401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$629M
Total assets Above avg plan size
20,867
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$30,142
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Williams-Sonoma, Inc. · California · Retail Trade

$629M in assets, 20,867 participants

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.'s Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $629M in total assets and 20,867 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #8,296 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in California

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 20,867 participants in California, 33x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $629M.

#8,296
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+29.8%
assets growth YoY
6.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$628,968,727 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Williams-Sonoma, 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. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (20,867 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$106M in the plan year 2022 filing to $144M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $485M in the plan year 2022 filing to $629M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 21,334 in the plan year 2022 filing to 20,867 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 942203880 · Williams-Sonoma, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $629M · 20,867 · 98th

  • EIN $629M
  • RANK 20,867
  • PHOTO 98th
  • IND 401(k)
  • EOY near Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 401(k) Plan
  • 5500 ind #8296

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 →

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Venable LLP 401(k) Plan a$629MWilliams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) PlanWilliams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k)…$629MTake-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 401(k) PlanTake-Two Interactive Softwar…$629MConsolidated 401(a) and 401(k) Program of Mass General Brigham and Member OrganizationsConsolidated 401(a) and 401(…$629MCsg Incentive Savings Plan$629M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$485M
Net Assets (End of Year)$629M
Net Income$144M
Employer EIN942203880
Plan Effective Date1989-02-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Williams-Sonoma, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Williams-Sonoma, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$798M 64.56230781658464% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$400M$500M$600M$700M$800M$900M 202220232024 $485M $798M ▲ +64.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 21,334 $485M
2023 1 20,867 $629M
2024 1 18,752 $798M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.628968727 · Participants: 20867Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 51.831350351 · Participants: 193919Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.047152408 · Participants: 122867Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.320437734 · Participants: 63105Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.17918189 · Participants: 59863Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.779511539 · Participants: 106111Apple 401(k) Plan
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $629M in end-of-year assets across 20,867 participants (0.005% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.022% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $30,142 per participant (22% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $144M.

This plan identity (EIN 942203880, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $485M to $798M (+64.6%) while covered participants moved from 21,334 to 18,752 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 21,334 $485M Open filing
2023 20,867 $629M This page
2024 · index core 18,752 $798M Open filing

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

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 401(k) Plan in NY ($629M); by covered participants it is Jo-Ann Stores, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan in OH (20,860 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (20,867 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 Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 29.8% during 2023, from $485M to $629M. Reported net income was $144M.
How have Williams-Sonoma, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Williams-Sonoma, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 64.6%, from $485M to $798M.
Where does Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 401(k) Plan in NY ($629M, 4,623 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Jo-Ann Stores, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan in OH (20,860 participants, $183M 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 942203880.

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.