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RIA / WealthAdvisordual registered (broker-dealer)11 years in industry

Matthew John Kohls

Advisor at LPL ENTERPRISE, LLC

FORT MILL, SC | WATERLOO, IA

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 4:35 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 5
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Sep 29, 2016 to Sep 14, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: LPL ENTERPRISE, LLC
Current firm class: broker-dealer affiliated wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Jan 1, 2015earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 11derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 4
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 2
Exams: S65|S63
First exam: Aug 18, 2016
First registration: Sep 29, 2016
Dual registered: yes, broker-dealer
Other names: Matthew Kohls|Matt J Kohls|matt kohls|Matthew J Kohls
IAPD individual key: 6607421

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
LPL ENTERPRISE, LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 9, 2024	n/a	yes	WATERLOO, IA\|FORT MILL, SC	Current employment
PRUCO SECURITIES, LLC	No RAUM reported	Jul 15, 2022	Sep 25, 2024	no	Watrerloo, IA\|Newark, NJ\|Waterloo, IA	Previous registration
BFC PLANNING, INC.	Bd affiliated wealth	Oct 23, 2019	Apr 14, 2022	no	CEDAR RAPIDS, IA	Previous registration
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Bd affiliated wealth	Jul 18, 2018	Oct 28, 2019	no	CEDAR FALLS, IA\|CEDAR FALLS, IA	Previous registration
SECURITIES AMERICA ADVISORS, INC.	Former SEC adviser	Sep 29, 2016	Jul 2, 2018	no	WATERLOO, IA\|WATERLOO, IA	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
PRUCO SECURITIES, LLC	LPL ENTERPRISE, LLC	Sep 25, 2024	Oct 9, 2024	14	Firm change	Ibd to new firm
BFC PLANNING, INC.	PRUCO SECURITIES, LLC	Apr 14, 2022	Jul 15, 2022	92	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	BFC PLANNING, INC.	Oct 28, 2019	Oct 23, 2019	-5	Firm change	Ibd to ibd
SECURITIES AMERICA ADVISORS, INC.	LPL FINANCIAL LLC	Jul 2, 2018	Jul 18, 2018	16	Firm change	Ibd to RIA

Relationships

Registered with (5)

→ LPL ENTERPRISE, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: current employment
Oct 9, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ PRUCO SECURITIES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 15, 2022 to Sep 25, 2024factForm ADV
→ BFC PLANNING, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Oct 23, 2019 to Apr 14, 2022factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jul 18, 2018 to Oct 28, 2019factForm ADV
→ SECURITIES AMERICA ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: previous registration
Sep 29, 2016 to Jul 2, 2018factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Sep 25, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Matthew John Kohls left Pruco Securities, Llc for Lpl Enterprise, Llc (registered 2024-10-09)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Apr 14, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Matthew John Kohls left Bfc Planning, Inc. for Pruco Securities, Llc (registered 2022-07-15)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago