401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 15,886
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $97,445
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC · North Carolina · Manufacturing
$1.5B in assets, 15,886 participants
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC's Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan reported $1.5B in total assets and 15,886 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.
- #18,400 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in North Carolina
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan covers 15,886 participants in North Carolina, 19x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $1.5B.
- #18,400
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +28.0%
- assets growth YoY
- 16×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,548,016,663 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings 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. Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (15,886 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$158M in the plan year 2022 filing to $338M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 14,003 in the plan year 2022 filing to 15,886 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 561640186 · Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan · $1.5B · 15,886 · 99th
- SCH $1.5B
- EBSA 15,886
- PART 99th
- TYPE 401(k)
- NET near Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Retirement and Stock Ownership Plan
- BOOK ind #18400
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
North Carolina filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.5B |
| Net Income | $338M |
| Employer EIN | 561640186 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1991-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- N/A
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 14,003 | $1.2B |
| 2023 | 1 | 15,886 | $1.5B |
| 2024 | 1 | 14,922 | N/A |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Bank of America 401(k) Plan $54.8B · 173,899
- Honeywell 401(k) Plan $15.4B · 40,004
- Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan $10.4B · 28,121
- Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan $10.1B · 55,480
- Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan $8.5B · 24,174
Scale composition for Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan reports $1.5B in end-of-year assets across 15,886 participants (0.013% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $97,445 per participant (70% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $338M.
This plan identity (EIN 561640186, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 while covered participants moved from 14,003 to 14,922 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14,003 | $1.2B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 15,886 | $1.5B | This page |
| 2024 | 14,922 | N/A | Open filing |
Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Retirement and Stock Ownership Plan in OH ($1.5B); by covered participants it is Sheetz, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in PA (15,866 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.5B here).
- Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Retirement and Stock Ownership Plan (OH) $1.5B · 5,000
- Teamhealth 401(k) Plan (TN) $1.6B · 17,626
- Southern Glazer's 401(k) Plan (FL) $1.5B · 17,430
- Wec Energy Group Retirement Savings Plan (WI) $1.5B · 3,386
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,886 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Sheetz, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (PA) 15,866 · 20 off
- Foundever Operating Corporation 401(k) Plan (TN) 15,860 · 26 off
- Trilogy Management Services, LLC Retirement Savings Plan (KY) 15,915 · 29 off
- Hmshost 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and Trust (MD) 15,836 · 50 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.