401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bytedance Inc 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$506M
Total assets Above avg plan size
7,471
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$67,720
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bytedance 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Bytedance Inc · California · Information & Media

$506M in assets, 7,471 participants

Bytedance Inc's Bytedance 401(k) Plan reported $506M in total assets and 7,471 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.

  • #2,690 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in California

Bytedance 401(k) Plan covers 7,471 participants in California, 12x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $506M.

#2,690
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+126.4%
assets growth YoY
5.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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

Bytedance 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$505,933,133 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

Bytedance 401(k) Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bytedance 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (7,471 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bytedance 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $114M in the plan year 2022 filing to $282M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bytedance 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $223M in the plan year 2022 filing to $506M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bytedance 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 4,123 in the plan year 2022 filing to 7,471 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 812345210 · Bytedance Inc PY 2023 · 401(k)

Bytedance 401(k) Plan · $506M · 7,471 · 97th

  • RANK $506M
  • PHOTO 7,471
  • IND 97th
  • EOY 401(k)
  • 5500 near Ovintiv U.S. Retirement Plan
  • ASSETS ind #2690

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Bytedance 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Bytedance 401(k) Plan$506MOvintiv U.S. Retirement Plan$506MWoodforest Financial Group, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanWoodforest Financial Group, …$505MCargill Investment Plan$505MFulton Financial Corporation 401(k) Retirement PlanFulton Financial Corporation…$505M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Bytedance 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$223M
Net Assets (End of Year)$506M
Net Income$282M
Employer EIN812345210
Plan Effective Date2016-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bytedance Inc)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bytedance Inc plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$919M 311.26772277049236% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$500M$1,000M 202220232024 $223M $919M ▲ +311.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 4,123 $223M
2023 1 7,471 $506M
2024 1 10,022 $919M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Bytedance 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Bytedance 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.505933133 · Participants: 7471Bytedance 401(k) 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
Bytedance 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Bytedance 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Bytedance 401(k) Plan

Bytedance 401(k) Plan reports $506M in end-of-year assets across 7,471 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $67,720 per participant (49% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $282M.

This plan identity (EIN 812345210, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $223M to $919M (+311.3%) while covered participants moved from 4,123 to 10,022 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 4,123 $223M Open filing
2023 7,471 $506M This page
2024 · index core 10,022 $919M Open filing

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

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

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Ovintiv U.S. Retirement Plan in CO ($506M); by covered participants it is Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan in OH (7,474 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($506M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,471 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 Bytedance 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Bytedance 401(k) Plan surged - up 126.4% during 2023, from $223M to $506M. Reported net income was $282M.
How have Bytedance Inc plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bytedance Inc's sponsor-wide assets grew 311.3%, from $223M to $919M.
Where does Bytedance 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bytedance 401(k) 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 Bytedance 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ovintiv U.S. Retirement Plan in CO ($506M, 1,008 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bytedance 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Designer Brands Inc. 401(k) Plan in OH (7,474 participants, $227M 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 812345210.

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.