401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
The Fresh Market, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $57M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 6,438
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 89th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $8,792
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by The Fresh Market, Inc. · North Carolina · Retail Trade
$57M in assets, 6,438 participants
The Fresh Market, Inc.'s The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan reported $57M in total assets and 6,438 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.
- #8,961 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
Coverage in North Carolina
The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan covers 6,438 participants in North Carolina, 7.9x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $57M.
- #8,961
- in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
- -13.6%
- assets change YoY
- 0.6×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $9M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$56,600,248 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) 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. The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (6,438 participants).
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 561311233 · The Fresh Market, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan · $57M · 6,438 · 89th
- BOOK $57M
- VS-ST 6,438
- BOY 89th
- SCH 401(k)
- EBSA near Geode Capital Management, LLC Retirement Plan
- PART ind #8961
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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →
The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
North Carolina filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $66M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $57M |
| Net Income | -$9M |
| Employer EIN | 561311233 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1985-05-06 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Fresh Market, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Fresh Market, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $79M 39.17378065198584% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 6,438 | $57M |
| 2023 | 1 | 6,510 | $69M |
| 2024 | 1 | 7,260 | $79M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Bank of America 401(k) Plan $47.1B · 169,036
- Honeywell 401(k) Plan $14.6B · 39,007
- Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan $9.4B · 27,731
- Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan $9.0B · 51,871
- Lowes 401(k) Plan $7.4B · 284,864
Scale composition for The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan
The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan reports $57M in end-of-year assets across 6,438 participants (0.000% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $8,792 per participant (6% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$9M.
This plan identity (EIN 561311233, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $57M to $79M (+39.2%) while covered participants moved from 6,438 to 7,260 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,438 | $57M | This page |
| 2023 | 6,510 | $69M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 7,260 | $79M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $79M, 7,260 participants)
The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Geode Capital Management, LLC Retirement Plan in MA ($57M); by covered participants it is Idexx Retirement and Incentive Savings Plan in ME (6,436 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($57M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,438 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Idexx Retirement and Incentive Savings Plan (ME) 6,436 · 2 off
- BUILDWISE (NJ) 6,435 · 3 off
- Amcor 401(k) Plan (WI) 6,442 · 4 off
- American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Associates (MI) 6,431 · 7 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.