401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$34M
Total assets Below avg plan size
3,946
Participants Above avg headcount
84th
Percentile by assets National rank
$8,727
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. · Illinois · Real Estate

$34M in assets, 3,946 participants

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.'s Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $34M in total assets and 3,946 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 84th 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.

  • #4,736 in Real Estate (5,057 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 3,946 participants in Illinois, 5.1x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $34M.

#4,736
in Real Estate (5,057 peers)
-14.7%
assets change YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $6M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$34,435,447 Top 16% higher than 84% 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

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 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. Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (3,946 participants).

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 510510250 · Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $34M · 3,946 · 84th

  • PART $34M
  • TYPE 3,946
  • NET 84th
  • BOOK 401(k)
  • VS-ST near Fabricut, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • BOY ind #4736

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 Real Estate retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$40M
Net Assets (End of Year)$34M
Net Income-$6M
Employer EIN510510250
Plan Effective Date1999-07-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois

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

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.034435447 · Participants: 3946Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) PlanState Farm 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.651519685 · Participants: 53616State Farm 401(k) Savings PlanAccenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.283954811 · Participants: 66653Accenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings PlanAbbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.333286 · Participants: 36136Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement PlanUnited Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.816542826 · Participants: 13437United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.682551768 · Participants: 238072Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Fabricut, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in OK ($34M); by covered participants it is Shannon Medical Center 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan in TX (3,944 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,946 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 Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan pulled back noticeably - down 14.7% during 2022, from $40M to $34M. Reported net income was -$6M.
Where does Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 84th 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 Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Fabricut, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in OK ($34M, 367 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Shannon Medical Center 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan in TX (3,944 participants, $338M 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 510510250.

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.