401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $158M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 13,065
- Participants Very large workforce
- 94th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $12,074
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Guitar Center, Inc. · California · Retail Trade
$158M in assets, 13,065 participants
Guitar Center, Inc.'s Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $158M in total assets and 13,065 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.
- #8,119 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
Coverage in California
Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 13,065 participants in California, 21x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $158M.
- #8,119
- in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
- +23.1%
- assets growth YoY
- 1.6×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$157,752,402 Top 6% higher than 94% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Guitar Center, Inc. 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. Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (13,065 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$24M in the plan year 2022 filing to $30M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $128M in the plan year 2022 filing to $158M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 14,019 in the plan year 2022 filing to 13,065 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 854210591 · Guitar Center, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)
Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $158M · 13,065 · 94th
- ASSETS $158M
- PCT 13,065
- EIN 94th
- RANK 401(k)
- PHOTO near Dental Care Alliance 401(k) Plan
- IND ind #8119
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 California →
Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $128M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $158M |
| Net Income | $30M |
| Employer EIN | 854210591 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1981-11-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Guitar Center, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Guitar Center, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $182M 42.28643268546966% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 14,019 | $128M |
| 2023 | 1 | 13,065 | $158M |
| 2024 | 1 | 13,469 | $182M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in California
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan $51.8B · 193,919
- Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan $39.0B · 122,867
- Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan $26.3B · 63,105
- Intel 401(k) Savings Plan $22.2B · 59,863
- Apple 401(k) Plan $19.8B · 106,111
Scale composition for Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $158M in end-of-year assets across 13,065 participants (0.001% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.014% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $12,074 per participant (9% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $30M.
This plan identity (EIN 854210591, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $128M to $182M (+42.3%) while covered participants moved from 14,019 to 13,469 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14,019 | $128M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 13,065 | $158M | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 13,469 | $182M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan (401(k), $182M, 13,469 participants)
Guitar Center, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Dental Care Alliance 401(k) Plan in FL ($158M); by covered participants it is Ti Contribution and 401(k) Savings Plan in TX (13,037 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($158M here).
- Dental Care Alliance 401(k) Plan (FL) $158M · 3,859
- One Webasto 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (MI) $158M · 2,297
- Service Logic 401(k) Plan (NC) $158M · 1,676
- Advics 401(k) Plan (OH) $158M · 1,695
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,065 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Ti Contribution and 401(k) Savings Plan (TX) 13,037 · 28 off
- Freeport-Mcmoran Inc. Employee Capital Accumulation Program (AZ) 13,105 · 40 off
- Select Rehabilitation, LLC 401(k) Plan and Trust (IL) 13,024 · 41 off
- Rr Donnelley Savings Plan (IL) 13,018 · 47 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.