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Service provider · Schedule C, plan year 2024
Cetera Investment Advisers LLC
Most often reported for investment advisory and management
Form 5500 information is as filed by the plan administrator with the Department of Labor and may be amended. Figures reflect the plan year shown, not current balances. Schedule C lists only providers a plan paid $5,000 or more, and is filed only by plans with 100 or more participants.
For plan year 2024, 243 retirement plans with 100 or more participants reported paying Cetera Investment Advisers LLC $5,000 or more. Those plans cover 174,872 participant records, and the service most often reported is investment advisory and management.
Reported compensation from those plans, direct and indirect, totalled $7.8M. Per plan, the median was $69.33 per participant, with the middle half of plans between $34.93 and $121. These are amounts plans reported paying this organisation, not a price list: they depend on which services each plan buys and on how much is paid through fund expenses instead.
Its client plans are most numerous in Virginia (19), California (18) and Missouri (17).
In 2009 it appeared on 5 such filings; in 2024, 247. Yearly counts include every filing that names it, so they can run slightly above the number of plans with pages here, and name or EIN changes after mergers can break the series.
Reported compensation per plan
| Across this provider's plans | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation per participant | $34.93 | $69.33 | $121 |
| Compensation as a share of plan net assets | 0.09% | 0.16% | 0.24% |
What each plan reported paying this organisation, not the plan's total cost. For reference, the median US defined contribution plan reported $123 per participant to all Schedule C providers combined.
Plans served by year
Matched by employer identification number. A merger or a change of filing entity starts a new series, so a drop to zero is not a loss of clients by itself.
By state
By plan size
Services reported
Largest plans naming this provider
| Plan | Sponsor | State | Participants | Net assets | Reported to this provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open PEP | Plan Professionals, LLC | NJ | 20,927 | $354M | $16K |
| Lockton, Inc. 401(k) Plan | Lockton, Inc. | MO | 8,772 | $1.40B | $36K |
| Victra 401(k) Plan | ABC Phones of North Carolina, Inc. | NC | 8,540 | $49.8M | $48K |
| Dynata, LLC Employee 401(k) Plan | Dynata, LLC | CT | 5,013 | $114M | $85K |
| Enterprise Select Pooled Employer Plan | Plan Fiduciary Services, Inc. | FL | 4,868 | $76.5M | $18K |
| Medical Transportation Management, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan | Medical Transportation Management, Inc. | MO | 4,740 | $58.5M | $46K |
| Smyrna Ready Mix 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust | Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete, LLC | TN | 4,617 | $120M | $101K |
| Wellsky Corporation 401(k) Plan | Wellsky Corporation | KS | 2,727 | $192M | $137K |
| The Sheehy Organization 401(k) Savings Plan | Sheehy Auto Stores, Inc. | VA | 2,473 | $131M | $57K |
| Urgent Cares of America Holdings, LLC 401(k) Plan | Urgent Cares of America Holdings, LLC | NC | 2,162 | $33.6M | $36K |
| The Millennia Housing Management, Ltd. 401(k) Plan | Millennia Housing Management, Ltd. | OH | 2,019 | $3.8M | $15K |
| The Center for Discovery Retirement Plan | The Center for Discovery, Inc. | NY | 1,933 | $73.3M | $29K |
| Imc Companies, LLC Retirement Plan | Imc Companies, LLC | TN | 1,854 | $62.0M | $96K |
| Maplewood Senior Living Retirement Plan | Maplewood Senior Living, LLC | CT | 1,772 | $17.8M | $35K |
| Medical Services of America, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan | Medical Services of America, Inc. | SC | 1,752 | $47.3M | $68K |
| Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation 401(k) Plan | Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation | CT | 1,735 | $83.0M | $71K |
| Safford Automotive Group 401(k) Plan | James Gramm, LLC DBA Safford Chry/jp/ddge of Fredericksburg | VA | 1,701 | $43.6M | $74K |
| Ohioguidestone 401(k) Plan | Ohioguidestone | OH | 1,657 | $39.7M | $28K |
| The Berge Group Retirement Savings Plan | Bell Ford, Inc. | AZ | 1,575 | $39.3M | $46K |
| Automated Health System 401(k) Retirement Plan | Automated Health Systems, Inc. | PA | 1,538 | $22.8M | $108K |
| Enterprise Select Premier Pooled Employer Plan | Plan Compliance Services, Inc. | FL | 1,514 | $28.5M | $21K |
| Colorado Christian University 403(b) Retirement Plan | Colorado Christian University | CO | 1,497 | $46.9M | $54K |
| Premier Health Consultants, LLC Retirement Savings Plan | Premier Health Consultants, LLC | LA | 1,486 | $34.4M | $36K |
| SEI Group, LLC 401(k) Plan | SEI Group, LLC | GA | 1,483 | $5.0M | $20K |
| Bethesda 403(b) Retirement Plan | Bethesda Associates | CO | 1,404 | $20.6M | $30K |
| Velocity Clinical Research 401(k) Plan | Velocity Clinical Research, Inc. | NC | 1,393 | $35.6M | $47K |
| Northpoint Development, LLC 401(k) Safe Harbor Plan | Northpoint Development, LLC | MO | 1,372 | $69.6M | $106K |
| Transwood Employees' Retirement Plan | Transwood, Inc. | NE | 1,245 | $35.2M | $49K |
| Soave Enterprises L.L.C. Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust | Soave Enterprises, LLC | MI | 1,238 | $58.1M | $8,915 |
| Wyckoff Enterprises 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan | Wyckoff Farms, Inc. | WA | 1,232 | $19.8M | $36K |
| Icims 401(k) Plan | Icims | NJ | 1,189 | $106M | $47K |
| M. Management, Inc. 401(k) Plan | M. Management, Inc. | NJ | 1,175 | $51.6M | $60K |
| Applied Underwriters Inc. Retirement Saving Plan | Applied Underwriters Inc. | NE | 1,158 | $94.0M | $42K |
| Onix Group 401(k) Plan | Onix Group | PA | 1,121 | $30.2M | $40K |
| Ring Retirement Plan | Ring Container Technologies, LLC | TN | 1,096 | $81.2M | $68K |
| Lemonade, Inc. 401(k) Plan | Lemonade, Inc. | NY | 1,055 | $39.6M | $25K |
| Issues Management, Inc. 401(k) Plan | Issues Management, Inc. | SD | 1,028 | $5.9M | $25K |
| North Texas Contracting, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan | North Texas Contracting, Inc. | TX | 1,020 | $17.7M | $35K |
| Absolut Retirement Savings Plan | Avante Care Management LLC | NY | 1,011 | $10.3M | $56K |
| Midwest Transport, Inc. Employees Savings Trust | Midwest Transport, Inc. | IL | 967 | $3.3M | $21K |
Questions and answers
How many plans does Cetera Investment Advisers LLC serve?
243 plans with 100 or more participants named it on Schedule C for plan year 2024. Plans that paid it under $5,000, small plans that file Form 5500-SF, and plans whose filings spell its name without an EIN under a different form are not counted.
What do plans pay Cetera Investment Advisers LLC?
The median plan reported $69.33 per participant in direct and indirect compensation (243 plans reporting an amount), or 0.16% of plan net assets. Eligible indirect compensation disclosed to the plan by formula is not reported as a dollar amount, so many filings understate what a provider receives.
What services are reported?
The service codes most often attached to it are Investment advisory (plan) (170 plans), Recordkeeping and information management (21 plans), Trustee (bank, trust company, or similar financial institution) (21 plans) and Other services (21 plans).
Where does this come from?
Schedule C of Form 5500, Part I line 2, from the EBSA research files with filings received through 24 Aug 2026. Individuals named on Schedule C are excluded from this site.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Form 5500 research files, Schedule C Part I line 2, public domain, with filings received through 24 Aug 2026. Rows are grouped by the provider's EIN as entered by each plan; rows without an EIN join the EIN most often filed under the same name. Providers named on fewer than 25 plans have no page. See the methodology and corrections.