401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
31,038
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$234,429
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan · Sponsored by General Dynamics Corporation · Virginia · Manufacturing

$7.3B in assets, 31,038 participants

General Dynamics Corporation's General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan reported $7.3B in total assets and 31,038 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.

  • #18,643 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan covers 31,038 participants in Virginia, 40x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $7.3B.

#18,643
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+13.9%
assets growth YoY
73×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan's outsized position by total assets

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$7,276,202,148 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

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca 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. General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan is a mega filing (31,038 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan reported net income rose from -$671M in the plan year 2022 filing to $796M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan reported participants rose from 25,696 in the plan year 2022 filing to 31,038 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan end-of-year assets rose from $6.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $7.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 131673581 · General Dynamics Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan · $7.3B · 31,038 · 100th

  • EOY $7.3B
  • EOY 31,038
  • EOY 100th
  • EOY 401(k)
  • EOY near Parker Retirement Savings Plan
  • EOY ind #18643

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 Virginia →

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Salesforce 401(k) Plan$7.3BEaton Savings Plan$7.3BGeneral Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca PlanGeneral Dynamics Corporation…$7.3BParker Retirement Savings PlanParker Retirement Savings Pl…$7.2BTi Contribution and 401(k) Savings PlanTi Contribution and 401(k) S…$7.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$6.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$7.3B
Net Income$796M
Employer EIN131673581
Plan Effective Date2016-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (General Dynamics Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All General Dynamics Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$33.4B 11.992919867650146% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$28B$30B$32B$34B 202220232024 $29.9B $33.4B ▲ +12.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 16 107,750 $29.9B
2023 14 115,717 $32.7B
2024 11 111,719 $33.4B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia

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

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 20000400006000080000100000120000 010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.276202148 · Participants: 31038General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca PlanNorthrop Grumman Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 36.173098625 · Participants: 97987Northrop Grumman Savings Plan401(k) Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.97867624 · Participants: 62467401(k) Pension PlanGeneral Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0, Total assets ($B): 11.167449098 · Participants: 48860General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.583898778 · Participants: 27043Leidos, Inc. Retirement PlanBae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.406287325 · Participants: 31681Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan reports $7.3B in end-of-year assets across 31,038 participants (0.059% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.033% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $234,429 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $796M.

This plan identity (EIN 131673581, plan #068) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $6.4B to $7.9B (+23.9%) while covered participants moved from 25,696 to 27,525 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 25,696 $6.4B Open filing
2023 31,038 $7.3B This page
2024 · index core 27,525 $7.9B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Parker Retirement Savings Plan in OH ($7.2B); by covered participants it is Quanta Services, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in TX (30,951 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (31,038 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 General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.9% during 2023, from $6.4B to $7.3B. Reported net income was $796M.
How have General Dynamics Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), General Dynamics Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 12.0%, from $29.9B to $33.4B.
Where does General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca 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 General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Parker Retirement Savings Plan in OH ($7.2B, 25,764 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Qaca Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Quanta Services, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in TX (30,951 participants, $1.8B 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 131673581.

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.