401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
8,222
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$167,840
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan · Sponsored by Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · Virginia · Wholesale Trade

$1.4B in assets, 8,222 participants

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.'s Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan reported $1.4B in total assets and 8,222 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.

  • #6,267 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan covers 8,222 participants in Virginia, 11x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $1.4B.

#6,267
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+25.4%
assets growth YoY
14×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,379,984,425 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

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and 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. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan lands in the large band (8,222 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$168M in the plan year 2022 filing to $279M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan reported participants rose from 6,613 in the plan year 2022 filing to 8,222 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 221585834 · Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan · $1.4B · 8,222 · 99th

  • PART $1.4B
  • TYPE 8,222
  • NET 99th
  • BOOK 401(k)
  • VS-ST near Ardent Health Services Retirement Savings Plan
  • BOY ind #6267

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings PlanVolkswagen Group of America,…$1.4BArdent Health Services Retirement Savings PlanArdent Health Services Retir…$1.4BDarden Savings Plan$1.4BPackaging Corporation of America Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried EmployeesPackaging Corporation of Ame…$1.4BGreenberg Traurig 401(k) Plan$1.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.4B
Net Income$279M
Employer EIN221585834
Plan Effective Date1986-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.6B 45.480403295480116% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B$1.8B 202220232024 $1.1B $1.6B ▲ +45.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 6,613 $1.1B
2023 1 8,222 $1.4B
2024 1 9,077 $1.6B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Virginia

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

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000120000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.379984425 · Participants: 8222Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings PlanNorthrop Grumman Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 36.173098625 · Participants: 97987Northrop Grumman Savings Plan401(k) Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.97867624 · Participants: 62467401(k) Pension PlanGeneral Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0, Total assets ($B): 11.167449098 · Participants: 48860General Dynamics Corporation 401(k) Plan 6.0Leidos, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.583898778 · Participants: 27043Leidos, Inc. Retirement PlanBae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.406287325 · Participants: 31681Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan reports $1.4B in end-of-year assets across 8,222 participants (0.011% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $167,840 per participant (1.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $279M.

This plan identity (EIN 221585834, plan #006) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.1B to $1.6B (+45.5%) while covered participants moved from 6,613 to 9,077 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,613 $1.1B Open filing
2023 8,222 $1.4B This page
2024 · index core 9,077 $1.6B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Ardent Health Services Retirement Savings Plan in TN ($1.4B); by covered participants it is Kaleida Health Savings Investment 403(b) Plan in NY (8,221 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.4B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,222 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 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan grew sharply - up 25.4% during 2023, from $1.1B to $1.4B. Reported net income was $279M.
How have Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 45.5%, from $1.1B to $1.6B.
Where does Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and 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 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ardent Health Services Retirement Savings Plan in TN ($1.4B, 20,246 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Defined Contribution and Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Kaleida Health Savings Investment 403(b) Plan in NY (8,221 participants, $648M 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 221585834.

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.