401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
SANFORD 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.6B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 31,958
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $112,725
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Sanford Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by SANFORD · North Dakota · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$3.6B in assets, 31,958 participants
SANFORD's Sanford Retirement Savings Plan reported $3.6B in total assets and 31,958 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #16,868 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
Coverage in North Dakota
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan covers 31,958 participants in North Dakota, 63x the typical North Dakota plan (state average ~504 per filing). Assets: $3.6B.
- #16,868
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
- +15.8%
- assets growth YoY
- 36×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$3,602,462,001 Highest reported value at or above every one of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sanford Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (31,958 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Sanford Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from $640M in the plan year 2023 filing to $492M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Sanford Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.1B in the plan year 2023 filing to $3.6B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Sanford Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 30,495 in the plan year 2023 filing to 31,958 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 271218956 · SANFORD PY 2024 · 401(k)
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan · $3.6B · 31,958 · 100th
- EIN $3.6B
- RANK 31,958
- PHOTO 100th
- IND 401(k)
- EOY near Anheuser-Busch 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan
- 5500 ind #16868
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 Healthcare & Social Assistance retirement plans → · Plans in North Dakota →
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
North Dakota filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.6B |
| Net Income | $492M |
| Employer EIN | 271218956 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2011-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (SANFORD)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All SANFORD plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.6B 37.08702205547847% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 36,661 | $2.6B |
| 2023 | 2 | 35,983 | $3.1B |
| 2024 | 2 | 35,876 | $3.6B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Dakota
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Knife River Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan $856M · 5,327
- Mdu Resources Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan $776M · 3,465
- Eide Bailly LLP 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan $615M · 2,920
- Offutt Companies 401(k) Savings Plan $592M · 5,199
- Dakotas Areawide IBEW-NECA Savings and Retirement Plan $583M · 4,160
Scale composition for Sanford Retirement Savings Plan
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan reports $3.6B in end-of-year assets across 31,958 participants (0.029% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.034% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $112,725 per participant (82% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $492M.
This plan identity (EIN 271218956, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.4B to $3.6B (+47.1%) while covered participants moved from 30,145 to 31,958 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30,145 | $2.4B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 30,495 | $3.1B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 31,958 | $3.6B | This page |
Sanford Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside North Dakota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Anheuser-Busch 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan in MO ($3.6B); by covered participants it is Bjc 401(k) Plan in MO (32,042 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.6B here).
- Anheuser-Busch 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (MO) $3.6B · 14,148
- Ferguson Enterprises, LLC, 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (VA) $3.6B · 30,859
- Ameriprise Financial 401(k) Plan (MN) $3.6B · 9,295
- Performance Contracting Group, Inc. ESOP/401(k) Plan (KS) $3.6B · 1,315
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (31,958 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Bjc 401(k) Plan (MO) 32,042 · 84 off
- Baycare Health System Retirement Plan (FL) 31,828 · 130 off
- Ford Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees (MI) 31,790 · 168 off
- Vensure Employer Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (AZ) 32,207 · 249 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.