401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$128M
Total assets Near avg plan size
14,019
Participants Very large workforce
94th
Percentile by assets National rank
$9,145
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Guitar Center, Inc. · California · Retail Trade

$128M in assets, 14,019 participants

Guitar Center, Inc.'s Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $128M in total assets and 14,019 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • #9,204 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in California

Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 14,019 participants in California, 22x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $128M.

#9,204
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
-15.6%
assets change YoY
1.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $24M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$128,198,421 Top 6% higher than 94% 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

Guitar Center, 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. Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (14,019 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 854210591 · Guitar Center, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $128M · 14,019 · 94th

  • BOOK $128M
  • VS-ST 14,019
  • BOY 94th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • EBSA near Hotel Union and Hotel Industry of Hawaii 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • PART ind #9204

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 →

Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Hotel Union and Hotel Industry of Hawaii 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanHotel Union and Hotel Indust…$128MPoint B, Inc.& Affiliated Employers 401(k) PlanPoint B, Inc.& Affiliated Em…$128MGuitar Center, Inc. 401(k) PlanGuitar Center, Inc. 401(k) P…$128MWatco Companies, L.L.C. 401(k) PlanWatco Companies, L.L.C. 401(…$128MGenesis Energy, LLC Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings PlanGenesis Energy, LLC Profit S…$128M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Guitar Center, 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)$152M
Net Assets (End of Year)$128M
Net Income-$24M
Employer EIN854210591
Plan Effective Date1981-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Guitar Center, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Guitar Center, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$182M 42.28643268546966% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$120M$140M$160M$180M$200M 202220232024 $128M $182M ▲ +42.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 14,019 $128M
2023 1 13,065 $158M
2024 1 13,469 $182M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.128198421 · Participants: 14019Guitar Center, 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
Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $128M in end-of-year assets across 14,019 participants (0.001% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $9,145 per participant (7% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$24M.

This plan identity (EIN 854210591, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $128M to $182M (+42.3%) while covered participants moved from 14,019 to 13,469 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 14,019 $128M This page
2023 13,065 $158M Open filing
2024 · index core 13,469 $182M Open filing

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

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

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Hotel Union and Hotel Industry of Hawaii 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in HI ($128M); by covered participants it is Ntess Savings and Income Plan in NM (14,007 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (14,019 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 Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan declined sharply - down 15.6% during 2022, from $152M to $128M. Reported net income was -$24M.
How have Guitar Center, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Guitar Center, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 42.3%, from $128M to $182M.
Where does Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 94th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hotel Union and Hotel Industry of Hawaii 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in HI ($128M, 6,494 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ntess Savings and Income Plan in NM (14,007 participants, $5.0B 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 854210591.

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.