401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Novartis Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $9.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 13,987
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $680,839
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan · Sponsored by Novartis Corporation · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$9.5B in assets, 13,987 participants
Novartis Corporation's Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan reported $9.5B in total assets and 13,987 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.
- #18,664 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan covers 13,987 participants in New Jersey, 17x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $9.5B.
- #18,664
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +12.9%
- assets growth YoY
- 96×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$9,522,901,746 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Novartis Corporation Investment Savings 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. Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan is a mega filing (13,987 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$1.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $8.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $9.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan reported participants fell from 14,350 in the plan year 2022 filing to 13,987 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 131834433 · Novartis Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)
Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan · $9.5B · 13,987 · 100th
- BOY $9.5B
- SCH 13,987
- EBSA 100th
- PART 401(k)
- TYPE near Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan
- NET ind #18664
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 New Jersey →
Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $8.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $9.5B |
| Net Income | $1.1B |
| Employer EIN | 131834433 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1967-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Novartis Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Novartis Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $11.7B 12.037508502073123% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 17,007 | $10.5B |
| 2023 | 3 | 16,396 | $11.6B |
| 2024 | 3 | 13,953 | $11.7B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan $44.6B · 176,610
- Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees $27.8B · 78,072
- Johnson and Johnson Savings Plan $22.2B · 41,291
- Ernst & Young Retirement Savings Plan $15.5B · 59,346
- Merck US Savings Plan $13.4B · 26,850
Scale composition for Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan
Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan reports $9.5B in end-of-year assets across 13,987 participants (0.077% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $680,839 per participant (4.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.1B.
This plan identity (EIN 131834433, plan #055) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $8.4B to $9.9B (+17.4%) while covered participants moved from 14,350 to 12,217 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14,350 | $8.4B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 13,987 | $9.5B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 12,217 | $9.9B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan (401(k), $9.9B, 12,217 participants)
- Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Novartis Corporation (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.8B, 1,562 participants)
Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan in VA ($9.4B); by covered participants it is Rivian, LLC 401(k) Plan in CA (13,961 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($9.5B here).
- Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan (VA) $9.4B · 31,681
- Hp Inc. 401(k) Plan (TX) $9.7B · 15,497
- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan (PA) $9.3B · 61,697
- The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan (PA) $9.8B · 18,200
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,987 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Rivian, LLC 401(k) Plan (CA) 13,961 · 26 off
- Hearst Retirement Savings Plan (NC) 13,955 · 32 off
- Aon Savings Plan (GA) 13,948 · 39 off
- Genesis Administrative Services 401(k) Plan #1 (PA) 14,027 · 40 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.