401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $187M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 6,215
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 95th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $30,064
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Designer Brands Inc. · Ohio · Retail Trade
$187M in assets, 6,215 participants
Designer Brands Inc.'s Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $187M in total assets and 6,215 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.
- #9,278 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 6,215 participants in Ohio, 8.1x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $187M.
- #9,278
- in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
- -16.8%
- assets change YoY
- 1.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $38M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$186,846,178 Top 5% higher than 95% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (6,215 participants).
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 310746639 · Designer Brands Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan · $187M · 6,215 · 95th
- EIN $187M
- EIN 6,215
- EIN 95th
- EIN 401(k)
- EIN near Mannington 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- EIN ind #9278
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 Ohio →
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $224M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $187M |
| Net Income | -$38M |
| Employer EIN | 310746639 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2008-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Designer Brands Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Designer Brands Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $242M 29.42255848551529% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 6,215 | $187M |
| 2023 | 1 | 7,474 | $227M |
| 2024 | 1 | 7,189 | $242M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan $8.3B · 44,890
- The Progressive 401(k) Plan $7.6B · 50,299
- The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan $7.3B · 116,133
- Nationwide Savings Plan $6.7B · 24,278
- Marathon Petroleum Thrift Plan $6.4B · 17,666
Scale composition for Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $187M in end-of-year assets across 6,215 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $30,064 per participant (22% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$38M.
This plan identity (EIN 310746639, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $187M to $242M (+29.4%) while covered participants moved from 6,215 to 7,189 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,215 | $187M | This page |
| 2023 | 7,474 | $227M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 7,189 | $242M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan (401(k), $242M, 7,189 participants)
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Mannington 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in NJ ($187M); by covered participants it is Snap-on Incorporated 401(k) Savings Plan in WI (6,216 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($187M here).
- Mannington 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (NJ) $187M · 3,305
- Tompkins Retirement Savings Plan (NY) $187M · 1,033
- Great Dane LLC Employee's Retirement Savings Plan (IL) $187M · 4,109
- Tribune Publishing Company 401(k) Plan (IL) $187M · 1,530
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,215 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Snap-on Incorporated 401(k) Savings Plan (WI) 6,216 · 1 off
- Koch Meat Co. , Inc. 401(k) Plan (IL) 6,216 · 1 off
- Savewisetm Pooled Employer Plan (CA) 6,211 · 4 off
- The Enhanced Capital Accumulation Plan for the Employees of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company and Adopting Related Employers Emp (NC) 6,206 · 9 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.