401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Courthouse News Service 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$9M
Total assets Small plan by assets
215
Participants Below avg headcount
56th
Percentile by assets National rank
$40,398
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · Sponsored by Courthouse News Service · California · Information & Media

$9M in assets, 215 participants

Courthouse News Service's Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported $9M in total assets and 215 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 56th 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.

  • #1,190 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Coverage in California

Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan covers 215 participants in California, about 34% of the average California filer (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $9M.

#1,190
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+17.1%
assets growth YoY

Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Information & Media and all filers

Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$8,685,570 Top 44% higher than 56% 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

Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing 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. Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (215 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported net income rose from -$904K in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan end-of-year assets rose from $7M in the plan year 2022 filing to $9M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan reported participants fell from 224 in the plan year 2022 filing to 215 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 954652674 · Courthouse News Service PY 2023 · 401(k)

Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan · $9M · 215 · 56th

  • PCT $9M
  • EIN 215
  • RANK 56th
  • PHOTO 401(k)
  • IND near New Venture Partners LLC 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan
  • EOY ind #1190

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 →

Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanCourthouse News Service 401(…$9MNew Venture Partners LLC 401(k) Profit-Sharing PlanNew Venture Partners LLC 401…$9MMidwest Carriers 401(k) Plan & TrustMidwest Carriers 401(k) Plan…$9MD. a. Blodgett - St. John's 403(b) PlanD. a. Blodgett - St. John's …$9MMedimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 401(k) PlanMedimetriks Pharmaceuticals,…$9M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$7M
Net Assets (End of Year)$9M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN954652674
Plan Effective Date1998-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Courthouse News Service)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Courthouse News Service plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$10M 34.38185075849819% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$7M$8M$9M$10M$11M 202220232024 $7.42M $9.97M ▲ +34.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 224 $7M
2023 1 215 $9M
2024 1 217 $10M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.00868557 · Participants: 215Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing 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
Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is New Venture Partners LLC 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan in NJ ($9M); by covered participants it is West Tennessee Bone & Joint Clinic, P.C. Profit Sharing Plan in TN (215 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (215 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 Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan grew sharply - up 17.1% during 2023, from $7M to $9M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Courthouse News Service plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Courthouse News Service's sponsor-wide assets grew 34.4%, from $7M to $10M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is New Venture Partners LLC 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan in NJ ($9M, 4 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Courthouse News Service 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is West Tennessee Bone & Joint Clinic, P.C. Profit Sharing Plan in TN (215 participants, $33M 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 954652674.

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.