401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
American Electric Power Service Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $5.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 17,531
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $296,399
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by American Electric Power Service Corporation · Ohio · Utilities
$5.2B in assets, 17,531 participants
American Electric Power Service Corporation's Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan reported $5.2B in total assets and 17,531 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.
- #714 in Utilities (732 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan covers 17,531 participants in Ohio, 23x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $5.2B.
- #714
- in Utilities (732 peers)
- +0.5%
- assets growth YoY
- 52×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$5,196,173,403 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
Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) 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. Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (17,531 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $480M in the plan year 2023 filing to $26M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 17,291 in the plan year 2023 filing to 17,531 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $5.2B in the plan year 2023 filing to $5.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 134922641 · American Electric Power Service Corporation PY 2024 · 401(k)
Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan · $5.2B · 17,531 · 100th
- EOY $5.2B
- 5500 17,531
- ASSETS 100th
- PCT 401(k)
- EIN near M & T Bank Corporation Retirement Savings Plan
- RANK ind #714
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 Utilities retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →
Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $5.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $5.2B |
| Net Income | $26M |
| Employer EIN | 134922641 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1978-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (American Electric Power Service Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All American Electric Power Service Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $9.3B 1.1984019481086186% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 32,822 | $9.2B |
| 2023 | 2 | 32,886 | $9.6B |
| 2024 | 2 | 33,604 | $9.3B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan $14.7B · 45,620
- The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan $11.8B · 135,373
- The Progressive 401(k) Plan $11.5B · 62,521
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan $10.6B · 47,459
- Parker Retirement Savings Plan $9.0B · 26,315
Scale composition for Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan
Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan reports $5.2B in end-of-year assets across 17,531 participants (0.042% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.019% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $296,399 per participant (2.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $26M.
This plan identity (EIN 134922641, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.7B to $5.2B (+11.2%) while covered participants moved from 16,985 to 17,531 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16,985 | $4.7B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 17,291 | $5.2B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 17,531 | $5.2B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- American Electric Power System Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $4.1B, 16,073 participants)
Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is M & T Bank Corporation Retirement Savings Plan in NY ($5.2B); by covered participants it is Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. Savings Retirement Plan in PA (17,512 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($5.2B here).
- M & T Bank Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (NY) $5.2B · 22,161
- Visa 401(k) Plan (CA) $5.2B · 13,121
- Publicis Benefits Connection 401(k) Plan (IL) $5.2B · 27,733
- Sysco Corporation Employees' 401(k) Plan (TX) $5.3B · 44,285
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (17,531 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. Savings Retirement Plan (PA) 17,512 · 19 off
- Ingles Markets, Incorporated Investment/Profit Sharing Plan (NC) 17,509 · 22 off
- The Finish Line, Inc. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan (IN) 17,559 · 28 off
- Parkview Health System, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (IN) 17,488 · 43 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.