CNBC charts the top 100 firms

The CNBC FA 100 celebrates the advisory firms that top the list when it comes to offering a comprehensive service that helps clients navigate through their financial life.

1. Salem Investment Counselors
2. Montag & Caldwell
3. Dana Investment Advisors
4. Century Management Financial Advisors
5. North Star Asset Management
6. NewSouth Capital Management
7. California Financial Advisors
8. Richmond Capital Management
9. Tom Johnson Investment Management
10. Richard C. Young & Co.
11. Sound Shore Management
12. Gamble Jones Investment Counsel
13. C. S. McKee
14. Carret Asset Management
15. Gofen & Glossberg
16. Wedgewood Partners
17. Agincourt Capital Management
18. Guyasuta Investment Advisors
19. Diversified Management
20. D. F. Dent & Co.
21. Badgley Phelps Wealth Managers
22. Trumbower Financial Advisors
23. Sol Capital Management
24. Luther King Capital Management
25. Veritable
26. Southeast Asset Advisors
27. Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors
28. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management
29. Roffman Miller Associates
30. Zemenick & Walker
31. Bradley, Foster & Sargent
32. Gillespie, Robinson & Grimm
33. GW&K Investment Management
34. Pzena Investment Management
35. Cincinnati Asset Management
36. Eubel Brady & Suttman Asset Management
37. Parsons Capital Management
38. Leavell Investment Management
39. ZWJ Investment Counsel
40. Lee Financial Co.
41. Boys, Arnold & Co.
42. Heritage Investment Group
43. H. M. Payson & Co.
44. Everett Harris & Co.
45. Welch Hornsby
46. David Vaughan Investments
47. Highland Capital Management
48. Oak Associates
49. Meritage Portfolio Management
50. Sage Financial Group
51. Foster & Motley
52. Check Capital Management
53. The Burney Company
54. Bailard
55. Rembert Pendleton Jackson
56. Cadinha & Co.
57. SFMG Wealth Advisors
58. Clifford Swan Investment Counselors
59. National Investment Services
60. Emerald Advisers