DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS
62 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map
Market position · 2024
Plans served117+1 YoYRank #165 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$135.4B0.1%Market share · rank #102
Fees received$4MMedian $0/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY+722 won · 15 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 DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
| Service | Plans | Median fees | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
Shareholder servicing fees; Investment managementCode 28 | 105 | $0 | |
Investment management; Investment management fees paid indirectly by plan; Direct payment from the plan; Investment management fees paid directly by plan; Investment advisory (plan)Code 27 | 4 | $25,233 | |
Soft dollars commissions; Investment management fees paid directly by planCode 51 | 4 | $174,483 | |
Recordkeeping fees; Shareholder servicing fees; Investment advisory (plan); Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Account maintenance fees; Participant communication; Direct payment from the plan; Investment management fees paid indirectly by plan; Participant loan processing; Float revenue; Trustee (directed); Other services; Distribution (12b-1) fees; Redemption fees; Trustee (bank, trust company, or similar financial institution)Code 15 | 2 | $0 | |
Investment management fees paid indirectly by planCode 52 | 1 | $0 | |
Shareholder servicing feesCode 59 | 1 | $0 | |
Sub-transfer agency feesCode 60 | 1 | $0 |
Competitor overlap
Percent of DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS'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 DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS.
| Sponsor | From | Assets |
|---|---|---|
GABRIEL, ROEDER, SMITH & COMPANY HOLDINGS, INC.MI · 475435846-004 | (new plan) | $43M |
EL CENTRO DEL BARRIOTX · 741787031-001 | RT JONES CAPITAL EQUITIES MGMT INC | $37M |
CASE & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.OK · 731180117-001 | TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS | $27M |
POLYMER TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.IN · 351895358-001 | T ROWE PRICE RPS INC | $26M |
BLOWER-DEMPSAY CORPORATIONCA · 330208548-001 | PIONEER | $24M |
IROQUOIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND RESIDENT HOMEIL · 370673512-003 | ASCENSUS LLC | $15M |
DAVIS TOOL, INC.OR · 930774431-001 | T ROWE PRICE RPS INC | $12M |
BONDED LIGHTNING PROTECTION SYSTEMS, LTDTX · 752851023-001 | BERTHEL FISHER & COMPANY INSURANCE | $10M |
ENDOTRONIX, INC.IL · 260305050-001 | (new plan) | $9M |
HUDSON COUNTY MOTORS, INC.NJ · 221421211-001 | (new plan) | $9M |
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS; not this year.
| Sponsor | To | Assets |
|---|---|---|
BMO FINANCIAL CORP.IL · 510275712-001 | GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE | $4.5B |
VECTREN CORPORATIONIN · 352086905-001 | ALIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC | $77M |
REVLON CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLCNY · 133662953-065 | AON CONSULTING | $55M |
ADT LLCFL · 454343781-001 | AON CONSULTING | $51M |
THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION, INCVA · 540505959-002 | BDO USA, LLP | $25M |
HIGH COUNTRY BEVERAGE CORPORATIONCO · 841341843-001 | LPL FINANCIAL | $17M |
HOSPITAL CENTRAL SERVICES COOPERATIVE, INC.PA · 231709244-001 | BLACKROCK | $12M |
LOVEPOP INC.MA · 474120763-001 | (new plan) | $2M |
TRADITION MANAGEMENT, LLCTX · 800211352-001 | (new plan) | $2M |
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
| Plan | Assets | Participants | Fees | Tenure | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MICROSOFT CORPORATIONWA · 911144442-001 | $65.6B | 183,509 | $1M | 10y | - |
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATIONRI · 560906609-001 | $19.0B | 168,197 | $270,820 | 10y | - |
CITIGROUP INC.CT · 521568099-020 | $10.0B | 119,922 | $571,861 | 8y | - |
PEPSICO, INC.NY · 131584302-004 | $6.8B | 55,326 | $159,701 | 10y | - |
PEPSICO, INC.NY · 131584302-121 | $4.2B | 85,189 | $202,159 | 4y | - |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WESTERN UNITE HERE AND EMPLOYERSCA · 934160766-001 | $3.7B | 154,012 | $41,974 | 1y | - |
INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH CARE, INC.UT · 870269232-001 | $3.4B | 40,022 | $0 | 10y | - |
DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICESIL · 362517428-003 | $3.2B | 27,261 | $1,124 | 9y | - |
PACCAR INCWA · 910351110-001 | $2.7B | 18,129 | $202,232 | 9y | - |
BD OF TRUSTEES-LEGACY PLAN OF THE NATIONAL RETIREMENT FUNDNY · 136130178-001 | $1.9B | 184,550 | $158,212 | 10y | - |
Flag exposure
83.8%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 (62)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS.
- AMERICAN UNITIED DFA
- DFA
- DFA - THE SMALL CAP SUBTRUST
- DFA 5 - YR GLBL FIX PORT I
- DFA EMERGING MARKETS
- DFA EMERGING MARKETS VALUE PORTFOLI
- DFA EMRG MKT COR EQ PORT INST
- DFA FUND ADVISORS
- DFA FUNDS
- DFA GLOBAL FUNDS
- DFA INFL PROT SEC PORT INST
- DFA INTERM GOVT FIXED INC I
- DFA INTERNATIONAL
- DFA INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND
- DFA U.S. SMALL CAP INST
- DFA U.S. TARGETED VALUE 1
- DFA U.S. TARGETED VALUE I
- DFA US SMALL CAP INST
- DFA US SMALL CAP VALUE INST
- DFA US TARGETED VALUE I
- DIMENDIONAL FUND ADVISORS
- DIMENIONAL FUND ADVISORS
- DIMENSION DATA
- DIMENSION DATA NORTH AMERICA
- DIMENSION FUND ADVISORS
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 DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS's book against the same flag's overall prevalence across all filings. Negative delta = under-indexed (cleaner book); positive = elevated risk surface.
| Flag | Plans flagged | Provider % | Market % | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recently terminated | 4 | 3.42% | 7.76% | -4.34 pp |
| Fidelity bond gap | 7 | 5.98% | 26.94% | -20.96 pp |
| Late contributions | 24 | 20.51% | 1.71% | +18.80 pp |
| Failed to provide benefit | 0 | 0.00% | 0.14% | -0.14 pp |
| Corrective distributions | 20 | 17.09% | 1.76% | +15.34 pp |
| Loss discovered | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.00 pp |
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.2%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.2 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).