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One of an estimated 150 to 200 firms of our kind in the world.

Choosing deMAURIAC means choosing one of the rarest investment advisory firms in existence: 100% women-owned, fully independent, and certified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Fewer than an estimated 2% of investment advisory firms worldwide are 100% women-owned.

1. 01
   ~20,483
   Total U.S. registered advisory firms
   15,870 SEC-registered + ~4,613 state-registered
2. 02
   ~2,520
   Estimated women-owned firms
   Applying the 12.3% female-ownership rate of record
3. 03
   ~400
   Truly independent firms with majority women ownership
   After removing PE-backed, bank/insurance-owned, and aggregator-affiliated firms
4. 04
   150-200
   Estimated in the world
   100% women-owned and WBENC-certified. deMAURIAC's category.

Women are the market. The industry has not caught up.

By 2030, women are projected to control $34 trillion in U.S. financial assets, yet they remain dramatically underrepresented among the advisors and firm owners managing it.

$34T

Projected U.S. financial assets controlled by women by 2030

23.8%

Of CFP® professionals are women, a record high (Dec. 2025)

26%

Of practicing financial advisors are women (2026)

61-66¢

Earned by women advisors per $1 earned by male peers

<15%

Women in senior financial-services leadership roles

+5 yrs

Longer average lifespan vs. men, raising the stakes of the wealth transfer