401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Advance Publications, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-06

$1.3B
Total assets
6,795
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$198,136
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Advance 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Advance Publications, Inc. · New York · Information & Media

$1.3B in assets, 6,795 participants

Advance Publications, Inc.'s Advance 401(k) Plan reported $1.3B in total assets and 6,795 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.

  • 99th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
  • #2,856 in Information & Media (2,913 peers)

Coverage in New York

Advance 401(k) Plan covers 6,795 participants in New York, 8.5x the typical New York plan (state average ~795 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.

$1.3B
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
6,795
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$198,136
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $299M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
New York
Industry
Information & Media

Participants vs New York filers

In New York, the average filing covers about 795 participants across 8,491 plans. Advance 401(k) Plan reports 6,795 participants - 8.5x that state average ($1.3B EOY assets).

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.6B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income-$299M
Employer EIN135576716
Plan Effective Date2011-04-15
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Advance Publications, Inc.)

$2.2B$2.3B$2.4B$2.5B$2.6B$2.7B 202220232024 $2.32B $2.58B ▲ +11.2%
Total plan assets by year, all Advance Publications, Inc. plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,665 $2.3B
2023 2 7,774 $2.5B
2024 2 7,387 $2.6B

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Scale composition for Advance 401(k) Plan

Advance 401(k) Plan reports $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 6,795 participants (0.012% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $198,136 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$299M.

This plan identity (EIN 135576716, plan #012) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.3B to $1.7B (+23.8%) while covered participants moved from 6,795 to 6,761 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,795 $1.3B This page
2023 7,004 $1.5B Open filing
2024 · index core 6,761 $1.7B Open filing

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Advance 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Advance 401(k) Plan declined sharply - down 18.2% during 2022, from $1.6B to $1.3B. Reported net income was -$299M.
How have Advance Publications, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Advance Publications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 11.0%, from $2.3B to $2.6B.
Where does Advance 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Advance 401(k) Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,258 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 Advance 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Foley & Lardner LLP Defined Contribution Retirement Plan in WI ($1.3B, 2,039 participants).

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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 135576716.

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.