401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$731M
Total assets Above avg plan size
48,701
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$15,002
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Retail Trade

$731M in assets, 48,701 participants

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.'s Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan reported $731M in total assets and 48,701 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #8,311 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan covers 48,701 participants in Pennsylvania, 59x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $731M.

#8,311
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+30.6%
assets growth YoY
7.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$730,603,588 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 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. Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (48,701 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$56M in the plan year 2022 filing to $171M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 31,670 in the plan year 2022 filing to 48,701 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $559M in the plan year 2022 filing to $731M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 161241537 · Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan · $731M · 48,701 · 98th

  • PHOTO $731M
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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 Pennsylvania →

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit EmployeesThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber C…$731MDick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) PlanDick's Sporting Goods, Inc. …$731MQbe 401(k) Savings Plan$731MFortune Brands Innovations Retirement Savings PlanFortune Brands Innovations R…$731MW.R. Grace & Co. Savings & Investment PlanW.R. Grace & Co. Savings & I…$730M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$559M
Net Assets (End of Year)$731M
Net Income$171M
Employer EIN161241537
Plan Effective Date1980-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$884M 57.96531393098561% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$600M$700M$800M$900M$1,000M 202220232024 $559M $884M ▲ +58.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 31,670 $559M
2023 1 48,701 $731M
2024 1 51,564 $884M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.730603588 · Participants: 48701Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.368669862 · Participants: 93136Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.003870935 · Participants: 66760Cigna 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.765617477 · Participants: 18200The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.339762 · Participants: 61697The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.955655142 · Participants: 25184The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan reports $731M in end-of-year assets across 48,701 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.052% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $15,002 per participant (11% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $171M.

This plan identity (EIN 161241537, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $559M to $884M (+58.0%) while covered participants moved from 31,670 to 51,564 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 31,670 $559M Open filing
2023 48,701 $731M This page
2024 · index core 51,564 $884M Open filing

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

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Qbe 401(k) Savings Plan in WI ($731M); by covered participants it is The Quest Diagnostics Profit Sharing Plan in NJ (48,629 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (48,701 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 Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan surged - up 30.6% during 2023, from $559M to $731M. Reported net income was $171M.
How have Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 58.0%, from $559M to $884M.
Where does Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan ranks in the 98th 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 Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Qbe 401(k) Savings Plan in WI ($731M, 2,554 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Quest Diagnostics Profit Sharing Plan in NJ (48,629 participants, $5.1B 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 161241537.

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.