401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Empire Merchants North, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$37M
Total assets Below avg plan size
216
Participants Below avg headcount
85th
Percentile by assets National rank
$172,789
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Empire Merchants North, LLC · New York · Wholesale Trade

$37M in assets, 216 participants

Empire Merchants North, LLC's Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan reported $37M in total assets and 216 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 85th 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.

  • #5,879 in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)

Coverage in New York

Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan covers 216 participants in New York, about 27% of the average New York filer (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $37M.

#5,879
in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)
-20.1%
assets change YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $9M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$37,322,348 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (216 participants).

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 208448427 · Empire Merchants North, LLC PY 2022 · 401(k)

Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan · $37M · 216 · 85th

  • NET $37M
  • NET 216
  • NET 85th
  • NET 401(k)
  • NET near Inductoheat, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
  • NET ind #5879

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Empire Merchants North Sales Union 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)$47M
Net Assets (End of Year)$37M
Net Income-$9M
Employer EIN208448427
Plan Effective Date2007-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Empire Merchants North, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Empire Merchants North, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$91M 20.933117369452% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$70M$75M$80M$85M$90M$95M 202220232024 $75.4M $91.2M ▲ +20.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 436 $75M
2023 2 432 $85M
2024 2 429 $91M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.037322348 · Participants: 216Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) PlanIBM 401 (K) Plus Plan, Total assets ($B): 53.363875208 · Participants: 56376IBM 401 (K) Plus PlanMorgan Stanley 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.415517176 · Participants: 42924Morgan Stanley 401(k) 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) Plan
Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Inductoheat, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in MI ($37M); by covered participants it is Navitas Midstream Management L 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust in TX (216 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (216 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 Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan declined sharply - down 20.1% during 2022, from $47M to $37M. Reported net income was -$9M.
How have Empire Merchants North, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Empire Merchants North, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.9%, from $75M to $91M.
Where does Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan ranks in the 85th 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 Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Inductoheat, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in MI ($37M, 112 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Empire Merchants North Sales Union 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Navitas Midstream Management L 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust in TX (216 participants, N/A 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 208448427.

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.