401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Publishers Clearing House LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$195M
Total assets Near avg plan size
466
Participants Below avg headcount
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$418,972
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Publishers Clearing House LLC · New York · Retail Trade

$195M in assets, 466 participants

Publishers Clearing House LLC's Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $195M in total assets and 466 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.

  • #8,155 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Where Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan sits by assets

Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $195M for 466 participants (~$418,972/participant), up 12.1% in 2023.

#8,155
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+12.1%
assets growth YoY
2.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$195,240,888 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (466 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$52M in the plan year 2022 filing to $21M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $174M in the plan year 2022 filing to $195M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported participants fell from 517 in the plan year 2022 filing to 466 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 111730276 · Publishers Clearing House LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · $195M · 466 · 95th

  • TYPE $195M
  • TYPE 466
  • TYPE 95th
  • TYPE 401(k)
  • TYPE near Global Partners LP 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan
  • TYPE ind #8155

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 New York →

Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The Hunter Savings Investment PlanThe Hunter Savings Investmen…$195MSick USA Retirement Savings PlanSick USA Retirement Savings …$195MPublishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanPublishers Clearing House 40…$195MGlobal Partners LP 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing PlanGlobal Partners LP 401(k) Sa…$195MGrande Associates Asset Accumulation PlanGrande Associates Asset Accu…$195M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$174M
Net Assets (End of Year)$195M
Net Income$21M
Employer EIN111730276
Plan Effective Date1999-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Publishers Clearing House LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Publishers Clearing House LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$189M 8.75009619733928% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$170M$180M$190M$200M 202220232024 $174M $189M ▲ +8.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 517 $174M
2023 1 466 $195M
2024 1 395 $189M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.195240888 · Participants: 466Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanIBM 401 (K) Plus Plan, Total assets ($B): 57.428456306 · Participants: 54912IBM 401 (K) Plus PlanPfizer Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.56134085 · Participants: 30033Pfizer Savings PlanMorgan Stanley 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.235068266 · Participants: 55363Morgan Stanley 401(k) PlanThe Pepsico Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.651296 · Participants: 133597The Pepsico Savings PlanThe Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.428659742 · Participants: 24866The Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan
Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Global Partners LP 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan in MA ($195M); by covered participants it is New Directions Retirement Savings Plan for Family Care Network in WA (466 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($195M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (466 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 Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.1% during 2023, from $174M to $195M. Reported net income was $21M.
How have Publishers Clearing House LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Publishers Clearing House LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 8.8%, from $174M to $189M.
Where does Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 95th 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 Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Global Partners LP 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan in MA ($195M, 3,847 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Publishers Clearing House 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is New Directions Retirement Savings Plan for Family Care Network in WA (466 participants, $93M 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 111730276.

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.