401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$16.4B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
42,924
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$382,432
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc. · New York · Finance & Insurance

$16.4B in assets, 42,924 participants

Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc.'s Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan reported $16.4B in total assets and 42,924 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #9,256 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)

Coverage in New York

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan covers 42,924 participants in New York, 54x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $16.4B.

#9,256
in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
-17.8%
assets change YoY
165×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $3.6B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$16,415,517,176 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Morgan Stanley 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. Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (42,924 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 208764829 · Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan · $16.4B · 42,924 · 100th

  • 5500 $16.4B
  • 5500 42,924
  • 5500 100th
  • 5500 401(k)
  • 5500 near Kaiser Permanente 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 5500 ind #9256

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 New York →

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Amazon 401(k) Plan$17.7BCiti Retirement Savings Plan$17.4BMorgan Stanley 401(k) Plan$16.4BKaiser Permanente 401(k) Retirement PlanKaiser Permanente 401(k) Ret…$16.1BCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) PlanCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Pl…$15.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$20.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$16.2B
Net Income-$3.6B
Employer EIN208764829
Plan Effective Date1971-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$24.2B 30.320489775283864% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$18B$20B$22B$24B$26B 202220232024 $18.6B $24.2B ▲ +30.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 49,915 $18.6B
2023 2 61,907 $21.4B
2024 2 59,810 $24.2B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 0102030405060 Total assets ($B) Participants Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.415517176 · Participants: 42924Morgan Stanley 401(k) PlanIBM 401 (K) Plus Plan, Total assets ($B): 53.363875208 · Participants: 56376IBM 401 (K) Plus PlanThe Pepsico Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.067222 · Participants: 129846The Pepsico Savings PlanDeloitte 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.966899716 · Participants: 74687Deloitte 401(k) PlanThe Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.681988279 · Participants: 22650The Goldman Sachs 401(k) PlanDeloitte Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.486966638 · Participants: 6143Deloitte Profit Sharing Plan
Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan reports $16.4B in end-of-year assets across 42,924 participants (0.13% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.046% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $382,432 per participant (2.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$3.6B.

This plan identity (EIN 208764829, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $16.4B to $22.2B (+35.1%) while covered participants moved from 42,924 to 53,860 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 42,924 $16.4B This page
2023 55,363 $19.2B Open filing
2024 · index core 53,860 $22.2B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Kaiser Permanente 401(k) Retirement Plan in CA ($16.1B); by covered participants it is Lifepoint Health, Inc. Retirement Plan in TN (42,978 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($16.4B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (42,924 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 Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022?
Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan declined sharply - down 17.8% during 2022, from $20.0B to $16.4B. Reported net income was -$3.6B.
How have Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc. plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 30.3%, from $18.6B to $24.2B.
Where does Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Kaiser Permanente 401(k) Retirement Plan in CA ($16.1B, 131,955 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Lifepoint Health, Inc. Retirement Plan in TN (42,978 participants, $2.0B in assets).