401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$19.2B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
55,363
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$347,435
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, LLC · New York · Finance & Insurance

$19.2B in assets, 55,363 participants

Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, LLC's Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan reported $19.2B in total assets and 55,363 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.

  • #8,864 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

Coverage in New York

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan covers 55,363 participants in New York, 69x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $19.2B.

#8,864
in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)
+17.2%
assets growth YoY
193×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$19,235,068,266 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

Morgan Stanley 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. Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (55,363 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$3.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.9B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 42,924 in the plan year 2022 filing to 55,363 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $16.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $19.2B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 208764829 · Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan · $19.2B · 55,363 · 100th

  • ASSETS $19.2B
  • PCT 55,363
  • EIN 100th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • PHOTO near GE Retirement Savings Plan
  • IND ind #8864

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Kaiser Permanente 401(k) Retirement PlanKaiser Permanente 401(k) Ret…$19.7BGE Retirement Savings Plan$19.5BMorgan Stanley 401(k) Plan$19.2BChevron Employee Savings Investment PlanChevron Employee Savings Inv…$18.9BCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) PlanCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Pl…$18.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$16.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$19.0B
Net Income$2.9B
Employer EIN208764829
Plan Effective Date1971-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$24.2B 30.320489775283864% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$18B$20B$22B$24B$26B 202220232024 $18.6B $24.2B ▲ +30.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 49,915 $18.6B
2023 2 61,907 $21.4B
2024 2 59,810 $24.2B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 0204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.235068266 · Participants: 55363Morgan Stanley 401(k) 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 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) PlanMcKinsey & Company, Inc. (Psrp) Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.085287135 · Participants: 17796McKinsey & Company, Inc. (Psrp) Profit Sharing Retirement Plan
Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan reports $19.2B in end-of-year assets across 55,363 participants (0.16% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.059% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $347,435 per participant (2.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $2.9B.

This plan identity (EIN 208764829, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $16.4B to $22.2B (+35.1%) while covered participants moved from 42,924 to 53,860 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 42,924 $16.4B Open filing
2023 55,363 $19.2B This page
2024 · index core 53,860 $22.2B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is GE Retirement Savings Plan in OH ($19.5B); by covered participants it is Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in CA (55,389 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($19.2B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (55,363 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 Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023?
Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 17.2% during 2023, from $16.4B to $19.2B. Reported net income was $2.9B.
How have Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, LLC plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 30.3%, from $18.6B to $24.2B.
Where does Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Morgan Stanley 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 Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is GE Retirement Savings Plan in OH ($19.5B, 59,766 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in CA (55,389 participants, $873M in assets).