401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 13,620
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $106,515
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Gannett Media Corp. · Virginia · Information & Media
$1.5B in assets, 13,620 participants
Gannett Media Corp.'s Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings Plan reported $1.5B in total assets and 13,620 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- #2,858 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
Coverage in Virginia
Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings Plan covers 13,620 participants in Virginia, 17x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $1.5B.
- #2,858
- in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
- -20.8%
- assets change YoY
- 15×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $381M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,450,736,423 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings 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. Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings Plan is a mega filing (13,620 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 472390983 · Gannett Media Corp. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings Plan · $1.5B · 13,620 · 99th
- PCT $1.5B
- EIN 13,620
- RANK 99th
- PHOTO 401(k)
- IND near Wec Energy Group Retirement Savings Plan
- EOY ind #2858
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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →
Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Virginia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.5B |
| Net Income | -$381M |
| Employer EIN | 472390983 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1990-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Gannett Media Corp.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Gannett Media Corp. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.4B 2.7868642602505265% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 15,542 | $2.4B |
| 2023 | 2 | 12,681 | $2.5B |
| 2024 | 3 | 11,320 | $2.4B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan $32.6B · 92,420
- 401(k) Pension Plan $13.0B · 61,481
- General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0 $9.6B · 36,822
- Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan $8.7B · 26,125
- Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan $8.2B · 31,556
Scale composition for Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings Plan
Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings Plan reports $1.5B in end-of-year assets across 13,620 participants (0.012% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $106,515 per participant (77% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$381M.
This plan identity (EIN 472390983, plan #100) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.5B to $1.6B (+8.5%) while covered participants moved from 13,620 to 10,004 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13,620 | $1.5B | This page |
| 2023 | 11,088 | $1.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 10,004 | $1.6B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $1.6B, 10,004 participants)
- Gannett Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $864M, 1,128 participants)
Gannett Media Corp. 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Wec Energy Group Retirement Savings Plan in WI ($1.5B); by covered participants it is John Deere Tax Deferred Savings Plan in IL (13,610 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.5B here).
- Wec Energy Group Retirement Savings Plan (WI) $1.5B · 3,550
- Credit Union Retirement Plan Association 401(k) Plan (WI) $1.5B · 16,587
- Ul Financial Security Plan (IL) $1.4B · 5,582
- Allegis Group, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan One (MD) $1.5B · 29,283
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,620 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- John Deere Tax Deferred Savings Plan (IL) 13,610 · 10 off
- Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 401(k) Plan (NC) 13,596 · 24 off
- Five Below 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (PA) 13,594 · 26 off
- Price Chopper Associate 401(k) Plan (NY) 13,660 · 40 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.