401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$283M
Total assets Near avg plan size
1,524
Participants Near avg headcount
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$185,788
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Hachette Book Group, Inc. · New York · Information & Media

$283M in assets, 1,524 participants

Hachette Book Group, Inc.'s Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $283M in total assets and 1,524 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #2,630 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Where Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan sits by assets

Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $283M for 1,524 participants (~$185,788/participant), up 12.0% in 2024.

#2,630
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
+12.0%
assets growth YoY
2.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$283,140,267 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

Hachette Book Group, Inc. 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. Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (1,524 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $40M in the plan year 2023 filing to $30M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $253M in the plan year 2023 filing to $283M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 1,612 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,524 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 133922175 · Hachette Book Group, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $283M · 1,524 · 96th

  • 5500 $283M
  • ASSETS 1,524
  • PCT 96th
  • EIN 401(k)
  • RANK near Menard, Inc. 401(k) Plan
  • PHOTO ind #2630

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$253M
Net Assets (End of Year)$283M
Net Income$30M
Employer EIN133922175
Plan Effective Date2006-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Hachette Book Group, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Hachette Book Group, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$283M 33.03029495476998% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$200M$250M$300M 202220232024 $213M $283M ▲ +33.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 1,291 $213M
2023 1 1,612 $253M
2024 1 1,524 $283M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in New York

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

Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.283140267 · Participants: 1524Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) PlanIBM 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 60.39355615 · Participants: 52674IBM 401(k) PlanMorgan Stanley 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.180692974 · Participants: 53860Morgan Stanley 401(k) PlanPfizer Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.9871528 · Participants: 33309Pfizer Savings PlanThe Pepsico Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.9369507 · Participants: 137398The Pepsico Savings PlanThe Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.807939404 · Participants: 23227The Goldman Sachs 401(k) Plan
Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Menard, Inc. 401(k) Plan in WI ($283M); by covered participants it is Beacon Retirement Savings 401(a) Plan in IN (1,523 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($283M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,524 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 Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.0% during 2024, from $253M to $283M. Reported net income was $30M.
How have Hachette Book Group, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Hachette Book Group, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 33.0%, from $213M to $283M.
Where does Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Menard, Inc. 401(k) Plan in WI ($283M, 48,994 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Beacon Retirement Savings 401(a) Plan in IN (1,523 participants, $59M 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 133922175.

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.