401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Advance Publications, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $1.7B
- Total assets
- 6,761
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $246,501
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Advance 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Advance Publications, Inc. · New York · Information & Media
$1.7B in assets, 6,761 participants
Advance Publications, Inc.'s Advance 401(k) Plan reported $1.7B in total assets and 6,761 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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- #2,656 in Information & Media (2,712 peers)
Coverage in New York
Advance 401(k) Plan covers 6,761 participants in New York, 8.5x the typical New York plan (state average ~795 per filing). Assets: $1.7B.
- $1.7B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 6,761
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $246,501
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Advance 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $181M in the plan year 2023 filing to $130M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Advance 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.5B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.7B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Advance 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 7,004 in the plan year 2023 filing to 6,761 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Participants vs New York filers
In New York, the average filing covers about 795 participants across 8,491 plans. Advance 401(k) Plan reports 6,761 participants - 8.5x that state average ($1.7B EOY assets).
New York filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.7B |
| Net Income | $130M |
| Employer EIN | 135576716 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2011-04-15 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Advance Publications, Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 7,665 | $2.3B |
| 2023 | 2 | 7,774 | $2.5B |
| 2024 | 2 | 7,387 | $2.6B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Advance 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
- IBM 401(k) Plan $60.4B · 52,674
- Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan $22.2B · 53,860
- Pfizer Savings Plan $22.0B · 33,309
- The Pepsico Savings Plan $14.9B · 137,398
- The Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan $12.8B · 23,227
Scale composition for Advance 401(k) Plan
Advance 401(k) Plan reports $1.7B in end-of-year assets across 6,761 participants (0.014% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $246,501 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $130M.
This plan identity (EIN 135576716, plan #012) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.3B to $1.7B (+23.8%) while covered participants moved from 6,795 to 6,761 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,795 | $1.3B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 7,004 | $1.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,761 | $1.7B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Advance Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $911M, 626 participants)
Similar-Sized 401(k) Plans Nationally
401(k) plans in other states closest to Advance 401(k) Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC Hourly 401(k) Plan (OH) $1.7B · 13,118
- Garney Holding Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust (MO) $1.7B · 2,149
- Sonoco Retirement & Savings Plan (SC) $1.7B · 11,813
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (FL) $1.7B · 8,959
Frequently Asked Questions
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Advance 401(k) Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Advance 401(k) Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar 401(k) plans in New York. Compare plans
- Advance Publications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 11.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Information & Media plans