401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Ares Management LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$519M
Total assets Above avg plan size
1,837
Participants Near avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$282,282
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ares Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Ares Management LLC · California · Finance & Insurance

$519M in assets, 1,837 participants

Ares Management LLC's Ares Retirement Savings Plan reported $519M in total assets and 1,837 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #8,141 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)

Coverage in California

Ares Retirement Savings Plan covers 1,837 participants in California, 2.9x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $519M.

#8,141
in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
+29.9%
assets growth YoY
5.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Ares Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ares Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$518,552,184 Top 3% higher than 97% of 123,620 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 2024

Ares Retirement Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ares Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (1,837 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Ares Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $399M in the plan year 2023 filing to $519M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ares Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 1,728 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,837 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ares Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from $111M in the plan year 2023 filing to $118M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 272078839 · Ares Management LLC PY 2024 · 401(k)

Ares Retirement Savings Plan · $519M · 1,837 · 97th

  • TYPE $519M
  • TYPE 1,837
  • TYPE 97th
  • TYPE 401(k)
  • TYPE near Tucson Electric Power Company 401(k)
  • TYPE ind #8141

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Ares Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The Booking Holdings Inc, 401(k) PlanThe Booking Holdings Inc, 40…$519MSiteone Savings and Investment PlanSiteone Savings and Investme…$519MDnv USA, Inc. 401(k) Plan$519MTucson Electric Power Company 401(k)Tucson Electric Power Compan…$519MAres Retirement Savings Plan$519M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ares Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$399M
Net Assets (End of Year)$519M
Net Income$118M
Employer EIN272078839
Plan Effective Date2003-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ares Management LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ares Management LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$519M 80.43093594593398% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$200M$300M$400M$500M$600M 202220232024 $287M $519M ▲ +80.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 1,503 $287M
2023 1 1,728 $399M
2024 1 1,837 $519M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Ares Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Ares Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.518552184 · Participants: 1837Ares Retirement Savings PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.738057415 · Participants: 116712Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 31.02646504 · Participants: 58962Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.850880304 · Participants: 55298Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.714519387 · Participants: 101450Apple 401(k) PlanCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.728425546 · Participants: 40452Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan
Ares Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Ares Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Ares Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Tucson Electric Power Company 401(k) in AZ ($519M); by covered participants it is Jacobs Entertainment, Inc.'s 401(k) Plan in CO (1,837 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($519M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,837 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Ares Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Ares Retirement Savings Plan grew sharply - up 29.9% during 2024, from $399M to $519M. Reported net income was $118M.
How have Ares Management LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ares Management LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 80.4%, from $287M to $519M.
Where does Ares Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ares Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Ares Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Tucson Electric Power Company 401(k) in AZ ($519M, 2,061 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ares Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Jacobs Entertainment, Inc.'s 401(k) Plan in CO (1,837 participants, $38M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 272078839.

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.