401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Barnes & Noble, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$688M
Total assets Above avg plan size
11,963
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$57,517
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Barnes & Noble, Inc. · New York · Retail Trade

$688M in assets, 11,963 participants

Barnes & Noble, Inc.'s Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan reported $688M in total assets and 11,963 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.

  • #8,305 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in New York

Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan covers 11,963 participants in New York, 15x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $688M.

#8,305
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+20.6%
assets growth YoY
6.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$688,077,349 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

Barnes & Noble 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. Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (11,963 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$165M in the plan year 2022 filing to $111M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $571M in the plan year 2022 filing to $688M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 10,505 in the plan year 2022 filing to 11,963 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 061196501 · Barnes & Noble, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan · $688M · 11,963 · 98th

  • RANK $688M
  • RANK 11,963
  • RANK 98th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near Westat, Inc. Savings Plan
  • RANK ind #8305

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 →

Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Faegre Drinker Retirement Savings Plan 2Faegre Drinker Retirement Sa…$690MAthenahealth, Inc. 401(k) PlanAthenahealth, Inc. 401(k) Pl…$689MWestat, Inc. Savings Plan$689MBarnes & Noble 401(k) Plan$688MBaker & Mckenzie Illinois Profit Sharing and 401(k) PlanBaker & Mckenzie Illinois Pr…$686M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Barnes & Noble 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)$571M
Net Assets (End of Year)$688M
Net Income$111M
Employer EIN061196501
Plan Effective Date1987-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Barnes & Noble, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Barnes & Noble, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$790M 38.39850672852096% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$500M$600M$700M$800M$900M 202220232024 $571M $790M ▲ +38.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 10,505 $571M
2023 1 11,963 $688M
2024 1 12,897 $790M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.688077349 · Participants: 11963Barnes & Noble 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 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
Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan

Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan reports $688M in end-of-year assets across 11,963 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $57,517 per participant (42% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $111M.

This plan identity (EIN 061196501, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $571M to $790M (+38.4%) while covered participants moved from 10,505 to 12,897 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,505 $571M Open filing
2023 11,963 $688M This page
2024 · index core 12,897 $790M Open filing

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

Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Westat, Inc. Savings Plan in MD ($689M); by covered participants it is Brown & Brown, Inc Employee Savings Plan in FL (11,978 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($688M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,963 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 Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 20.6% during 2023, from $571M to $688M. Reported net income was $111M.
How have Barnes & Noble, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Barnes & Noble, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 38.4%, from $571M to $790M.
Where does Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Barnes & Noble 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 Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Westat, Inc. Savings Plan in MD ($689M, 8,077 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Barnes & Noble 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Brown & Brown, Inc Employee Savings Plan in FL (11,978 participants, $1.5B 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 061196501.

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.