401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Clark Core Services, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$197M
Total assets Near avg plan size
6,973
Participants Above avg headcount
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$28,289
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Clark Core Services, LLC · Pennsylvania · Retail Trade

$197M in assets, 6,973 participants

Clark Core Services, LLC's Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan reported $197M in total assets and 6,973 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.

  • #8,158 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan covers 6,973 participants in Pennsylvania, 8.5x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $197M.

#8,158
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+44.2%
assets growth YoY
2.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$197,261,994 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

Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) 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. Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (6,973 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $5M in the plan year 2022 filing to $60M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $137M in the plan year 2022 filing to $197M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 5,122 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,973 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 231855710 · Clark Core Services, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan · $197M · 6,973 · 95th

  • NET $197M
  • NET 6,973
  • NET 95th
  • NET 401(k)
  • NET near Oglethorpe Power Corporation Retirement Plan
  • NET ind #8158

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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Wellpower 401(k) Savings and Retirement PlanWellpower 401(k) Savings and…$197MHarris Beach 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanHarris Beach 401(k) Profit S…$197MClark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) PlanClark Associates Multiple Em…$197MOglethorpe Power Corporation Retirement PlanOglethorpe Power Corporation…$197MAbiomed Retirement Savings PlanAbiomed Retirement Savings P…$197M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$137M
Net Assets (End of Year)$197M
Net Income$60M
Employer EIN231855710
Plan Effective Date1987-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Clark Core Services, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Clark Core Services, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$258M 88.70748550342145% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$100M$150M$200M$250M$300M 202220232024 $137M $258M ▲ +88.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 5,122 $137M
2023 1 6,973 $197M
2024 1 7,183 $258M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.197261994 · Participants: 6973Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.368669862 · Participants: 93136Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.003870935 · Participants: 66760Cigna 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.765617477 · Participants: 18200The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.339762 · Participants: 61697The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.955655142 · Participants: 25184The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan

Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan reports $197M in end-of-year assets across 6,973 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $28,289 per participant (20% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $60M.

This plan identity (EIN 231855710, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $137M to $258M (+88.7%) while covered participants moved from 5,122 to 7,183 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 5,122 $137M Open filing
2023 6,973 $197M This page
2024 · index core 7,183 $258M Open filing

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

Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Oglethorpe Power Corporation Retirement Plan in GA ($197M); by covered participants it is Amf Bowling Centers, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in VA (6,977 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($197M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,973 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 Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan surged - up 44.2% during 2023, from $137M to $197M. Reported net income was $60M.
How have Clark Core Services, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Clark Core Services, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 88.7%, from $137M to $258M.
Where does Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) 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 Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Oglethorpe Power Corporation Retirement Plan in GA ($197M, 327 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Clark Associates Multiple Employer 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Amf Bowling Centers, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in VA (6,977 participants, $43M 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 231855710.

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.