401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Sephora USA Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$490M
Total assets Above avg plan size
20,769
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$23,574
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sephora Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Sephora USA Inc. · California · Retail Trade

$490M in assets, 20,769 participants

Sephora USA Inc.'s Sephora Retirement Plan reported $490M in total assets and 20,769 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #8,277 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in California

Sephora Retirement Plan covers 20,769 participants in California, 33x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $490M.

#8,277
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+28.6%
assets growth YoY
4.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Sephora Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sephora Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$489,605,843 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Sephora Retirement 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. Sephora Retirement Plan is a mega filing (20,769 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Sephora Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$56M in the plan year 2022 filing to $109M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sephora Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 15,872 in the plan year 2022 filing to 20,769 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sephora Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $381M in the plan year 2022 filing to $490M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 943322407 · Sephora USA Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Sephora Retirement Plan · $490M · 20,769 · 97th

  • EOY $490M
  • 5500 20,769
  • ASSETS 97th
  • PCT 401(k)
  • EIN near Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan
  • RANK ind #8277

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 California →

Sephora Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC Profit Sharing 401(k) PlanAshley Furniture Industries,…$490MSephora Retirement Plan$490MHydro Extrusion USA, LLC Savings PlanHydro Extrusion USA, LLC Sav…$489MNg Financial Security and Savings ProgramNg Financial Security and Sa…$489MSulzer Employee Savings Plan$489M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sephora Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$381M
Net Assets (End of Year)$490M
Net Income$109M
Employer EIN943322407
Plan Effective Date1998-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sephora USA Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sephora USA Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$600M 57.659111198027944% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$300M$400M$500M$600M$700M 202220232024 $381M $600M ▲ +57.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 15,872 $381M
2023 1 20,769 $490M
2024 1 17,588 $600M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Sephora Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Sephora Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.489605843 · Participants: 20769Sephora Retirement PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 51.831350351 · Participants: 193919Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.047152408 · Participants: 122867Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.320437734 · Participants: 63105Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.17918189 · Participants: 59863Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.779511539 · Participants: 106111Apple 401(k) Plan
Sephora Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Sephora Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Sephora Retirement Plan

Sephora Retirement Plan reports $490M in end-of-year assets across 20,769 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.022% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $23,574 per participant (17% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $109M.

This plan identity (EIN 943322407, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $381M to $600M (+57.7%) while covered participants moved from 15,872 to 17,588 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 15,872 $381M Open filing
2023 20,769 $490M This page
2024 · index core 17,588 $600M Open filing

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

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

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan in WI ($490M); by covered participants it is Hah Holdings, LLC 401(k) Plan in IL (20,752 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($490M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (20,769 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 Sephora Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Sephora Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 28.6% during 2023, from $381M to $490M. Reported net income was $109M.
How have Sephora USA Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sephora USA Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 57.7%, from $381M to $600M.
Where does Sephora Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sephora Retirement Plan ranks in the 97th 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 Sephora Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan in WI ($490M, 17,093 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sephora Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hah Holdings, LLC 401(k) Plan in IL (20,752 participants, $25M 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 943322407.

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.