401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $116M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 838
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 91st
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $138,656
- Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan · Sponsored by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company · California · Manufacturing
$116M in assets, 838 participants
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company's Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan reported $116M in total assets and 838 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.
- #15,520 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Where Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan sits by assets
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $116M for 838 participants (~$138,656/participant), up 20.7% in 2024.
- #15,520
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +20.7%
- assets growth YoY
- 1.2×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$116,193,886 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (838 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $96M in the plan year 2023 filing to $116M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan reported net income rose from $18M in the plan year 2023 filing to $20M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan reported participants rose from 760 in the plan year 2023 filing to 838 in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 953451829 · Ghirardelli Chocolate Company PY 2024 · 401(k)
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan · $116M · 838 · 91st
- NET $116M
- BOOK 838
- VS-ST 91st
- BOY 401(k)
- SCH near Timex Group USA, Inc. Savings Plan for Salaried Employees
- EBSA ind #15520
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in California →
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $96M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $116M |
| Net Income | $20M |
| Employer EIN | 953451829 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1992-03-31 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Ghirardelli Chocolate Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Ghirardelli Chocolate Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $116M 47.94301469972679% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 758 | $79M |
| 2023 | 1 | 760 | $96M |
| 2024 | 1 | 838 | $116M |
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
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company 401(k) Retirement & Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Timex Group USA, Inc. Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in CT ($116M); by covered participants it is Westbury Jeep Chrysler Dodge I 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in NY (838 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($116M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (838 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.