401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$28M
Total assets Below avg plan size
2,617
Participants Above avg headcount
82nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$10,567
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc · South Carolina · Finance & Insurance

$28M in assets, 2,617 participants

Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc's Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan reported $28M in total assets and 2,617 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 82nd 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.

  • #6,536 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)

Coverage in South Carolina

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan covers 2,617 participants in South Carolina, 7.1x the typical South Carolina plan (state average ~369 per filing). Assets: $28M.

#6,536
in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
-15.5%
assets change YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $5M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$27,653,248 Top 18% higher than 82% 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

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 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. Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (2,617 participants).

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 582332639 · Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc PY 2022 · 401(k)

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan · $28M · 2,617 · 82nd

  • PART $28M
  • PART 2,617
  • PART 82nd
  • PART 401(k)
  • PART near Statacorp LLC 401(k) Plan
  • PART ind #6536

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in South Carolina →

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

South Carolina filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$33M
Net Assets (End of Year)$28M
Net Income-$5M
Employer EIN582332639
Plan Effective Date1997-08-07
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$40M 43.590405727385075% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$25M$30M$35M$40M$45M 202220232024 $27.7M $39.7M ▲ +43.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2,617 $28M
2023 1 2,498 $34M
2024 1 2,460 $40M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in South Carolina

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

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in South Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.027653248 · Participants: 2617Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) PlanMichelin 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.615828322 · Participants: 13708Michelin 401(k) Savings PlanThe Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC Defined Contribution Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.219673264 · Participants: 7829The Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC Defined Contribution PlanSonoco Retirement & Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.214442524 · Participants: 9714Sonoco Retirement & Savings PlanThe Milliken Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.154082573 · Participants: 6185The Milliken Retirement PlanBlue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.085276125 · Participants: 11881Blue Cross Blue Shield of Sc Employee Savings and Salary Reduction Plan
Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in South Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside South Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Statacorp LLC 401(k) Plan in TX ($28M); by covered participants it is Starr Restaurants 401(k) Plan in PA (2,616 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($28M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,617 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 Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan declined sharply - down 15.5% during 2022, from $33M to $28M. Reported net income was -$5M.
How have Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc's sponsor-wide assets grew 43.6%, from $28M to $40M.
Where does Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan ranks in the 82nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Statacorp LLC 401(k) Plan in TX ($28M, 137 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Starr Restaurants 401(k) Plan in PA (2,616 participants, $2M 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 582332639.

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.