401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $227M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 7,474
- Participants Very large workforce
- 95th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $30,406
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Designer Brands Inc. · Ohio · Retail Trade
$227M in assets, 7,474 participants
Designer Brands Inc.'s Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $227M in total assets and 7,474 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.
- #8,186 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 7,474 participants in Ohio, 9.8x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $227M.
- #8,186
- in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
- +21.6%
- assets growth YoY
- 2.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$227,255,209 Top 5% higher than 95% 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
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (7,474 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$38M in the plan year 2022 filing to $40M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $187M in the plan year 2022 filing to $227M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 6,215 in the plan year 2022 filing to 7,474 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 310746639 · Designer Brands Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan · $227M · 7,474 · 95th
- ASSETS $227M
- PCT 7,474
- EIN 95th
- RANK 401(k)
- PHOTO near The Nordam Group LLC 401(k) Retirement Plan
- IND ind #8186
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 Ohio →
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $187M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $227M |
| Net Income | $40M |
| Employer EIN | 310746639 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2008-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Designer Brands Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Designer Brands Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $242M 29.42255848551529% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 6,215 | $187M |
| 2023 | 1 | 7,474 | $227M |
| 2024 | 1 | 7,189 | $242M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- GE Retirement Savings Plan $19.5B · 59,766
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan $10.1B · 47,362
- The Progressive 401(k) Plan $9.2B · 56,176
- The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan $8.4B · 129,769
- Nationwide Savings Plan $7.6B · 24,715
Scale composition for Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $227M in end-of-year assets across 7,474 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $30,406 per participant (22% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $40M.
This plan identity (EIN 310746639, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $187M to $242M (+29.4%) while covered participants moved from 6,215 to 7,189 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,215 | $187M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 7,474 | $227M | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 7,189 | $242M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan (401(k), $242M, 7,189 participants)
Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Nordam Group LLC 401(k) Retirement Plan in OK ($227M); by covered participants it is Bytedance 401(k) Plan in CA (7,471 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($227M here).
- The Nordam Group LLC 401(k) Retirement Plan (OK) $227M · 1,365
- Inx International Retirement Savings Plan (IL) $227M · 1,231
- Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (NY) $227M · 792
- Facey Medical Group, a Medical Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (CA) $227M · 226
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,474 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Bytedance 401(k) Plan (CA) 7,471 · 3 off
- Henry Schein, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (NY) 7,483 · 9 off
- Driven Brands, Inc. Employee Retirement Savings Plan (NC) 7,463 · 11 off
- Rxo 401(k) Plan (NC) 7,462 · 12 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.