401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Sotheby's Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$202M
Total assets Near avg plan size
656
Participants Below avg headcount
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$307,606
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Sotheby's Inc. · New York · Professional & Technical Services

$202M in assets, 656 participants

Sotheby's Inc.'s Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported $202M in total assets and 656 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #20,859 in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)

Where Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan sits by assets

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $202M for 656 participants (~$307,606/participant), down 17.6% in 2022.

#20,859
in Professional & Technical Services (21,562 peers)
-17.6%
assets change YoY
2.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $43M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$201,789,846 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (656 participants).

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 382478406 · Sotheby's Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan · $202M · 656 · 96th

  • NET $202M
  • BOOK 656
  • VS-ST 96th
  • BOY 401(k)
  • SCH near Formfactor, Inc. 401(k) Plan
  • EBSA ind #20859

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$245M
Net Assets (End of Year)$202M
Net Income-$43M
Employer EIN382478406
Plan Effective Date1985-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sotheby's Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sotheby's Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$249M 23.148783710355772% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$180M$200M$220M$240M$260M 202220232024 $202M $249M ▲ +23.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 656 $202M
2023 1 792 $227M
2024 1 834 $249M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.201789846 · Participants: 656Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings 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
Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Formfactor, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA ($202M); by covered participants it is The Murphy Oil Corporation 401(k) Plan in TX (656 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($202M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (656 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 Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan declined sharply - down 17.6% during 2022, from $245M to $202M. Reported net income was -$43M.
How have Sotheby's Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sotheby's Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 23.1%, from $202M to $249M.
Where does Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Formfactor, Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA ($202M, 1,454 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Murphy Oil Corporation 401(k) Plan in TX (656 participants, $187M 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 382478406.

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.