401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Belk Stores Services, LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$401M
Total assets Above avg plan size
20,210
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$19,824
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Belk 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Belk Stores Services, LLC · North Carolina · Retail Trade

$401M in assets, 20,210 participants

Belk Stores Services, LLC's Belk 401(k) Savings Plan reported $401M in total assets and 20,210 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #7,883 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)

Coverage in North Carolina

Belk 401(k) Savings Plan covers 20,210 participants in North Carolina, 25x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $401M.

#7,883
in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
+5.6%
assets growth YoY
4.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Belk 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Belk 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$400,640,907 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Belk 401(k) Savings 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. Belk 401(k) Savings Plan is a mega filing (20,210 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Belk 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income fell from $37M in the plan year 2023 filing to $21M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Belk 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants fell from 21,534 in the plan year 2023 filing to 20,210 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Belk 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $379M in the plan year 2023 filing to $401M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 560616731 · Belk Stores Services, LLC PY 2024 · 401(k)

Belk 401(k) Savings Plan · $401M · 20,210 · 97th

  • TYPE $401M
  • TYPE 20,210
  • TYPE 97th
  • TYPE 401(k)
  • TYPE near Resmed U S 401(k) Plan
  • TYPE ind #7883

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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →

Belk 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Central Bancompany Tax Reduction Thrift 401(k) PlanCentral Bancompany Tax Reduc…$401MBelk 401(k) Savings Plan$401MResmed U S 401(k) Plan$401MThe Nebraska Furniture Mart, Inc. Profit Sharing PlanThe Nebraska Furniture Mart,…$400MCoca Cola Beverages Northeast, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanCoca Cola Beverages Northeas…$400M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Belk 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

North Carolina filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$379M
Net Assets (End of Year)$401M
Net Income$21M
Employer EIN560616731
Plan Effective Date1942-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Belk Stores Services, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Belk Stores Services, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$710M 22.554837807013428% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$550M$600M$650M$700M$750M 202220232024 $580M $710M ▲ +22.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 22,245 $580M
2023 2 22,344 $651M
2024 2 20,934 $710M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina

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

Belk 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Belk 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.400640907 · Participants: 20210Belk 401(k) Savings PlanThe Bank of America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 62.902405616 · Participants: 168963The Bank of America 401(k) PlanHoneywell 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.316486587 · Participants: 39468Honeywell 401(k) PlanDuke Energy Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.269744 · Participants: 27341Duke Energy Retirement Savings PlanNucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.349291649 · Participants: 27070Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings PlanTruist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.231001739 · Participants: 52699Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Belk 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Belk 401(k) Savings Plan

Belk 401(k) Savings Plan reports $401M in end-of-year assets across 20,210 participants (0.003% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.022% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $19,824 per participant (14% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $21M.

This plan identity (EIN 560616731, plan #333) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $342M to $401M (+17.0%) while covered participants moved from 21,340 to 20,210 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 21,340 $342M Open filing
2023 21,534 $379M Open filing
2024 · index core 20,210 $401M This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Belk 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Resmed U S 401(k) Plan in CA ($401M); by covered participants it is Learning Care Group Retirement Savings Plan in MI (20,213 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (20,210 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 Belk 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Belk 401(k) Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.6% during 2024, from $379M to $401M. Reported net income was $21M.
How have Belk Stores Services, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Belk Stores Services, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 22.6%, from $580M to $710M.
Where does Belk 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Belk 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 97th 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 Belk 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Resmed U S 401(k) Plan in CA ($401M, 2,807 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Belk 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Learning Care Group Retirement Savings Plan in MI (20,213 participants, $101M in assets).