Form 5500 Search — Look Up Any Plan's Filing Free
Every ERISA-covered retirement and health plan files a Form 5500 with the U.S. Department of Labor each year, and those filings are public record — so you can look up almost any U.S. company's plan and see its assets, participants, service providers, and filing history.
Last updated June 4, 2026
Search any Form 5500 filing — free, no login
Every ERISA-covered retirement and health plan files a Form 5500 with the U.S. Department of Labor each year, and those filings are public record. That means you can look up almost any U.S. company's plan and see its assets, participants, service providers, and filing history.
Look up any plan by company name, EIN, or plan name — see assets, participants, recordkeeper, custodian, advisor, and filing history. Free, no account required.
Start your Form 5500 searchWhat you can find in a Form 5500 search
A single filing reveals a surprising amount about a plan:
- Plan sponsor — the employer, with address and EIN
- Plan name and number — to distinguish multiple plans under one sponsor
- Participant counts — active, retired, and separated participants
- Total assets — plan size at year-end
- Service providers — recordkeeper, custodian, TPA, advisor, and auditor (from Schedule C)
- Insurance carriers — from Schedule A
- Filing history — multiple years of filings for the same plan
For what each field means, see our guide to what's on a Form 5500.
How to search Form 5500 filings (3 ways)
1. By company / sponsor name. The most common search — type the employer's name to pull its plan(s). Useful for researching a specific company's retirement or health benefits.
2. By EIN. The most precise search. A plan sponsor's 9-digit Employer Identification Number uniquely identifies it, so an EIN search avoids name-matching ambiguity.
3. By plan name. When you know the plan's name (e.g., "Acme Corp 401(k) Plan") but not the exact sponsor entity.
Who uses Form 5500 search — and why
- Plan sponsors & HR — benchmark your plan against peers; confirm what comparable companies report.
- Financial advisors & providers — research plans, incumbents, fees, and providers (a prospecting and benchmarking goldmine, since the data is public).
- Employees & participants — find a plan administrator's contact info, including to track down an old 401(k).
- Auditors, attorneys, researchers — due diligence, compliance review, and market research.
Form 5500 search vs. the official DOL / EFAST2 tool
The government's EFAST2 system (efast.dol.gov) is the official source and is free — but it's built for retrieving raw filings, not for fast, friendly research. The practical differences:
| Official EFAST2 | This tool | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | Free |
| Login required | No | No |
| Search by company/EIN/plan | Yes | Yes |
| Clean, deduped results | Raw filings | One record per plan, latest filing surfaced |
| Providers, assets at a glance | Buried in the PDF | Shown in the results |
| Filing history view | Manual | Consolidated |
Both pull from the same public DOL data — the difference is speed and readability.
Search ~2.9 million Form 5500 filings by company, EIN, or plan name — assets, participants, providers, and holdings.
Search filingsFrequently asked questions
Yes. Once filed and accepted through EFAST2, Form 5500 filings (with narrow exceptions) are public record and searchable online.
Yes — search by sponsor/company name, EIN, or plan name. EIN is the most precise.
Yes. This tool and the official DOL EFAST2 system are both free. This tool adds no login and a cleaner, consolidated view.
Structured filing data is available for recent years (this tool covers the most recent plan years); the DOL maintains historical filings through EFAST2.
Yes — service providers are reported on Schedule C and shown in the results where available.