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CERITY PARTNERS

23 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map

Market position · 2024

Plans served93+18 YoYRank #209 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$71.6B0.1%Market share · rank #204
Fees received$5MMedian $31,622/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY+1930 won · 11 lostPlan-level switch detection
Plans served · 5-year trajectory
Market-share plans percent annotated. Bar height is raw plan count.
Customer-base shape
What does a typical CERITY PARTNERS plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where CERITY PARTNERS ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
Investment management fees paid directly by plan; Investment advisory (plan)Code 27
35$36,000
Investment advisory (plan); Investment advisory (participants); Direct payment from the planCode 26
30$22,199
Investment management; Other feesCode 28
8$43,368
Consulting (general); Insurance servicesCode 16
6$27,811
Participant communication; Other investment fees and expenses; Direct payment from the plan; Investment advisory (participants); Consulting (pension); Consulting fees; Named fiduciary; Investment advisory (plan)Code 17
5$78,879
Other feesCode 99
4$18,739
Investment management fees paid directly by planCode 51
2$80,162
Securities brokerage; Securities brokerage commissions and feesCode 33
1$16,720
Competitor overlap
Percent of CERITY PARTNERS's plans that also list each competitor on Schedule C. High numbers = co-living partners; low numbers = direct displacement targets.
Plans won in 2024
Appeared this year; did not appear last year under CERITY PARTNERS.
SponsorFromAssets
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUPCA · 951750445-008
ALPHA CUBED INVESTMENTS LLC$7.9B
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLPIL · 361326630-003
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC.$2.7B
FOLEY & LARDNER LLPWI · 390473800-007
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS LLC$1.5B
EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLPDC · 580619407-001
TD AMERITRADE, INC.$438M
GALDERMA SERVICES, INC.TX · 751714673-001
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC.$424M
PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE, INCTX · 464258046-002
BONADIO & CO., LLP$242M
BUCHALTER, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONCA · 952640846-002
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH$209M
SUNSET AVIATION, LLC DBA SOLAIRUS AVIATIONCA · 800319107-001
BURLESON AND COMPANY LLC$184M
THE FINWAY GROUPIA · 421468222-010
(new plan)$146M
ISMIE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANYIL · 362883612-001
HPM PARTNERS$111M
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under CERITY PARTNERS; not this year.
SponsorToAssets
THE HORTON GROUP, INC.IL · 363672171-001
EPIC RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES$48M
GOLDEN EMPIRE MORTGAGE, INC.CA · 770158990-001
HPM PARTNERS$20M
CONTINENTAL WEB PRESS, INC.IL · 362756889-001
(new plan)$11M
WESTERN CONCRETE PUMPING, INC.CA · 954076060-001
ADP BROKER-DEALER$9M
CRANE CARRIER COMPANYOH · 730942104-002
OCTOBER THREE CONSULTING LLC$8M
ELLIOTT/DRINKWARD CONSTRUCTION, INC.CA · 330375898-001
(new plan)$5M
EQUINE NETWORK LLCNM · 320089097-001
EPIC RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES$4M
REDWOOD OIL COMPANY, INC.CA · 940495782-004
(new plan)$3M
THE BABY FOLDIL · 370673453-001
(new plan)$2M
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
PlanAssetsParticipantsFeesTenureFlags
UNITED AIRLINES, INC.IL · 742099724-202
$16.8B20,168$85,5032y1
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATIONTX · 943025021-002
$8.9B43,502$23,5903y1
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUPCA · 951750445-008
$7.9B12,335$16,0821y1
HUMANA INC.KY · 610647538-002
$7.7B61,001$32,7832y1
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATIONNY · 870617894-001
$5.4B27,448$14,1583y1
LATHAM & WATKINS LLPCA · 952018373-001
$3.1B8,106$20,8082y1
KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLPIL · 361326630-003
$2.7B9,265$7,8411y1
NETJETS AVIATION, INC.OH · 310682096-001
$2.5B4,530$26,8037y1
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLPIL · 364474078-100
$1.9B6,029$48,9802y1
FOLEY & LARDNER LLPWI · 390473800-007
$1.7B3,511$6,3472y1
Flag exposure
91.4%Market: 89.2%
This provider
Market baseline

Share of this provider's plans tripping any deterministic red flag this year. Lower than market baseline = better risk surface.

Aliases resolved (23)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into CERITY PARTNERS.
  • CERITY
  • CERITY PAERTNERS, LLC
  • CERITY PARTNERS
  • CERITY PARTNERS ADVISORS LLC
  • CERITY PARTNERS LLC
  • CERITY PARTNERS MANAGEMENT
  • CERITY PARTNERS MANAGEMENT LLC
  • CERITY PARTNERS RET PLAN ADVISORS
  • CERITY PARTNERS RET PLAN ADVRS LLC
  • CERITY PARTNERS RET PLAN ADVS LLC
  • CERITY PARTNERS RET SVCS
  • CERITY PARTNERS RETIREME
  • CERITY PARTNERS RETIREMENT
  • CERITY PARTNERS RETIREMENT ADVISORS
  • CERITY PARTNERS RETIREMENT PLA
  • CERITY PARTNERS RETIREMENT SERVI
  • CERITY PARTNERS RETIREMENT SERVICE
  • CERITY PARTNERS RETIREMENT SERVICES
  • CERITY PARTNERS RETIREMENT SVCS
  • CERITY PARTNERS RPA LLC
  • CERITY PARTNERS RS
  • CERITY PARTNERS, LLC
  • CERITY PARTNERS, LLC.
Book composition by plan size
Bars stack to total plans served; segments use the same asset cutoffs as the /retirement size filter. Up-and-to-the-right on the bigger segments = moving up-market.
Under $5M$5-50M$50-250M$250M-1B$1B+
Compliance posture vs market
Per-flag share for CERITY PARTNERS's book against the same flag's overall prevalence across all filings. Negative delta = under-indexed (cleaner book); positive = elevated risk surface.
FlagPlans flaggedProvider %Market %Delta
Recently terminated11.08%7.76%-6.69 pp
Fidelity bond gap11.08%26.94%-25.87 pp
Late contributions1415.05%1.71%+13.34 pp
Failed to provide benefit11.08%0.14%+0.94 pp
Corrective distributions3133.33%1.76%+31.57 pp
Loss discovered00.00%0.00%-0.00 pp
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with CERITY PARTNERS. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.1%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.1 pp vs incumbent
Geographic penetration index
(Provider plans in state / state plans) divided by the provider's overall share of the market. Index 1.00 = average; > 1 = over-indexed (winning more than their fair share); < 1 = under-indexed (white space).
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