401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $72M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 11,030
- Participants Very large workforce
- 89th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $6,572
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: 99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by 99 Cents Only Stores LLC · California · Retail Trade
$72M in assets, 11,030 participants
99 Cents Only Stores LLC's 99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan reported $72M in total assets and 11,030 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.
- #7,904 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
Coverage in California
99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan covers 11,030 participants in California, 18x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $72M.
- #7,904
- in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
- +13.1%
- assets growth YoY
- 0.7×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$72,493,809 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
99 Cents Only Stores LLC 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. 99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (11,030 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- 99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$13M in the plan year 2022 filing to $8M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- 99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $64M in the plan year 2022 filing to $72M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- 99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 11,184 in the plan year 2022 filing to 11,030 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 952411605 · 99 Cents Only Stores LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)
99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan · $72M · 11,030 · 89th
- EIN $72M
- EIN 11,030
- EIN 89th
- EIN 401(k)
- EIN near Gellert Global Group Retirement Plan
- EIN ind #7904
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 →
99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $64M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $72M |
| Net Income | $8M |
| Employer EIN | 952411605 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1998-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (99 Cents Only Stores LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All 99 Cents Only Stores LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3M 94.76375860475548% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 11,184 | $64M |
| 2023 | 1 | 11,030 | $72M |
| 2024 | 1 | 10,333 | $3M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in California
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
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- Apple 401(k) Plan $19.8B · 106,111
Scale composition for 99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan
99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan reports $72M in end-of-year assets across 11,030 participants (0.001% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $6,572 per participant (5% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $8M.
This plan identity (EIN 952411605, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $64M to $3M (-94.8%) while covered participants moved from 11,184 to 10,333 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11,184 | $64M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 11,030 | $72M | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 10,333 | $3M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- 99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan (401(k), $3M, 10,333 participants)
99 Cents Only Stores LLC 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Gellert Global Group Retirement Plan in NJ ($72M); by covered participants it is Pike 401(k) Plan in NC (11,025 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($72M here).
- Gellert Global Group Retirement Plan (NJ) $72M · 1,499
- Grain Millers, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (MN) $72M · 679
- National Insurance Crime Bureau Employee Saving Plan (IL) $72M · 388
- Healthbridge Management 401(k) Plan (NJ) $73M · 34
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,030 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Pike 401(k) Plan (NC) 11,025 · 5 off
- Trugreen Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan (TN) 11,035 · 5 off
- Constellis 401(k) Plan (VA) 11,011 · 19 off
- Group Management Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust (OH) 11,054 · 24 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.