401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Sotheby's Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$227M
Total assets Near avg plan size
792
Participants Near avg headcount
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$286,872
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Sotheby's Inc. · New York · Professional & Technical Services

$227M in assets, 792 participants

Sotheby's Inc.'s Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported $227M in total assets and 792 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

  • #19,577 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Where Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan sits by assets

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $227M for 792 participants (~$286,872/participant), up 12.6% in 2023.

#19,577
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+12.6%
assets growth YoY
2.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$227,202,556 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (792 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$43M in the plan year 2022 filing to $25M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 656 in the plan year 2022 filing to 792 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $202M in the plan year 2022 filing to $227M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 382478406 · Sotheby's Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan · $227M · 792 · 95th

  • BOOK $227M
  • VS-ST 792
  • BOY 95th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • EBSA near Inx International Retirement Savings Plan
  • PART ind #19577

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 New York →

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$202M
Net Assets (End of Year)$227M
Net Income$25M
Employer EIN382478406
Plan Effective Date1985-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sotheby's Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sotheby's Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$249M 23.148783710355772% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$180M$200M$220M$240M$260M 202220232024 $202M $249M ▲ +23.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 656 $202M
2023 1 792 $227M
2024 1 834 $249M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.227202556 · Participants: 792Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings 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
Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Inx International Retirement Savings Plan in IL ($227M); by covered participants it is Virco Mfg. Corporation 401(k) Plan in CA (792 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (792 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 Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.6% during 2023, from $202M to $227M. Reported net income was $25M.
How have Sotheby's Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sotheby's Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 23.1%, from $202M to $249M.
Where does Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 95th 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 Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Inx International Retirement Savings Plan in IL ($227M, 1,231 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sotheby's, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Virco Mfg. Corporation 401(k) Plan in CA (792 participants, $60M 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 382478406.

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.