401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Buzzfeed Media Enterprises Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$78M
Total assets
1,089
Participants
90th
Percentile by assets
$71,890
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Buzzfeed Media Enterprises Inc. · New York · Information & Media

$78M in assets, 1,089 participants

Buzzfeed Media Enterprises Inc.'s Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $78M in total assets and 1,089 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.

  • 90th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
  • #2,399 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan sits by assets

Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $78M for 1,089 participants (~$71,890/participant), up 20.7% in 2023.

$78M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
1,089
covered participants
90th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
$71,890
avg assets per participant

Where Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan sits by total assets

Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$78,288,496 Top 10% higher than 90% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,010,000,000 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

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $3M in the plan year 2022 filing to $13M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $65M in the plan year 2022 filing to $78M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 1,155 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,089 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

State
New York
Industry
Information & Media

Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution

By assets, Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan outranks 90% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 0.8x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$65M
Net Assets (End of Year)$78M
Net Income$13M
Employer EIN873610738
Plan Effective Date2017-01-04
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Buzzfeed Media Enterprises Inc.)

$60M$65M$70M$75M$80M 202220232024 $64.9M $77.3M ▲ +19.2%
Total plan assets by year, all Buzzfeed Media Enterprises Inc. plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 1,155 $65M
2023 1 1,089 $78M
2024 1 858 $77M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k)…, Total assets ($B): 0.078288496 · Participants: 1089Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k)…IBM 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…, Total assets ($B): 19.235068266 · Participants: 55363Morgan Stanley 401(k…The Pepsico Savings …, Total assets ($B): 13.651296 · Participants: 133597The Pepsico Savings …The Goldman Sachs 40…, Total assets ($B): 11.428659742 · Participants: 24866The Goldman Sachs 40…
Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 20.7% during 2023, from $65M to $78M. Reported net income was $13M.
How have Buzzfeed Media Enterprises Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Buzzfeed Media Enterprises Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 19.2%, from $65M to $77M.
Where does Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 90th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Buzzfeed Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Resource Innovations, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in CA ($78M, 578 participants).

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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 873610738.

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.