401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$485M
Total assets Above avg plan size
21,334
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$22,719
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Williams-Sonoma, Inc. · California · Retail Trade

$485M in assets, 21,334 participants

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.'s Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $485M in total assets and 21,334 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #9,395 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in California

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 21,334 participants in California, 34x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $485M.

#9,395
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
-17.9%
assets change YoY
4.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $106M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$484,692,903 Top 2% higher than 98% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (21,334 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 942203880 · Williams-Sonoma, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $485M · 21,334 · 98th

  • PCT $485M
  • EIN 21,334
  • RANK 98th
  • PHOTO 401(k)
  • IND near Valley National Bank Savings and Investment Plan
  • EOY ind #9395

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$591M
Net Assets (End of Year)$485M
Net Income-$106M
Employer EIN942203880
Plan Effective Date1989-02-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Williams-Sonoma, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Williams-Sonoma, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$798M 64.56230781658464% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$400M$500M$600M$700M$800M$900M 202220232024 $485M $798M ▲ +64.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 21,334 $485M
2023 1 20,867 $629M
2024 1 18,752 $798M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.484692903 · Participants: 21334Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 45.765616608 · Participants: 205865Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.89820221 · Participants: 102963Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.851716605 · Participants: 46320Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanChevron Employee Savings Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.60989746 · Participants: 19946Chevron Employee Savings Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.361585903 · Participants: 54672Intel 401(k) Savings Plan
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $485M in end-of-year assets across 21,334 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.023% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $22,719 per participant (16% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$106M.

This plan identity (EIN 942203880, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $485M to $798M (+64.6%) while covered participants moved from 21,334 to 18,752 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 21,334 $485M This page
2023 20,867 $629M Open filing
2024 · index core 18,752 $798M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Valley National Bank Savings and Investment Plan in NJ ($485M); by covered participants it is Belk 401(k) Savings Plan in NC (21,340 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($485M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (21,334 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan declined sharply - down 17.9% during 2022, from $591M to $485M. Reported net income was -$106M.
How have Williams-Sonoma, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Williams-Sonoma, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 64.6%, from $485M to $798M.
Where does Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Valley National Bank Savings and Investment Plan in NJ ($485M, 3,285 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Belk 401(k) Savings Plan in NC (21,340 participants, $342M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 942203880.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.