401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $339M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 15,039
- Participants Very large workforce
- 97th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $22,508
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC · Massachusetts · Healthcare & Social Assistance
$339M in assets, 15,039 participants
Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC's Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan reported $339M in total assets and 15,039 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- #19,540 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
Coverage in Massachusetts
Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan covers 15,039 participants in Massachusetts, 23x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $339M.
- #19,540
- in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
- -13.7%
- assets change YoY
- 3.4×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $54M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$338,504,574 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (15,039 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 042949680 · Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC PY 2022 · 401(k)
Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan · $339M · 15,039 · 97th
- PART $339M
- TYPE 15,039
- NET 97th
- BOOK 401(k)
- VS-ST near Shannon Medical Center 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan
- BOY ind #19540
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 Healthcare & Social Assistance retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →
Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Massachusetts filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $392M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $339M |
| Net Income | -$54M |
| Employer EIN | 042949680 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1989-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $466M 37.58914909078895% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 15,039 | $339M |
| 2023 | 1 | 15,998 | $410M |
| 2024 | 1 | 17,032 | $466M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Fidelity Retirement Savings Plan $23.0B · 52,036
- Liberty Mutual 401(k) Plan $8.8B · 32,843
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan $5.8B · 13,690
- Philips North America 401(k) Plan $5.2B · 19,750
- Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan $4.9B · 18,359
Scale composition for Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan
Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan reports $339M in end-of-year assets across 15,039 participants (0.003% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.016% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $22,508 per participant (16% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$54M.
This plan identity (EIN 042949680, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $339M to $466M (+37.6%) while covered participants moved from 15,039 to 17,032 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15,039 | $339M | This page |
| 2023 | 15,998 | $410M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 17,032 | $466M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan (401(k), $466M, 17,032 participants)
Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Shannon Medical Center 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan in TX ($338M); by covered participants it is Jacobs 401(k) Plus Savings Plan in TX (15,035 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($339M here).
- Shannon Medical Center 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (TX) $338M · 3,944
- Nexteer Automotive Salaried 401(k) Retirement Plan (MI) $338M · 1,686
- Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Retirement Savings Plan (NY) $338M · 543
- Venable LLP 401(k) Plan a (MD) $339M · 851
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,039 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Jacobs 401(k) Plus Savings Plan (TX) 15,035 · 4 off
- Highmark Investment Plan (PA) 15,045 · 6 off
- Safelite Group Associates' Retirement Savings Plan (OH) 15,049 · 10 off
- Qualcomm Incorporated Employee Savings and Retirement Plan (CA) 15,049 · 10 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.