401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$13.5B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
45,686
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$296,148
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Dell Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing

$13.5B in assets, 45,686 participants

Dell Inc.'s Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $13.5B in total assets and 45,686 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.

  • #18,689 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 45,686 participants in Texas, 66x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $13.5B.

#18,689
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+13.0%
assets growth YoY
136×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$13,529,835,000 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

Dell 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. Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (45,686 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$2.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.6B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $12.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $13.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 47,532 in the plan year 2022 filing to 45,686 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 742487834 · Dell Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan · $13.5B · 45,686 · 100th

  • PART $13.5B
  • TYPE 45,686
  • NET 100th
  • BOOK 401(k)
  • VS-ST near Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
  • BOY ind #18689

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for PilotsDelta 401(k) Retirement Plan…$13.7BThe Pepsico Savings Plan$13.7BDell Inc. 401(k) Plan$13.5BWalgreens Retirement Savings PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings…$13.4BMerck US Savings Plan$13.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$12.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$13.5B
Net Income$1.6B
Employer EIN742487834
Plan Effective Date1989-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Dell Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Dell Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$14.7B 22.53512159978491% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$11B$12B$13B$14B$15B 202220232024 $12B $14.7B ▲ +22.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 47,532 $12.0B
2023 1 45,686 $13.5B
2024 1 40,874 $14.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 1020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.529835 · Participants: 45686Dell Inc. 401(k) PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.012012 · Participants: 119854AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.917 · Participants: 23477Exxonmobil Savings PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.496476432 · Participants: 41679Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.680189879 · Participants: 88792American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) PlanToyota Motor North America, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.912388373 · Participants: 42788Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan

Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $13.5B in end-of-year assets across 45,686 participants (0.11% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.049% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $296,148 per participant (2.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.6B.

This plan identity (EIN 742487834, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $12.0B to $14.7B (+22.5%) while covered participants moved from 47,532 to 40,874 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 47,532 $12.0B Open filing
2023 45,686 $13.5B This page
2024 · index core 40,874 $14.7B Open filing

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

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

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan in IL ($13.4B); by covered participants it is Humana Retirement Savings Plan in KY (45,938 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($13.5B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (45,686 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 Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.0% during 2023, from $12.0B to $13.5B. Reported net income was $1.6B.
How have Dell Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Dell Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 22.5%, from $12.0B to $14.7B.
Where does Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Dell Inc. 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 Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan in IL ($13.4B, 235,331 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Humana Retirement Savings Plan in KY (45,938 participants, $7.4B 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 742487834.

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.