State retirement profile · Form 5500

Retirement Plans in Colorado

According to DOL Form 5500 filings (plan year 2024), employer-sponsored 401(k), pension, and other retirement plans headquartered in Colorado report the totals below.

Data updated 2026-08-25

2,719
Plans
$88.7B
Total assets
#26
By assets

$88.7B across 2,719 plans

According to DOL Form 5500 filings (plan year 2024), Colorado has 2,719 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $88.7B in total assets for 1,021,401 participants, ranking 26th nationally by plan assets, with 77% structured as 401(k)s and an average of $33M per plan.

  • 26th nationally by plan assets
  • 77% 401(k) plans

The state in one line

Colorado hosts 2,719 employer-sponsored retirement plans holding $88.7B for 1,021,401 participants, the 26th-largest state by plan assets.

$88.7B
total plan assets
2,719
employer plans
$86,859
avg assets per participant
77%
of plans are 401(k)s
401(k) Plans
2,096
Participants
1,021,401

What the Form 5500 Data Shows for Colorado

Colorado: 2,719 employer-sponsored plans (2,096 401(k)), $88.7B aggregate assets, 1,021,401 participants. Average plan: $33M; largest is Davita Retirement Savings Plan at $3.8B. Leading sector by assets: Manufacturing (22%). These figures aggregate the 2,719 Form 5500 filings Colorado sponsors submitted for plan year 2024, counted by sponsor headquarters rather than participant residence; a plan administered in Colorado can cover workers across several states, and the methodology page details that HQ-vs-residence distinction. DOL Form 5500 methodology + HQ-vs-residence caveats →

Manufacturing leads Colorado plan assets (22%)

Among plans headquartered here, Manufacturing accounts for $19.4B across 239 filings, ahead of Healthcare & Social Assistance at $13.3B. Sector mix is a Form 5500-derived signal: it reflects where sponsors file from, not where every participant lives.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024

Colorado hosts 107 ESOP filings

Employee Stock Ownership Plans here hold $2.7B. ESOP density is uneven across states; when the count clears a meaningful floor, the ESOP ranking and industry pages are the better drill-downs than a 401(k)-only read.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024

Where Colorado sits in the Form 5500 corpus

Colorado sits mid-pack by plan assets (#26 of 56). Peer states with similar totals are the fairest comparison set; national leaders will dominate any unfiltered ranking.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024

Colorado's place in the national asset distribution

All states with reported Form 5500 plan assets · plan year 2024

$88,718,148,669 Top 45% higher than 55% of 56 states with reported plan assets

Colorado $0 $1,324,371,844,360 state retirement-plan assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among states with reported plan assets.

Source U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 public disclosure dataset · plan year 2024

Colorado's retirement-plan mix

1. 401(k)2,0962. Profit Sharing3523. ESOP1074. Other985. Defined Benefit (Pension)52
The five most common Form 5500 plan types among sponsors headquartered in Colorado. This count describes filings, not participants or assets.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 public disclosure dataset · plan year 2024.

Industry mix in Colorado

Top sectors by Form 5500 plan assets for sponsors headquartered here (plan year 2024).

Industry Plans Assets
Manufacturing 239 $19.4B
Healthcare & Social Assistance 300 $13.3B
Professional & Technical Services 494 $12.7B
Information & Media 67 $5.6B
Retail Trade 233 $5.2B

Largest Plans in Colorado

# Plan Name Type Participants Total Assets
1 Davita Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) 57,900 $3.8B
2 Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan 401(k) 9,935 $2.3B
3 Arcadis U.S., Inc. Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) 7,607 $2.3B
4 Empower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan 401(k) 10,185 $2.2B
5 Woodward Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) 6,210 $2.0B
6 Nutrien 401(k) Retirement Plan 401(k) 12,388 $2.0B
7 Global Medical Response, Inc. 401(k) Plan 401(k) 32,859 $1.7B
8 Dish Network Corporation 401(k) Plan 401(k) 12,420 $1.6B
9 Arrow Electronics Savings Plan 401(k) 4,825 $1.5B
10 Maxar 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan 401(k) 3,801 $1.3B
11 Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension Plan Defined Benefit (Pension) 38,340 $1.3B
12 Ucar Retirement Plan Other 1,662 $1.2B
13 Johns Manville Employees 401(k) Plan 401(k) 5,727 $1.1B
14 Children's Hospital Colorado 403(b) Plan Other 9,224 $1.0B
15 United Launch Alliance 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan 401(k) 2,834 $1.0B
16 Colorado Permanente Medical Group, P.C. 401(k) Plan 401(k) 1,300 $1.0B
17 Frontier Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan 401(k) 7,242 $962M
18 University of Denver Retirement Plan Other 7,356 $909M
19 Ball Pension Plan Defined Benefit (Pension) 1,243 $901M
20 Pcs U.S. Employees' Pension Plan Defined Benefit (Pension) 1,243 $810M
21 The Gates Matchmaker Plan 401(k) 3,800 $696M
22 Csg Incentive Savings Plan 401(k) 2,161 $688M
23 Jbs 401(k) Savings Plan 401(k) 40,521 $680M
24 Leprino Foods Company Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan 401(k) 4,126 $673M
25 Firstbank Holding Company Savings and ESOP 401(k) 2,746 $651M

Nearby States by Retirement Plan Footprint

States ranked adjacent to Colorado by total retirement plan assets.

Compare Colorado side-by-side with 3 peer states →

Nationwide states with similar retirement plan scale

Two DOL Form 5500-derived peer sets for Colorado, each a different nationwide metric so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (the asset-ranked nearby list above stays regional).

Similar plan count

Nearest other states by reported employer plan filings (2,719 here).

Washington 2,612 plans Minnesota 2,865 plans Wisconsin 2,940 plans Maryland 2,484 plans

Similar total assets

Nearest other states by aggregate plan assets ($88.7B here).

Oregon $91.0B Arizona $94.3B Iowa $79.7B Arkansas $78.9B

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the largest retirement plan headquartered in Colorado? ▼
The largest Form 5500 filing by assets with a headquarters address in Colorado is Davita Retirement Savings Plan ($3.8B, 57,900 participants).
Which industry leads Colorado retirement plan assets? ▼
Manufacturing leads with $19.4B across 239 plans headquartered here (22% of state plan assets).
How does Colorado compare to other states for retirement plans? ▼
Colorado sits mid-pack by plan assets (#26 of 56). Peer states with similar totals are the fairest comparison set; national leaders will dominate any unfiltered ranking.

Next read for Colorado

Industry-mix reading

Ways to act on Colorado's numbers.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Shows the top 25 plans by total assets headquartered in Colorado, out of 130,145 ERISA-covered plans nationally. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - state is the plan sponsor's headquarters state as recorded on the Form 5500 filing.

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.