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Who keeps the records for your old 401(k)?

Type the name of a former employer. If its 401(k) plan filed the full Labor Department form for 2024, you’ll see the companies the plan listed, including any it listed for recordkeeping.

Plan year 2024 · From Form 5500 filings published by the U.S. Department of Labor, downloaded · Last reviewed

A recordkeeper keeps a plan’s account records. It’s often the company behind the website and phone number on your statement.

401kTransition isn’t affiliated with any plan provider named on this page. A company appears only because a plan’s filing listed it.

Type the first few letters of the company name, at least 3. Try the legal name if you know it.

The search runs in your browser. It downloads one data file named for the first letters of your search, so those letters can show in our web server’s records. Nothing else you type is sent or saved.

Start typing a company name to see its plans.

What this can’t tell you

  • It shows who the plan listed for 2024. A plan can change recordkeepers later. Confirm with the plan or your former employer.
  • Plans with fewer than 100 participants usually file a shorter form, Form 5500-SF. It has no provider list, and this lookup doesn’t include those plans.
  • The provider list covers companies paid $5,000 or more. A company paid less, or paid only through investment fees, can be missing.
  • A plan that hasn’t filed for 2024 isn’t here. This lookup uses the latest plan year with most filings in.
  • A recordkeeper keeps account records. It isn’t always the company that holds the money, and it can’t tell you your balance from this page.
  • Provider names are shown as filed, so spellings differ and some are cut off. “ANN.” in a name stands for a longer word in the filed name.

If you can’t find your old plan

  1. Look at your last statement or the plan’s website for the company’s name and phone number.
  2. Call your former employer’s benefits office and ask who runs the plan today.
  3. Try the Labor Department’s Retirement Savings Lost and Found. You’ll need an ID-verified Login.gov account, and it can’t find IRAs or government plans.

Sources

  • U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Form 5500 Datasets. Files used: the main Form 5500 file, Schedule C Part I line 2 (service providers) and its service codes file, all “Latest” for form year 2024. Downloaded 2026-10-25. Plans whose plan year began in 2024.
  • U.S. Department of Labor, 2024 Instructions for Form 5500. The 401(k) plan feature code (2J), the participant counts (lines 6a to 6g), and the Schedule C service codes. Codes 15 (recordkeeping and information management) and 64 (recordkeeping fees) are the ones this page treats as recordkeeping.
  • U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 Search (EFAST2).
  • U.S. Department of Labor, Retirement Savings Lost and Found.

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