401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Great Lakes Services, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$62M
Total assets Below avg plan size
4,977
Participants Above avg headcount
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$12,492
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Great Lakes Services, LLC · Illinois · Real Estate

$62M in assets, 4,977 participants

Great Lakes Services, LLC's Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan reported $62M in total assets and 4,977 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th 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.

  • #4,362 in Real Estate (4,605 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan covers 4,977 participants in Illinois, 6.4x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $62M.

#4,362
in Real Estate (4,605 peers)
+34.4%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$62,174,187 Top 14% higher than 86% 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

Great Wolf Resorts 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. Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (4,977 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $12M in the plan year 2023 filing to $16M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $46M in the plan year 2023 filing to $62M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 4,300 in the plan year 2023 filing to 4,977 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 271371313 · Great Lakes Services, LLC PY 2024 · 401(k)

Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan · $62M · 4,977 · 86th

  • VS-ST $62M
  • VS-ST 4,977
  • VS-ST 86th
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • VS-ST near Motive Technologies 401(k) Plan
  • VS-ST ind #4362

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 Real Estate retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Motive Technologies 401(k) PlanMotive Technologies 401(k) P…$62MGreat Wolf Resorts 401(k) PlanGreat Wolf Resorts 401(k) Pl…$62MPride Mobility Products 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanPride Mobility Products 401(…$62MLevine & Staller, P.a. 401(k) Safe Harbor Profit Sharing PlanLevine & Staller, P.a. 401(k…$62MCaplin & Drysdale, Chartered Retirement Plan and Trust Single Plan aCaplin & Drysdale, Chartered…$62M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$46M
Net Assets (End of Year)$62M
Net Income$16M
Employer EIN271371313
Plan Effective Date1999-07-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Great Lakes Services, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Great Lakes Services, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$62M 34.437929882659176% vs 2023
2024 filing year
$40M$45M$50M$55M$60M$65M 20232024 $46.3M $62.2M ▲ +34.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2023 1 4,300 $46M
2024 1 4,977 $62M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois

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

Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.062174187 · Participants: 4977Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) 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
Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Motive Technologies 401(k) Plan in CA ($62M); by covered participants it is Midamerican Energy Company Retirement Savings Plan in IA (4,976 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,977 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 Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan surged - up 34.4% during 2024, from $46M to $62M. Reported net income was $16M.
How have Great Lakes Services, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2023-2024), Great Lakes Services, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 34.4%, from $46M to $62M.
Where does Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan ranks in the 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Motive Technologies 401(k) Plan in CA ($62M, 827 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Great Wolf Resorts 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Midamerican Energy Company Retirement Savings Plan in IA (4,976 participants, $1.1B 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 271371313.

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.