AdvisorEconomics

Michael KitcesCo-founded by Michael Kitces

The next version of your RIA needs better numbers.

Make confident hiring and growth decisions. AdvisorEconomics turns your accounting data into a KPI dashboard with benchmarks.

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⚠️Revenue growing but profit isn't. Overhead creep is costing $127K/year.

Built on Michael Kitces' methodology for advisory firm financial analysis

Hire, cut costs, or graduate clients? Hard to know without the numbers.

You suspect you should hire — but can't prove the timing is right.
You think costs are too high — but aren't sure what's actually out of line.
Your peer group compares numbers — but everyone defines 'profit' differently.
Your spreadsheet works — but only the person who built it understands it.

You've tried spreadsheets and standard reports. Still no clear answer.

See what your numbers are trying to tell you

AdvisorEconomics turns your accounting data into a KPI dashboard with benchmarks, trends, and guidance — so you can make growth decisions with confidence.

Benchmarks against similar firms

So you know what 'good' actually looks like.

Trends over time with context

So a dip is a data point, not a panic.

Kitces Nerd

Linked articles and implications

So you know what to do, not just what the number is.

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Your firm's data is private and secure

Works with

QuickBooks Online

QuickBooks Online

Available now
QuickBooks Desktop

QuickBooks Desktop

Coming July
Xero

Xero

Coming July

Read-only connection — we can see your books, never change them.

Dashboard in under 10 minutes

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2

Connect

Link your accounting system

Read-only access. We never modify or write to your books.

~5 min
3

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Everything you need to decide — in one view

beta.advisoreconomics.com/kpis

Revenue per Client

$10,377
20.4%
$5K$10K
Above benchmark

Profit per Client

$2,422
233.5%
$1.75K$2.5K
Within benchmark

Operating Profit Margin

23.3%
14.9%
25%35%
Below benchmark

Overhead Expenses

51.7%
9.8%
35%45%
Above benchmark
20 KPIs — benchmarked against firms like yours
Period-over-period comparisons — see what's improving
Plain-English implications — know why the number matters
Kitces Nerd
Curated Kitces.com articles — know what to do about it

Benchmark methodology advised by Dan Inveen, who led the FA Insight Annual Study of Advisory Firms for over a decade.

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The people behind your numbers

AdvisorEconomics is built by the people who defined how advisory firms measure themselves.
Michael Kitces

Michael Kitces

Co-Founder, AdvisorEconomics

Publisher of the Nerd's Eye View blog & The Kitces Report · Co-founder of XY Planning Network, AdvicePay, and fpPathfinder

Most advisory firms have a sense when something might not be right. The problem is that they don't really know for sure, because they have no basis for comparison. Which means the better your benchmarking data, the easier it is to figure out what's 'normal' and what's not, to take actions that really move the business forward.
Abdennour Aissaoui

Abdennour Aissaoui

Technical Co-Founder

Former CTO of a wealth platform serving 5,000+ clients — now builds the engine that turns your firm's data into benchmarked KPIs

Dan Inveen

Dan Inveen

Advisor, AdvisorEconomics

Co-founder of FA Insight (acquired by TD Ameritrade) · Led the FA Insight Annual Study of Advisory Firms for over a decade

AdvisorEconomics, featured in

RIA owners who stopped guessing

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I was at capacity and knew something was off. AdvisorEconomics showed me the problem right away: I wasn't charging enough.

I thought it was my investment-only clients. I was wrong.

AdvisorEconomics revealed several of my earliest financial planning clients were unprofitable. If I'd trusted my gut, I would've made a costly mistake.

It didn't just show me the problem. It showed me exactly what to do next with action steps and benchmarks.

As a numbers guy, seeing the data gave me the clarity and confidence I desperately needed. I'm excited about the next steps for my business.

BB
Brian Bickett
Founder, IM Financial Planning
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As a CPA, I've looked at a lot of these tools and they're all too generic to be useful. I'd wanted to build a real KPI scorecard for our firm for ages and never could. This is 10,000 times better than anything I've ever had — it's hyper-focused on exactly our type of business, and it's easy and intuitive.

CO
CPA Co-Owner
Co-Owner, RIA & Planning Firm
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Onboarding was easy — and it doubled as a way to check my bookkeeper's attention to detail. I found a couple of transactions I had to reclassify as a result. I'd never been able to cut my data against all these KPIs this way before.

FF
Firm Founder
Founder, Wealth Management Firm
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I had a feeling my rent and fixed costs were too high. AdvisorEconomics quantified it against real benchmarks and mapped out a clear path to about $700K more in revenue. It confirms my intuition on where we are and where we need to go — instead of me just guessing.

FO
Firm Owner
Owner, Family Wealth Firm
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I'll be honest — I'm not a natural financial manager of my firm, and I don't love thinking about costs. AdvisorEconomics made it obvious where my real levers are. Easy intake, and it's clearly built around the final output and the decisions that actually get driven. I'm super bullish on it.

RO
RIA Owner
Owner, Wealth Management Firm
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The benchmarks matter even for firms like ours that are already doing well. Ours made it obvious: my partner and I can't absorb many more clients ourselves, so if we want to keep growing, we need to hire. And if we'd rather stay small and highly profitable, the data shows we're already nailing that. Either way, I can see exactly where we stand.

MP
Managing Partner
Partner, RIA
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My revenue per client was at the bottom of the benchmark while my cost to serve them was at the top. Seeing it side by side, it hit me — I was essentially giving away my service. It gave me the clarity and confidence to raise my fees.

SR
Solo RIA Owner
Solo Fee-Only RIA
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I hate going into QuickBooks — it's overwhelming and none of it makes sense. We'd built our own spreadsheet to pull this data together, and keeping it up to date was a constant pain. AdvisorEconomics basically took our spreadsheet and turned it into a really slick piece of software. I find it really valuable and helpful.

FA
Fee-Only Advisor
Founder, Fee-Only RIA
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I review our financials every month and try to do the analysis myself. In one 30-minute session, AdvisorEconomics did what I hadn't been able to pull together in years of doing it by hand.

FB
Firm Bookkeeper
Bookkeeper at an RIA
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Instead of the spreadsheet we've used to build our scorecard every year, this keeps track of everything for us — and I love that the benchmarks are built right in. It saves me a lot of time.

WO
Wealth Firm Owner
Owner, Wealth Management Firm
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I'd been telling our owner we were under-investing in technology. AdvisorEconomics put it on screen against our peers in seconds — I literally screenshotted it and sent it to him. The benchmarking data alone is big for us.

WA
Wealth Advisor
Advisor, Wealth Management Firm
50+ RIAs benchmarked85% from referrals

This is for you if...

  • You're an independent RIA (...reporting for broker-dealers & corporate RIAs coming soon!)
  • You're actively making business decisions — hiring, pricing, profitability
  • You have $200K+ in annual revenue
  • You have at least 6 months of data in your accounting system
  • You're a fee-only RIA (AUM, planning fees, commissions, or retainers)

This is NOT for you if...

  • Your firm does significant tax prep, accounting, or insurance
  • Someone takes a cut before revenue hits your books (broker-dealer, corporate RIA, etc.)
  • You just want confirmation things are "fine"
  • You don't have a dedicated accounting system for your firm

Stop guessing. Start measuring.

Sign up, connect your accounting system, and get your dashboard in under 10 minutes.

Co-founded by Michael Kitces · Advised by Dan Inveen

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