401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$401M
Total assets Above avg plan size
6,932
Participants Above avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$57,874
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC · Oklahoma · Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

$401M in assets, 6,932 participants

Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC's Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan reported $401M in total assets and 6,932 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #2,913 in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)

Coverage in Oklahoma

Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan covers 6,932 participants in Oklahoma, 9.1x the typical Oklahoma plan (state average ~760 per filing). Assets: $401M.

#2,913
in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (2,945 peers)
+25.0%
assets growth YoY
4.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$401,185,898 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 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. Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (6,932 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$44M in the plan year 2022 filing to $80M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $321M in the plan year 2022 filing to $401M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 6,151 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,932 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 113784371 · Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC PY 2023 · 401(k)

Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan · $401M · 6,932 · 97th

  • EIN $401M
  • EIN 6,932
  • EIN 97th
  • EIN 401(k)
  • EIN near Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Retirement Plan a
  • EIN ind #2913

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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation retirement plans → · Plans in Oklahoma →

Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Veolia Wts 401(k) Plan$402MGiant of Maryland 401(k) Plan$402MEversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Retirement Plan aEversheds Sutherland (US) LL…$401MCherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) PlanCherokee Nation Businesses L…$401MMaritz Holdings Inc. Employees' Investment PlanMaritz Holdings Inc. Employe…$401M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Oklahoma filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$321M
Net Assets (End of Year)$401M
Net Income$80M
Employer EIN113784371
Plan Effective Date1993-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$492M 53.318555733797446% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$300M$400M$500M$600M 202220232024 $321M $492M ▲ +53.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 6,151 $321M
2023 1 6,932 $401M
2024 1 7,735 $492M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Oklahoma

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

Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Oklahoma, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000 012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.401185898 · Participants: 6932Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) PlanQuiktrip Corporation Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.212452319 · Participants: 11746Quiktrip Corporation Retirement PlanThe Williams Investment Plus Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.681202476 · Participants: 5041The Williams Investment Plus PlanOneok, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.156591 · Participants: 2965Oneok, Inc. 401(k) PlanBok Financial 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.048169756 · Participants: 4766Bok Financial 401(k) PlanDevon Energy Corporation Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.932957189 · Participants: 1858Devon Energy Corporation Incentive Savings Plan
Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Oklahoma, assets vs. participants
Compare Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan

Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan reports $401M in end-of-year assets across 6,932 participants (0.003% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $57,874 per participant (42% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $80M.

This plan identity (EIN 113784371, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $321M to $492M (+53.3%) while covered participants moved from 6,151 to 7,735 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,151 $321M Open filing
2023 6,932 $401M This page
2024 · index core 7,735 $492M Open filing

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

Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Oklahoma, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Retirement Plan a in DC ($401M); by covered participants it is Dpr Construction Retirement Savings Plan in CA (6,932 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($401M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,932 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 Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 25.0% during 2023, from $321M to $401M. Reported net income was $80M.
How have Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cherokee Nation Businesses, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 53.3%, from $321M to $492M.
Where does Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan ranks in the 97th 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 Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP Retirement Plan a in DC ($401M, 741 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Cherokee Nation Businesses LLC 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Dpr Construction Retirement Savings Plan in CA (6,932 participants, $888M 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 113784371.

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.