives on the IAPD individual feed, longest tenure first

Advisor	Designations	Branch	Years here	In industry	Prior firms	Dual registered
REX CLINTON WHITESIDE	n/a	HOUSTON, TX	6	35	3	no
ANDY LEE THORNTON	n/a	HOUSTON, TX \| WINNIE, TX	6	26	2	no
JAMES EDWARD MCCARTHY	n/a	HOUSTON, TX	6	45	2	no
RYAN LOCKERT SLEEPER	Certified Financial Planner	HOUSTON, TX	5	15	1	no
GARY LANE PANKRATZ	n/a	HOUSTON, TX	5	39	2	no
Holly Lauren Gage	n/a	HOUSTON, TX	4	14	n/a	no
DERRICK RAY DEES	n/a	Angleton, TX \| HOUSTON, TX	3	21	2	no
MADISON JEAN WHITESIDE	n/a	HOUSTON, TX	1	10	n/a	no
Cole Jacob Girouard	n/a	HOUSTON, TX \| WINNIE, TX	1	10	n/a	no

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
WHITESIDE, REX, CLINTON	PRESIDENT AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	E	yes	08/2020	Aug 3, 2020	May 29, 2024

Affiliates (Item 7.A)

as filed on Item 7.A; a related person with a CRD on the graph links to its own page

Related person	Type	Class on the graph	Its RAUM	Control	Common control	State
THE CLARUS INSURANCE GROUP, LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a

Offices

Schedule D 1.F offices beyond the principal office; street addresses are not published

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
Angleton	TX	United States	3	no
Winnie	TX	United States	1	no
n/a	n/a	n/a	1	no

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Feb 25, 2026	$1.1B	$1.1B	14	9	3	n/a	n/a
2024	Feb 5, 2025	$877M	$877M	13	9	3	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 27, 2024	$798M	$798M	14	8	3	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 31, 2023	$600M	$600M	10	7	2	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 22, 2022	$592M	$592M	9	5	2	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 18, 2021	$506M	$506M	9	6	1	n/a	n/a

Advisor flows

derived: registrations beginning and ending at this CRD on IAPD, bulk corporate re-registrations excluded; the rate is departures over IAPD headcount

Joined, 12m	Left, 12m	Net, 12m	Departure rate, 12m	Joined, 90d	Left, 90d	Left, no destination yet	Joined, 36m	Left, 36m
0	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0	1

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2025	$1.1B	$877M	25.8%	$600M	22.5%	14	13	3	3

Teams in

teams that arrived here from one firm together

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC	6	Oct 2, 2020	Nov 12, 2020	HOUSTON, TX	Team lift out	Ibd to new firm	0.1%

Relationships

Registered with (10)

← Cole Jacob GirouardAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 2, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← MADISON JEAN WHITESIDEAdvisorregistration: current employment
Nov 12, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
← DERRICK RAY DEESAdvisorregistration: current employment
Apr 3, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← Holly Lauren GageAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 7, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← GARY LANE PANKRATZAdvisorregistration: current employment
Nov 12, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
← RYAN LOCKERT SLEEPERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Oct 22, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
← JAMES EDWARD MCCARTHYAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 16, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
← ANDY LEE THORNTONAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 15, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
← REX CLINTON WHITESIDEAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 9, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
← JOSHUA HOLT HALLAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 21, 2020 to Feb 25, 2025factForm ADV

Controls (1)

← WHITESIDE, REX, CLINTONOwnerPRESIDENT AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code E, individual
Aug 3, 2020 to May 29, 2024factForm ADV

Moved with (1)

← RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INCRegistered adviser6 advisors, team lift out, same day
Oct 2, 2020 to Nov 12, 2020factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Feb 25, 2026
Regulatory AUM changed
The Clarus Group reported RAUM $1.1B, up 26% from $877.3M (2025-10-30 to 2026-02-25)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
$226M
Occurred
Feb 25, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Joshua Holt Hall left The Clarus Group for Parallel Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-06-28)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Mar 27, 2024
Regulatory AUM changed
The Clarus Group reported RAUM $798.0M, up 33% from $600.1M (2023-09-11 to 2024-03-27)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
$198M
Occurred
Aug 3, 2020
First Form ADV filing
Clarus Wealth Group filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:4ba87794-2001-e08d-64ba-80d76ed66de0
First observed: Aug 3, 2020
Last observed: Jul 17, 2026 2 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
3 registered feeds stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

THE CLARUS GROUP

THE CLARUS GROUP, INC., CRD 310163

HOUSTON, TX

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Data as of Jul 17, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 18, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

REX CLINTON WHITESIDE

n/a

HOUSTON, TX

ANDY LEE THORNTON

n/a

HOUSTON, TX | WINNIE, TX

JAMES EDWARD MCCARTHY

n/a

HOUSTON, TX

RYAN LOCKERT SLEEPER

Certified Financial Planner

HOUSTON, TX

GARY LANE PANKRATZ

n/a

HOUSTON, TX

Holly Lauren Gage

n/a

HOUSTON, TX

n/a

DERRICK RAY DEES

n/a

Angleton, TX | HOUSTON, TX

MADISON JEAN WHITESIDE

n/a

HOUSTON, TX

n/a

Cole Jacob Girouard

n/a

HOUSTON, TX | WINNIE, TX

n/a

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

WHITESIDE, REX, CLINTON

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

yes

08/2020

Aug 3, 2020

May 29, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

THE CLARUS INSURANCE GROUP, LLC

n/a

yes

n/a

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Angleton

United States

Winnie

United States

n/a

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Feb 25, 2026

$1.1B

n/a

2024

Feb 5, 2025

$877M

n/a

2023

Mar 27, 2024

$798M

n/a

2022

Mar 31, 2023

$600M

n/a

2021

Mar 22, 2022

$592M

n/a

2020

Mar 18, 2021

$506M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

0.0%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$1.1B

$877M

25.8%

$600M

22.5%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC

Oct 2, 2020

Nov 12, 2020

HOUSTON, TX

Team lift out

Ibd to new firm

0.1%