Form 5500 Employee Benefit Plan & 401(k) Filings Scraper

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns:

{
  "ackId": "20250827123612NAL0005026227001",
  "ein": "770493581",
  "einFormatted": "77-0493581",
  "planNumber": "001",
  "planName": "Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan",
  "sponsorName": "Google LLC",
  "sponsorAddress": "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway",
  "sponsorCity": "Mountain View",
  "sponsorState": "CA",
  "sponsorZip": "94043-1351",
  "sponsorCountryCode": "US",
  "planYear": 2024,
  "dateReceived": "2025-08-27T12:36:12Z",
  "dateReceivedDay": "2025-08-27",
  "employerPlanTypeCode": 1,
  "employerPlanTypeLabel": "Single-employer plan",
  "planCategory": "Pension",
  "participantsBoy": 152774,
  "participantsEoy": 155598,
  "participantChange": 2824,
  "participantChangePct": 1.85,
  "employerSizeBand": "5000+",
  "assetsBoyUsd": 39047152408,
  "assetsEoyUsd": 48738057415,
  "assetChangeUsd": 9690905007,
  "assetChangePct": 24.82,
  "assetsPerParticipantUsd": 313230.62,
  "planCharacteristicCodes": ["2E", "2F", "2G", "2J", "2K", "2R", "2S", "2T", "3F", "3H"],
  "planCharacteristics": [
    "Profit-sharing",
    "ERISA section 404(c) plan",
    "Total participant-directed account plan",
    "Code section 401(k) feature",
    "Code section 401(m) arrangement",
    "Participant-directed brokerage accounts provided as an investment option under the plan",
    "Plan provides for automatic enrollment",
    "Total or partial participant-directed account plan",
    "Plan sponsor(s) received services of leased employees",
    "Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group"
  ],
  "is401kPlan": true,
  "isDefinedBenefitPension": false,
  "isDefinedContributionPension": true,
  "isWelfarePlan": false,
  "hasAutomaticEnrollment": true,
  "hasBrokerageWindow": true,
  "isEsop": false,
  "isFrozenPlan": false,
  "isCashBalancePlan": false,
  "isPooledEmployerPlan": false,
  "isControlledGroupMember": true,
  "usesLeasedEmployees": true,
  "offersHealthBenefits": false,
  "offersDentalBenefits": false,
  "offersVisionBenefits": false,
  "offersLifeInsurance": false,
  "offersDisabilityBenefits": false,
  "offersSeverancePay": false,
  "filingPdfUrl": "https://efast2-filings-public.s3.amazonaws.com/prd/2025/08/27/20250827123612NAL0005026227001.pdf",
  "matchedQuery": "Google",
  "source": "US DOL EFAST2 Form 5500",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T07:53:33.139Z",
  "aiSummary": "The Google LLC 401(k) Savings Plan is a defined-contribution pension plan sponsored by Google LLC, serving 155,598 participants with assets totaling approximately $48.7 billion. Notable features include automatic enrollment, a brokerage window, and various participant-directed investment options. The plan also includes profit-sharing and is structured under ERISA section 404(c) guidelines."
}

The most complete Form 5500 benefit plan scraper available. It returns every field the US DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 filings expose for each plan, plus decoded plan characteristics, participant and asset deltas, boolean feature flags and an optional AI summary, and gives you more than twenty filters to target exactly the filings you need.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor searches the public US Department of Labor EFAST2 Form 5500 filings index, applies the filters you pass as input, and writes one normalized record per filing to the run's dataset. Plan characteristic codes are decoded into readable labels and boolean feature flags (is401kPlan, isEsop, hasAutomaticEnrollment, offersHealthBenefits), participant and asset changes are computed year over year, and each record links to the source filing PDF. Missing source values are returned as null.

Coverage is US employee benefit plan filings back to 2009: 401(k) and other defined-contribution plans, defined-benefit pensions, ESOPs and health and welfare plans. The optional AI add-on (withAiSummary) writes a plain-English summary of each plan; it is billed per successfully processed record and requires a paid Apify plan.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns the 3 most recent Google benefit plan filings.

{
  "searchQueries": ["Google"],
  "maxFilings": 3,
  "latestFilingOnly": true,
  "sortBy": "dateReceived",
  "sortOrder": "desc"
}

Every input field is optional. Each entry in searchQueries runs a separate search that matches the employer or plan name. Use eins for the most precise pull of every plan and year for one company, or combine states, businessSectors, planCategory, participant and asset filters to sweep an industry.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
searchQueries	string[]	no	["Tesla"]	One search per entry. Matches the sponsoring employer name or plan name.
sponsorNames	string[]	no	(empty)	Restrict to these employer names, matched as a whole phrase.
planNames	string[]	no	(empty)	Restrict to these plan names, matched as a whole phrase.
eins	string[]	no	(empty)	Nine-digit employer EINs (with or without dash). The most precise lookup.
states	string[]	no	(empty)	Two-letter US state codes of the sponsoring employer.
cities	string[]	no	(empty)	Cities of the sponsoring employer. Combine with a state.
zipCodes	string[]	no	(empty)	Five or nine digit ZIP codes of the sponsoring employer.
businessSectors	string[]	no	(empty)	Two-digit NAICS sector codes, for example 62, 54, 31.
businessCodes	string[]	no	(empty)	Full six-digit NAICS business codes, for example 541511.
planCategory	enum	no	any	any, pension, definedContribution, definedBenefit, or welfare.
only401k	boolean	no	false	Return only plans that report a Code section 401(k) feature.
planCharacteristicCodes	string[]	no	(empty)	Official Form 5500 characteristic codes, for example 2J, 2S, 2O, 4A.
employerPlanTypes	string[]	no	(empty)	Plan type codes: 1 single-employer, 2 multiple-employer, 3 multiemployer, 4-10 direct filing entities.
planYearFrom	integer	no	(none)	Earliest plan year to include (filings go back to 2009).
planYearTo	integer	no	(none)	Latest plan year to include.
minParticipants	integer	no	(none)	Only plans covering at least this many people at the start of the year.
maxParticipants	integer	no	(none)	Only plans covering at most this many people.
minAssetsUsd	integer	no	(none)	Only plans holding at least this much at the end of the year.
maxAssetsUsd	integer	no	(none)	Only plans holding at most this much at the end of the year.
countryCodes	string[]	no	(empty)	Two-letter country codes for foreign-based employers.
latestFilingOnly	boolean	no	true	Keep only the most recently received filing per plan year (drops amended re-filings).
latestPlanYearOnly	boolean	no	false	Return one row per plan, its most recent plan year only.
sortBy	enum	no	dateReceived	dateReceived, assets, participants, planYear, sponsorName, planName.
sortOrder	enum	no	desc	desc or asc.
maxFilings	integer	no	50	Maximum filings to return in this run. Free plans are capped at 10.
withAiSummary	boolean	no	false	AI plain-English plan summary. Billed per enriched record; paid plans only.

Filters combine with logical AND. A single source query is capped at 10,000 filings; narrow with filters or year ranges for larger universes.

Output reference

One dataset item per filing. Types: string, integer, number, boolean, string[], or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
ackId	string	EFAST2 acknowledgement id (unique per filing).
ein	string	Employer EIN (nine digits).
einFormatted	string	EIN with dash, for example 77-0493581.
planNumber	string	Three-digit plan number.
planName	string	Plan name.
sponsorName	string	Sponsoring employer name.
sponsorAddress	string	Employer street address.
sponsorCity	string	Employer city.
sponsorState	string	Employer two-letter state code.
sponsorZip	string	Employer ZIP code.
sponsorCountryCode	string	Employer two-letter country code.
planYear	integer	Plan year of the filing.
dateReceived	string	ISO timestamp the filing was received.
dateReceivedDay	string	Date received (YYYY-MM-DD).
employerPlanTypeCode	integer	Numeric employer plan type code.
employerPlanTypeLabel	string	Readable plan type, for example Single-employer plan.
planCategory	string	High-level category, for example Pension, Welfare.
participantsBoy	integer	Participants at beginning of year.
participantsEoy	integer	Participants at end of year.
participantChange	integer	Year-over-year participant change.
participantChangePct	number	Participant change as a percentage.
employerSizeBand	string	Headcount band, for example 5000+.
assetsBoyUsd	integer	Plan assets at beginning of year (USD).
assetsEoyUsd	integer	Plan assets at end of year (USD).
assetChangeUsd	integer	Year-over-year asset change (USD).
assetChangePct	number	Asset change as a percentage.
assetsPerParticipantUsd	number	End-of-year assets per participant (USD).
planCharacteristicCodes	string[]	Raw Form 5500 characteristic codes.
planCharacteristics	string[]	Decoded readable plan characteristics.
is401kPlan	boolean	Plan reports a 401(k) feature.
isDefinedBenefitPension	boolean	Defined-benefit pension plan.
isDefinedContributionPension	boolean	Defined-contribution pension plan.
isWelfarePlan	boolean	Health and welfare plan.
hasAutomaticEnrollment	boolean	Plan provides automatic enrollment.
hasBrokerageWindow	boolean	Participant-directed brokerage window offered.
isEsop	boolean	Employee stock ownership plan.
isFrozenPlan	boolean	Plan is frozen.
isCashBalancePlan	boolean	Cash balance plan.
isPooledEmployerPlan	boolean	Pooled employer plan.
isControlledGroupMember	boolean	Sponsor is part of a controlled group.
usesLeasedEmployees	boolean	Sponsor uses leased employees.
offersHealthBenefits	boolean	Plan offers health benefits.
offersDentalBenefits	boolean	Plan offers dental benefits.
offersVisionBenefits	boolean	Plan offers vision benefits.
offersLifeInsurance	boolean	Plan offers life insurance.
offersDisabilityBenefits	boolean	Plan offers disability benefits.
offersSeverancePay	boolean	Plan offers severance pay.
filingPdfUrl	string	Link to the source filing PDF.
matchedQuery	string	Which input search produced this record.
source	string	Data source label.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
aiSummary	string	AI plain-English plan summary (add-on), present only when enabled.

Example output record

Real record from a live run without the AI add-on (input {"planCharacteristicCodes":["2O"],"sortBy":"assets","minAssetsUsd":100000000,"latestPlanYearOnly":true,"maxFilings":20}):

{
  "ackId": "20260724135502NAL0012679475001",
  "ein": "911144442",
  "einFormatted": "91-1144442",
  "planNumber": "001",
  "planName": "MICROSOFT CORPORATION SAVINGS PLUS 401K PLAN",
  "sponsorName": "MICROSOFT CORPORATION",
  "sponsorAddress": "ONE MICROSOFT WAY",
  "sponsorCity": "REDMOND",
  "sponsorState": "WA",
  "sponsorZip": "90852-6399",
  "sponsorCountryCode": "US",
  "planYear": 2025,
  "dateReceived": "2026-07-24T13:55:02Z",
  "dateReceivedDay": "2026-07-24",
  "employerPlanTypeCode": 1,
  "employerPlanTypeLabel": "Single-employer plan",
  "planCategory": "Pension",
  "participantsBoy": 183509,
  "participantsEoy": 184329,
  "participantChange": 820,
  "participantChangePct": 0.45,
  "employerSizeBand": "5000+",
  "assetsBoyUsd": 65646011638,
  "assetsEoyUsd": 77853223310,
  "assetChangeUsd": 12207211672,
  "assetChangePct": 18.6,
  "assetsPerParticipantUsd": 422360.15,
  "planCharacteristicCodes": ["2E", "2F", "2G", "2I", "2J", "2K", "2O", "2R", "2T", "3H"],
  "planCharacteristics": [
    "Profit-sharing",
    "ERISA section 404(c) plan",
    "Total participant-directed account plan",
    "Stock bonus",
    "Code section 401(k) feature",
    "Code section 401(m) arrangement",
    "ESOP other than a leveraged ESOP",
    "Participant-directed brokerage accounts provided as an investment option under the plan",
    "Total or partial participant-directed account plan",
    "Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group"
  ],
  "is401kPlan": true,
  "isDefinedBenefitPension": false,
  "isDefinedContributionPension": true,
  "isWelfarePlan": false,
  "hasAutomaticEnrollment": false,
  "hasBrokerageWindow": true,
  "isEsop": true,
  "isFrozenPlan": false,
  "isCashBalancePlan": false,
  "isPooledEmployerPlan": false,
  "isControlledGroupMember": true,
  "usesLeasedEmployees": false,
  "offersHealthBenefits": false,
  "offersDentalBenefits": false,
  "offersVisionBenefits": false,
  "offersLifeInsurance": false,
  "offersDisabilityBenefits": false,
  "offersSeverancePay": false,
  "filingPdfUrl": "https://efast2-filings-public.s3.amazonaws.com/prd/2026/07/24/20260724135502NAL0012679475001.pdf",
  "matchedQuery": "filters",
  "source": "US DOL EFAST2 Form 5500",
  "observedAt": "2026-08-13T21:28:42.380Z"
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~form-5500-benefit-plans-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchQueries":["Google"],"maxFilings":25,"only401k":true}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~form-5500-benefit-plans-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"states":["CA"],"businessSectors":["54"],"minParticipants":100,"maxFilings":100}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/form-5500-benefit-plans-scraper \
  --input '{"eins":["770493581"]}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per filing returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• AI add-on. withAiSummary is billed separately per successfully processed record and requires a paid Apify plan. It is skipped for free users.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors or matches nothing, the actor writes a single item with an error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 filings per run. Upgrade for higher maxFilings.
• Source query ceiling. A single source query returns at most 10,000 filings. For larger universes, split the work with narrower filters or year ranges.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A run returned 0 records. Why? The filter combination matched nothing in the EFAST2 index. Loosen filters (for example widen the year range or drop the NAICS sector), or check the employer name spelling. Zero-result runs are not charged.

What is the difference between latestFilingOnly and latestPlanYearOnly? latestFilingOnly drops amended re-filings, keeping the most recent filing per plan year. latestPlanYearOnly collapses each plan to a single row of its most recent plan year, ideal for a current prospect list.

How do I pull every plan and year for one company? Pass the company EIN in eins. It is the most precise way to retrieve the full filing history.

What do the plan characteristic fields mean? planCharacteristicCodes are the raw Form 5500 codes; planCharacteristics decodes them into readable labels, and the boolean flags (is401kPlan, isEsop, hasAutomaticEnrollment and so on) summarize the key features.

What does the AI summary do? withAiSummary writes a short plain-English summary of the plan (type, sponsor, participants, assets, notable features). It is optional, billed per record, and requires a paid plan.

Is this an official DOL tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with the US Department of Labor or EFAST2. It reads only publicly available Form 5500 filing data. Use the results in accordance with the source's terms.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with the US Department of Labor or EFAST2. Accesses only publicly available Form 5500 filing data. Use the results in accordance with the source's terms.