401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Kirkland & Ellis LLP 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
5,122
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$448,827
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis LLP · Illinois · Professional & Technical Services

$2.3B in assets, 5,122 participants

Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan reported $2.3B in total assets and 5,122 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #20,254 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan covers 5,122 participants in Illinois, 6.6x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $2.3B.

#20,254
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+19.5%
assets growth YoY
23×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,298,892,790 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings 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. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (5,122 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$255M in the plan year 2022 filing to $375M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.9B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 4,651 in the plan year 2022 filing to 5,122 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 361326630 · Kirkland & Ellis LLP PY 2023 · 401(k)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan · $2.3B · 5,122 · 99th

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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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings PlanKirkland & Ellis LLP Defined…$2.3BThe Kroger Co. Savings Plan$2.3BNovo Nordisk Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanNovo Nordisk Inc. 401(k) Sav…$2.3BThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Employee Savings Plan for Salaried EmployeesThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber C…$2.3BAvangrid 401(k) Plan$2.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.9B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.3B
Net Income$375M
Employer EIN361326630
Plan Effective Date1984-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Kirkland & Ellis LLP)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Kirkland & Ellis LLP plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.5B 41.86676941323103% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2B$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B 202220232024 $2.44B $3.46B ▲ +41.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 5,358 $2.4B
2023 2 5,849 $3.0B
2024 2 6,066 $3.5B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois

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

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.29889279 · Participants: 5122Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings PlanAccenture United States 401(k) Match Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.594548115 · Participants: 69974Accenture United States 401(k) Match Savings PlanState Farm 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.935002041 · Participants: 60246State Farm 401(k) Savings PlanAbbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.496191 · Participants: 38012Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement PlanUnited Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.367975914 · Participants: 14959United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.444551767 · Participants: 235331Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan reports $2.3B in end-of-year assets across 5,122 participants (0.019% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.005% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $448,827 per participant (3.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $375M.

This plan identity (EIN 361326630, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.9B to $2.7B (+38.9%) while covered participants moved from 4,651 to 5,310 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 4,651 $1.9B Open filing
2023 5,122 $2.3B This page
2024 · index core 5,310 $2.7B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Kroger Co. Savings Plan in OH ($2.3B); by covered participants it is Privia Retirement Plan in VA (5,125 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,122 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 Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan grew sharply - up 19.5% during 2023, from $1.9B to $2.3B. Reported net income was $375M.
How have Kirkland & Ellis LLP plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Kirkland & Ellis LLP's sponsor-wide assets grew 41.9%, from $2.4B to $3.5B.
Where does Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Kroger Co. Savings Plan in OH ($2.3B, 236,780 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Privia Retirement Plan in VA (5,125 participants, $392M 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 361326630.

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.