401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Advance Publications, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,795
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$198,136
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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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.

  • #2,855 in Information & Media (2,911 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 ~798 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.

#2,855
in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
-18.2%
assets change YoY
14×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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.

Advance 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Advance 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,346,331,424 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

Advance 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. Advance 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (6,795 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 135576716 · Advance Publications, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Advance 401(k) Plan · $1.3B · 6,795 · 99th

  • RANK $1.3B
  • RANK 6,795
  • RANK 99th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near Foley & Lardner LLP Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
  • RANK ind #2855

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 New York →

Advance 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Advance 401(k) Plan$1.3BFoley & Lardner LLP Defined Contribution Retirement PlanFoley & Lardner LLP Defined …$1.3BBank of the West 401(k) Savings PlanBank of the West 401(k) Savi…$1.3BNov Inc. 401(k) Plan$1.3BEmcor Group, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanEmcor Group, Inc. 401(k) Sav…$1.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Advance 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)$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.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Advance Publications, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.6B 11.003618506140473% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.2B$2.3B$2.4B$2.5B$2.6B$2.7B 202220232024 $2.32B $2.58B ▲ +11.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,665 $2.3B
2023 2 7,774 $2.5B
2024 2 7,387 $2.6B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Advance 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Advance 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.346331424 · Participants: 6795Advance 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
Advance 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Advance 401(k) Plan

Advance 401(k) Plan reports $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 6,795 participants (0.011% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 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:

Advance 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Foley & Lardner LLP Defined Contribution Retirement Plan in WI ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Exela 401(k) Plan in TX (6,794 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,795 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 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 139,126 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 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).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Advance 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Exela 401(k) Plan in TX (6,794 participants, $321M in assets).