401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Nordstrom, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.9B
Total assets Very large vs avg
61,127
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$64,127
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Nordstrom 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Nordstrom, Inc. · Washington · Retail Trade

$3.9B in assets, 61,127 participants

Nordstrom, Inc.'s Nordstrom 401(k) Plan reported $3.9B in total assets and 61,127 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #8,394 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Washington

Nordstrom 401(k) Plan covers 61,127 participants in Washington, 41x the typical Washington plan (state average ~1,476 per filing). Assets: $3.9B.

#8,394
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+13.5%
assets growth YoY
39×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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

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

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$3,919,870,165 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 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 2023

Nordstrom 401(k) Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Nordstrom 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (61,127 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Nordstrom 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$710M in the plan year 2022 filing to $479M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Nordstrom 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.9B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Nordstrom 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 69,744 in the plan year 2022 filing to 61,127 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 910515058 · Nordstrom, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Nordstrom 401(k) Plan · $3.9B · 61,127 · 100th

  • 5500 $3.9B
  • 5500 61,127
  • 5500 100th
  • 5500 401(k)
  • 5500 near Federal National Mortgage Association Retirement Savings Plan for Employees
  • 5500 ind #8394

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 Washington →

Nordstrom 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Massmutual Thrift Plan$3.9BNordstrom 401(k) Plan$3.9BFederal National Mortgage Association Retirement Savings Plan for EmployeesFederal National Mortgage As…$3.9BIu Health 401(k) Savings Plan$3.9BAnalog Devices, Inc. the Investment Partnership PlanAnalog Devices, Inc. the Inv…$3.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Nordstrom 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Washington filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.9B
Net Income$479M
Employer EIN910515058
Plan Effective Date1953-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Nordstrom, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Nordstrom, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4.3B 24.328109903899296% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.45B $4.3B ▲ +24.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 69,744 $3.5B
2023 1 61,127 $3.9B
2024 1 58,225 $4.3B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Washington

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

Nordstrom 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 50000100000150000200000 020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Nordstrom 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.919870165 · Participants: 61127Nordstrom 401(k) PlanThe Boeing Company 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 72.246135158 · Participants: 128910The Boeing Company 401(k) Retirement PlanMicrosoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 53.225853429 · Participants: 123296Microsoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) PlanCostco 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 33.384845813 · Participants: 192744Costco 401(k) Retirement PlanT-Mobile USA, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 8.338937292 · Participants: 71538T-Mobile USA, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Trust401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.118808679 · Participants: 87590401(k) Savings Plan
Nordstrom 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants
Compare Nordstrom 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Nordstrom 401(k) Plan

Nordstrom 401(k) Plan reports $3.9B in end-of-year assets across 61,127 participants (0.032% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.065% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $64,127 per participant (46% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $479M.

This plan identity (EIN 910515058, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.5B to $4.3B (+24.3%) while covered participants moved from 69,744 to 58,225 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 69,744 $3.5B Open filing
2023 61,127 $3.9B This page
2024 · index core 58,225 $4.3B Open filing

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

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

Outside Washington, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Federal National Mortgage Association Retirement Savings Plan for Employees in DC ($3.9B); by covered participants it is Southwest Airlines Co. 401(k) Plan in TX (60,657 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.9B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (61,127 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Nordstrom 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Nordstrom 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.5% during 2023, from $3.5B to $3.9B. Reported net income was $479M.
How have Nordstrom, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Nordstrom, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 24.3%, from $3.5B to $4.3B.
Where does Nordstrom 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Nordstrom 401(k) Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Nordstrom 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Federal National Mortgage Association Retirement Savings Plan for Employees in DC ($3.9B, 8,044 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Nordstrom 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Southwest Airlines Co. 401(k) Plan in TX (60,657 participants, $9.9B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 910515058.

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.