401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
SANFORD 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 30,495
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $101,996
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Sanford Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by SANFORD · North Dakota · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$3.1B in assets, 30,495 participants
SANFORD's Sanford Retirement Savings Plan reported $3.1B in total assets and 30,495 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.
- #17,635 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
Coverage in North Dakota
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan covers 30,495 participants in North Dakota, 60x the typical North Dakota plan (state average ~504 per filing). Assets: $3.1B.
- #17,635
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
- +27.0%
- assets growth YoY
- 31×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$3,110,361,496 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Sanford Retirement Savings 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. Sanford Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (30,495 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Sanford Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$416M in the plan year 2022 filing to $640M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Sanford Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Sanford Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 30,145 in the plan year 2022 filing to 30,495 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 271218956 · SANFORD PY 2023 · 401(k)
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan · $3.1B · 30,495 · 100th
- 5500 $3.1B
- ASSETS 30,495
- PCT 100th
- EIN 401(k)
- RANK near Iqvia 401(k) Plan
- PHOTO ind #17635
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 Healthcare & Social Assistance retirement plans → · Plans in North Dakota →
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
North Dakota filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.1B |
| Net Income | $640M |
| Employer EIN | 271218956 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2011-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (SANFORD)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All SANFORD plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.6B 37.08702205547847% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 36,661 | $2.6B |
| 2023 | 2 | 35,983 | $3.1B |
| 2024 | 2 | 35,876 | $3.6B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Dakota
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Mdu Resources Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan $830M · 8,551
- Knife River Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan $741M · 5,269
- Dakotas Areawide IBEW-NECA Savings and Retirement Plan $521M · 3,853
- Eide Bailly LLP 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan $513M · 2,920
- Offutt Companies 401(k) Savings Plan $501M · 4,790
Scale composition for Sanford Retirement Savings Plan
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan reports $3.1B in end-of-year assets across 30,495 participants (0.025% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.032% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $101,996 per participant (74% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $640M.
This plan identity (EIN 271218956, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.4B to $3.6B (+47.1%) while covered participants moved from 30,145 to 31,958 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30,145 | $2.4B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 30,495 | $3.1B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 31,958 | $3.6B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Sanford Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $3.6B, 31,958 participants)
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside North Dakota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Iqvia 401(k) Plan in NC ($3.1B); by covered participants it is Ford Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees in MI (30,516 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.1B here).
- Iqvia 401(k) Plan (NC) $3.1B · 20,893
- Valero Energy Corporation Thrift Plan (TX) $3.1B · 7,914
- Intuit Inc. 401(k) Plan (CA) $3.1B · 19,607
- Battelle Employees' Savings Plan (OH) $3.1B · 8,382
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (30,495 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Ford Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees (MI) 30,516 · 21 off
- Kaiser Permanente Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan III (CA) 30,550 · 55 off
- Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan (OH) 30,598 · 103 off
- Southeastern Grocers 401(k) Savings Plan (FL) 30,611 · 116 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.