401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Advance Publications, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-06

$1.5B
Total assets
7,004
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$219,351
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Advance 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Advance Publications, Inc. · New York · Information & Media

$1.5B in assets, 7,004 participants

Advance Publications, Inc.'s Advance 401(k) Plan reported $1.5B in total assets and 7,004 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.

  • 99th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
  • #2,756 in Information & Media (2,812 peers)

Coverage in New York

Advance 401(k) Plan covers 7,004 participants in New York, 8.8x the typical New York plan (state average ~795 per filing). Assets: $1.5B.

$1.5B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
7,004
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$219,351
avg assets per participant

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Advance 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$299M in the plan year 2022 filing to $181M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Advance 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Advance 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 6,795 in the plan year 2022 filing to 7,004 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

State

Participants vs New York filers

In New York, the average filing covers about 795 participants across 8,491 plans. Advance 401(k) Plan reports 7,004 participants - 8.8x that state average ($1.5B EOY assets).

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.5B
Net Income$181M
Employer EIN135576716
Plan Effective Date2011-04-15
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Advance Publications, Inc.)

$2.2B$2.3B$2.4B$2.5B$2.6B$2.7B 202220232024 $2.32B $2.58B ▲ +11.2%
Total plan assets by year, all Advance Publications, Inc. plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,665 $2.3B
2023 2 7,774 $2.5B
2024 2 7,387 $2.6B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Advance 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Advance 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Advance 401(k) PlanIBM 401 (K) Plus PlanPfizer Savings PlanMorgan Stanley 401(k…The Pepsico Savings …The Goldman Sachs 40…
Advance 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Advance 401(k) Plan

Advance 401(k) Plan reports $1.5B in end-of-year assets across 7,004 participants (0.013% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $219,351 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $181M.

This plan identity (EIN 135576716, plan #012) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.3B to $1.7B (+23.8%) while covered participants moved from 6,795 to 6,761 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,795 $1.3B Open filing
2023 7,004 $1.5B This page
2024 · index core 6,761 $1.7B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Advance 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023?
Advance 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.1% during 2023, from $1.3B to $1.5B. Reported net income was $181M.
How have Advance Publications, Inc. plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Advance Publications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 11.0%, from $2.3B to $2.6B.
Where does Advance 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Advance 401(k) Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 126,618 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 Advance 401(k) Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Aptiv Salaried 401(k) Plan in MI ($1.5B, 2,557 participants).

Filing takeaways

Ways to act on Advance 401(k) Plan's numbers.