401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Hot Topic, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $42M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 5,670
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 82nd
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $7,389
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Hot Topic 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Hot Topic, Inc. · California · Retail Trade
$42M in assets, 5,670 participants
Hot Topic, Inc.'s Hot Topic 401(k) Plan reported $42M in total assets and 5,670 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 82nd 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.
- #7,221 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
Coverage in California
Hot Topic 401(k) Plan covers 5,670 participants in California, 9.0x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $42M.
- #7,221
- in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
- +18.6%
- assets growth YoY
- 0.4×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Hot Topic 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Hot Topic 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$41,896,921 Top 18% higher than 82% 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
Hot Topic 401(k) 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. Hot Topic 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (5,670 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Hot Topic 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $8M in the plan year 2023 filing to $6M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Hot Topic 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $35M in the plan year 2023 filing to $42M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Hot Topic 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 5,658 in the plan year 2023 filing to 5,670 in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 770198182 · Hot Topic, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)
Hot Topic 401(k) Plan · $42M · 5,670 · 82nd
- PCT $42M
- EIN 5,670
- RANK 82nd
- PHOTO 401(k)
- IND near Knox Mclaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
- EOY ind #7221
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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in California →
Hot Topic 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $35M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $42M |
| Net Income | $6M |
| Employer EIN | 770198182 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1995-08-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Hot Topic, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Hot Topic, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $42M 53.361317668928464% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 5,104 | $27M |
| 2023 | 1 | 5,658 | $35M |
| 2024 | 1 | 5,670 | $42M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in California
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan $48.7B · 116,712
- Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan $31.0B · 58,962
- Intel 401(k) Savings Plan $24.9B · 55,298
- Apple 401(k) Plan $24.7B · 101,450
- Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan $22.7B · 40,452
Hot Topic 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Knox Mclaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in PA ($42M); by covered participants it is Convergint Technologies LLC 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan in IL (5,676 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($42M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,670 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Convergint Technologies LLC 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan (IL) 5,676 · 6 off
- Mauser Packaging Solutions 401(k) Plan (GA) 5,663 · 7 off
- Prairie Farms Dairy Thrift Incentive Plan (IL) 5,678 · 8 off
- Gobrands, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (PA) 5,685 · 15 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.