Wells Fargo
custodian521 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map
Market position · 2024
Plans served991-97 YoYRank #27 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$165.2B0.2%Market share · rank #81
Fees received$39MMedian $27,429/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY-90137 won · 227 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 Wells Fargo plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where Wells Fargo ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
| Service | Plans | Median fees | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
Other fees; Investment advisory (plan)Code 27 | 507 | $30,036 | |
Investment management fees paid directly by plan; Investment management; Investment advisory (participants); Securities brokerageCode 26 | 92 | $24,785 | |
Other services; Other feesCode 49 | 67 | $15,017 | |
Trustee (bank, trust company, or similar financial institution); Recordkeeping fees; Other fees; Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Other services; Direct payment from the planCode 15 | 61 | $25,452 | |
Other feesCode 99 | 55 | $19,150 | |
Other commissions; Other feesCode 55 | 46 | $31,000 | |
Shareholder servicing fees; Named fiduciary; Investment managementCode 28 | 41 | $11,377 | |
Other investment fees and expenses; Securities brokerage commissions and fees; Custodial (securities); Securities brokerage; Investment advisory (plan)Code 19 | 21 | $20,811 |
Competitor overlap
Percent of Wells Fargo'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 Wells Fargo.
| Sponsor | From | Assets |
|---|---|---|
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLPIL · 364474078-100 | Harlow & Falk LLP | $1.9B |
PIPELINE INDUSTRY PENSION FUNDOK · 736146433-001 | EMPLOYEE R | $1.7B |
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF THE MONTEREY PENINSULACA · 940760193-001 | MOSS ADAMS LLP | $764M |
HAWAII ELECTRICIANS PENSION PLANHI · 996005391-002 | Nordic PCL Construction Inc | $362M |
THRYV HOLDINGS, INC.TX · 132740040-007 | SEI Investments | $279M |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE HRSA-ILA ANNUITY & SAVINGS PLANVA · 541839163-001 | Electronic Systems Inc. | $254M |
THE TALBOTS LLCMA · 411111318-003 | CBIZ | $237M |
INTERMOUNTAIN RETAIL STORE EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN BOARD OF TRUSTEESWA · 916187192-001 | Zenith Administrative Services | $207M |
CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONALIN · 041923360-003 | Empower | $156M |
TRUSTEES OF NORTHERN MN-WI AREA RETAIL CLERKS PENSION FUNDMN · 416055635-001 | Kutak Rock LLP | $136M |
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under Wells Fargo; not this year.
| Sponsor | To | Assets |
|---|---|---|
WESTROCK COMPANYGA · 473335141-027 | JPMorgan Chase | $4.0B |
JOINT BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 103 IBEWMA · 046063734-001 | Centric Advisors LLC | $1.6B |
GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLPCA · 951611234-001 | Balboa Wealth Partners Inc. | $1.3B |
TRUSTEES UFCW LOCAL 1262 PENSION FUNDNJ · 226074414-001 | ROBERT GEREMINO | $971M |
SEYFARTH SHAW LLPIL · 362152202-004 | JMG Financial Group | $816M |
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLPOH · 340648199-005 | Clearstead Advisors | $814M |
GROUP HEALTH PLAN, INC.MN · 410797853-001 | Principal | $755M |
CON IND & LABORERS JOINT PENSION TRUST BOARD OF TRUSTEESNV · 880135695-001 | Wellington Trust Company | $582M |
WESTLAKE SERVICES HOLDING COMPANYCA · 611636987-002 | (new plan) | $494M |
PARKVIEW HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.IN · 351972384-001 | PIMCO | $449M |
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
| Plan | Assets | Participants | Fees | Tenure | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONVA · 530116145-444 | $16.8B | 80,475 | $22,214 | 7y | 1 |
NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY PENSION PLAN PLAN BOARD OF TRUSTEESPA · 232694291-001 | $12.2B | 54,107 | $107,468 | 10y | 1 |
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONVA · 530116145-333 | $11.5B | 75,823 | $19,339 | 5y | - |
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATIONTX · 943025021-002 | $8.9B | 43,502 | $34,119 | 3y | 1 |
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUPCA · 951750445-008 | $7.9B | 12,335 | $38,600 | 8y | 1 |
BD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ELEV CONSTU ANNUITY AND 401K RET PLANPA · 522125995-001 | $7.3B | 37,105 | $35,817 | 10y | 1 |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO CA UFCW UNIONS & FOOD EMPLOYERSCA · 951939092-001 | $6.5B | 199,927 | $60,126 | 5y | - |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES LABORERS PENSION TRUST FUND FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIACA · 946277608-001 | $5.5B | 44,826 | $20,147 | 1y | - |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, CALIFORNIA IRONWORKERS FIELD PENSION TRUST FUNCA · 956042866-001 | $3.5B | 21,447 | $70,108 | 10y | - |
NORTHWELL HEALTH, INC.NY · 113418133-006 | $2.8B | 42,096 | $4,501 | 2y | - |
Flag exposure
86.4%Market: 89.1%
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 (521)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into Wells Fargo.
- BRANDON SMOOT/WELLS FARGO INVESTORS
- BRYAN POOLS - WELLS FARGO CLEARING
- ELECTRICAL CAPITAL ADVISORS II
- ELECTRICAL CAPITAL ADVISORS III
- KLEENCO CORPORATION
- KLEHR HARRISON & HARVEY
- KLEHR HARRISON HARVEY BRANZBURG LLP
- KLEIDERLEIN, MARK A.
- KLEIN ZELMAN ROTHEMEL LLP
- KLEIN, ZELMAN, ROTHEMEL LLP
- KNB HOLDINGS LLC
- KNEPPER PRESS
- KNIGHT EQUITY MARKETS
- KNIGHT EQUITY MARKETS L.P.
- KNIGHT EQUITY MARKETS LP
- KNIGHTHEAD OFFSHORE FUND LTD
- KNIGHTS ELECTRIC, LLC
- KNIPFING ASPHALT SOLUTIONS, INC.
- KNITWELL INTERMEDIATE INC DBA THE T
- KNOTT CPA
- KNOW YOUR OPTIONS INC
- KNOW YOUR OPTIONS LLC DBA
- KNOW YOUR OPTIONS, LLC DBA RCM WEAL
- KNOX CAPITAL GROUP
- KNOXVILLE MILLING COMPANY LLC
Book composition by plan size
Bars stack to total plans served; segments use the same asset cutoffs as the /plans 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 Wells Fargo'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 | 26 | 2.62% | 7.76% | -5.14 pp |
| Fidelity bond gap | 56 | 5.65% | 26.94% | -21.29 pp |
| Late contributions | 217 | 21.90% | 1.71% | +20.18 pp |
| Failed to provide benefit | 11 | 1.11% | 0.14% | +0.97 pp |
| Corrective distributions | 213 | 21.49% | 1.76% | +19.73 pp |
| Loss discovered | 2 | 0.20% | 0.00% | +0.20 pp |
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with Wells Fargo. Compare to the incumbent market share (1.5%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-1.5 pp vs incumbent
Frequent partners by role
Who else shows up on Wells Fargo's plans most often. Switch tabs by counterparty role - high-overlap names are either referral channels (advisors, auditors) or competitive blocks (other recordkeepers).
| Partner | Shared plans | % of book |
|---|---|---|
| Morningstar Investment Management | 60 | 6.0% |
| Wilshire Associates | 48 | 4.8% |
| Strategic Advisers | 21 | 2.1% |
| Milliman | 19 | 1.9% |
| Loomis Sayles | 14 | 1.4% |
| The Segal Company | 13 | 1.3% |
| PIMCO | 11 | 1.1% |
| Allspring Global Investments | 10 | 1.0% |
| Mesirow Financial | 9 | 0.9% |
| Creative Planning | 8 | 0.8% |
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).