RESEARCH |

2024
Recordkeeping Survey

Recordkeepers are juggling competing priorities of new mandatory and optional plan features alongside demands for their platforms to support retirement income, personalization, financial wellness programs and more.

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Recordkeeping Industry Snapshot

Total Defined Contribution Plan Assets and Participants


$12t

150m

132.2m

129.6m

$10.9t

117.7m

113.8m

$11t

120m

$10.3t

$10t

90m

$9.8t

$9.4t

$9t

60m

2021

2022

2023

2024

Defined Contribution Assets

Participants

150m

$12t

132.2m

129.6m

$10.9t

117.7m

113.8m

$11t

120m

$10.3t

$10t

90m

$9.8t

$9.4t

$9t

60m

2021

2022

2023

2024

Defined Contribution Assets

Participants

150m

$12t

132.2m

129.6m

$10.9t

117.7m

113.8m

$11t

120m

$10.3t

$10t

90m

$9.8t

$9.4t

$9t

60m

2021

2022

2023

2024

Defined Contribution Assets

Participants

$12t

150m

132.2m

129.6m

$10.9t

117.7m

$11t

120m

113.8m

$10.3t

$10t

90m

$9.8t

$9.4t

$9t

60m

2021

2022

2023

2024

Defined Contribution Assets

Participants


Defined Contribution Assets, by Plan Type

Single-employer 401(k)
$7,288B
Pooled employer or multiple employer 401(k)*
$65B
Single-employer 403(b)
$1,325B
Pooled employer or multiple employer 403(b)*
$11B
457 – 457(b) / 457(f)
$551B
Money purchase / Profit-sharing
$362B
ESOP / KSOP†
$196B
NQDC‡, excluding 457s
$183B
State-sponsored§
$1B
SEP / SIMPLE IRA*
$8B
Any other defined contribution plan type
$975B
* These plan types were not broken out in previous surveys.
† A qualified retirement plan combining an employee stock ownership plan with a 401(k)
‡ Nonqualified deferred compensation.
§ State-sponsored individual retirement plans*—e.g., Secure Choice
¶ Simple employer pension / Savings incentive match plan for employees individual retirement account.


Tenure With the Provider

  • <5 years
  • 5 – 8 years
  • >8 years


Plans, by Participant Size

<10 participants
428,625
10 – 50 participants
280,054
51 – 100 participants
66,231
101 – 500 participants
66,138
>500 participants
24,743


48.5%
of recordkeepers offer multiple service models		 96,904
DC recordkeeping plans were added in 2023