401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $726M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 8,502
- Participants Very large workforce
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $85,424
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Flowers Foods, Inc. · Georgia · Manufacturing
$726M in assets, 8,502 participants
Flowers Foods, Inc.'s Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $726M in total assets and 8,502 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #20,058 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Georgia
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan covers 8,502 participants in Georgia, 7.8x the typical Georgia plan (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $726M.
- #20,058
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -16.0%
- assets change YoY
- 7.3×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $138M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$726,275,286 Top 2% higher than 98% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (8,502 participants).
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 582582379 · Flowers Foods, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · $726M · 8,502 · 98th
- RANK $726M
- PHOTO 8,502
- IND 98th
- EOY 401(k)
- 5500 near The Terracon 401(k) and ESOP Plan
- ASSETS ind #20058
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Georgia →
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Georgia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $864M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $726M |
| Net Income | -$138M |
| Employer EIN | 582582379 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1995-04-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Flowers Foods, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Flowers Foods, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $910M 19.984275362568816% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 8,918 | $758M |
| 2023 | 3 | 9,189 | $850M |
| 2024 | 3 | 9,388 | $910M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Georgia
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Teamster-UPS National 401(k) Tax Deferred Savings Plan $14.7B · 549,610
- Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan $13.2B · 72,820
- Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots $11.5B · 12,193
- UPS 401 (K) Savings Plan $11.3B · 107,310
- The Home Depot Futurebuilder $10.7B · 423,174
Scale composition for Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reports $726M in end-of-year assets across 8,502 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $85,424 per participant (62% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$138M.
This plan identity (EIN 582582379, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $726M to $883M (+21.5%) while covered participants moved from 8,502 to 9,126 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8,502 | $726M | This page |
| 2023 | 8,950 | $818M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 9,126 | $883M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $883M, 9,126 participants)
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Georgia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Terracon 401(k) and ESOP Plan in KS ($726M); by covered participants it is Iheart Media, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in TX (8,504 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($726M here).
- The Terracon 401(k) and ESOP Plan (KS) $726M · 5,437
- Illumina, Inc. 401(k) Plan (CA) $727M · 5,548
- Bunzl USA, LLC Deferred Savings Plan (MO) $725M · 4,591
- Cibc Retirement Savings Plan for U.S. Employees (IL) $728M · 2,748
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,502 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Iheart Media, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (TX) 8,504 · 2 off
- Schnucks Pay Deferral Plan-30 (MO) 8,496 · 6 off
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (FL) 8,509 · 7 off
- Fiesta Mart, L.L.C. 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan (TX) 8,509 · 7 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.