401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Kirkland & Ellis LLP 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.7B
Total assets Very large vs avg
5,310
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$503,098
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis LLP · Illinois · Professional & Technical Services

$2.7B in assets, 5,310 participants

Kirkland & Ellis LLP's Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan reported $2.7B in total assets and 5,310 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #20,112 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan covers 5,310 participants in Illinois, 6.8x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $2.7B.

#20,112
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
+16.2%
assets growth YoY
27×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,671,449,178 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) 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. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (5,310 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.7B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 5,122 in the plan year 2023 filing to 5,310 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income fell from $375M in the plan year 2023 filing to $373M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 361326630 · Kirkland & Ellis LLP PY 2024 · 401(k)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan · $2.7B · 5,310 · 99th

  • TYPE $2.7B
  • TYPE 5,310
  • TYPE 99th
  • TYPE 401(k)
  • TYPE near Lyondellbasell Savings Plan
  • TYPE ind #20112

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company 401(k) PlanFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust …$2.7BKirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings PlanKirkland & Ellis LLP Defined…$2.7BLyondellbasell Savings Plan$2.7BFreeport-Mcmoran Inc. Employee Capital Accumulation ProgramFreeport-Mcmoran Inc. Employ…$2.7BRepublic Services, Inc. 401(k) PlanRepublic Services, Inc. 401(…$2.7B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.7B
Net Income$373M
Employer EIN361326630
Plan Effective Date1984-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Kirkland & Ellis LLP)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Kirkland & Ellis LLP plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.5B 41.86676941323103% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2B$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B 202220232024 $2.44B $3.46B ▲ +41.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 5,358 $2.4B
2023 2 5,849 $3.0B
2024 2 6,066 $3.5B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois

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

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.671449178 · Participants: 5310Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings PlanAccenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.302643276 · Participants: 66965Accenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings PlanState Farm 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.010099056 · Participants: 63297State Farm 401(k) Savings PlanUnited Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.835964452 · Participants: 16659United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account PlanAbbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.755668 · Participants: 38229Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.535873337 · Participants: 233635Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan reports $2.7B in end-of-year assets across 5,310 participants (0.022% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $503,098 per participant (3.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $373M.

This plan identity (EIN 361326630, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.9B to $2.7B (+38.9%) while covered participants moved from 4,651 to 5,310 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 4,651 $1.9B Open filing
2023 5,122 $2.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 5,310 $2.7B This page

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

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Lyondellbasell Savings Plan in TX ($2.7B); by covered participants it is Nxp 401(k) Retirement Plan in TX (5,310 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.7B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,310 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 Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan grew sharply - up 16.2% during 2024, from $2.3B to $2.7B. Reported net income was $373M.
How have Kirkland & Ellis LLP plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Kirkland & Ellis LLP's sponsor-wide assets grew 41.9%, from $2.4B to $3.5B.
Where does Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Lyondellbasell Savings Plan in TX ($2.7B, 8,059 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Nxp 401(k) Retirement Plan in TX (5,310 participants, $3.8B 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 361326630.

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.