401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Penney Opco, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.9B
Total assets Very large vs avg
45,500
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$41,129
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Penney Opco, LLC · Texas · Retail Trade

$1.9B in assets, 45,500 participants

Penney Opco, LLC's J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan reported $1.9B in total assets and 45,500 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.

  • #9,482 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in Texas

J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan covers 45,500 participants in Texas, 66x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $1.9B.

#9,482
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
-17.0%
assets change YoY
19×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $383M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,871,352,000 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 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. J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan is a mega filing (45,500 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 853718114 · Penney Opco, LLC PY 2022 · 401(k)

J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan · $1.9B · 45,500 · 99th

  • BOY $1.9B
  • SCH 45,500
  • EBSA 99th
  • PART 401(k)
  • TYPE near American Financial Group 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan
  • NET ind #9482

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 Texas →

J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.9B
Net Income-$383M
Employer EIN853718114
Plan Effective Date2017-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Penney Opco, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Penney Opco, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.2B 16.288490887871443% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.8B$1.9B$2B$2.1B$2.2B$2.3B 202220232024 $1.87B $2.18B ▲ +16.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 45,500 $1.9B
2023 1 45,716 $2.1B
2024 1 44,782 $2.2B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000 010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.871352 · Participants: 45500J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 37.578871 · Participants: 144503AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.266 · Participants: 23619Exxonmobil Savings PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.794958016 · Participants: 38538Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.806443202 · Participants: 85577American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) PlanDell Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.969059 · Participants: 47532Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan
J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan

J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan reports $1.9B in end-of-year assets across 45,500 participants (0.015% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.048% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $41,129 per participant (30% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$383M.

This plan identity (EIN 853718114, plan #006) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.9B to $2.2B (+16.3%) while covered participants moved from 45,500 to 44,782 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 45,500 $1.9B This page
2023 45,716 $2.1B Open filing
2024 · index core 44,782 $2.2B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is American Financial Group 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan in OH ($1.9B); by covered participants it is Disney Savings and Investment Plan in CA (45,639 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (45,500 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 J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan declined sharply - down 17.0% during 2022, from $2.3B to $1.9B. Reported net income was -$383M.
How have Penney Opco, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Penney Opco, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 16.3%, from $1.9B to $2.2B.
Where does J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 99th 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 J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is American Financial Group 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan in OH ($1.9B, 6,642 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Disney Savings and Investment Plan in CA (45,639 participants, $9.6B in assets).