401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.2B
Total assets Very large vs avg
259,414
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$12,493
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Starbucks Corporation · Washington · Retail Trade

$3.2B in assets, 259,414 participants

Starbucks Corporation's Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan reported $3.2B in total assets and 259,414 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #9,497 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in Washington

Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan covers 259,414 participants in Washington, 176x the typical Washington plan (state average ~1,476 per filing). Assets: $3.2B.

#9,497
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
-11.9%
assets change YoY
33×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $436M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$3,240,772,984 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Starbucks Corporation 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. Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (259,414 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 911325671 · Starbucks Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)

Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan · $3.2B · 259,414 · 100th

  • VS-ST $3.2B
  • VS-ST 259,414
  • VS-ST 100th
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • VS-ST near Tyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
  • VS-ST ind #9497

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 Washington →

Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Iu Health 401(k) Savings Plan$3.2BStarbucks Corporation 401(k) PlanStarbucks Corporation 401(k)…$3.2BTyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanTyson Foods, Inc. Retirement…$3.2BCentene Management Corporation Retirement PlanCentene Management Corporati…$3.2B401(k) Savings and Investment Plan401(k) Savings and Investmen…$3.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Washington filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.7B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.2B
Net Income-$436M
Employer EIN911325671
Plan Effective Date1988-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Starbucks Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Starbucks Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4.9B 50.9156913226107% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B$5B$5.5B 202220232024 $3.24B $4.89B ▲ +50.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 259,414 $3.2B
2023 1 260,701 $4.1B
2024 1 231,064 $4.9B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Washington

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000010000001500000 020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.240772984 · Participants: 259414Starbucks Corporation 401(k) PlanThe Boeing Company 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 63.503643295 · Participants: 118434The Boeing Company 401(k) Retirement PlanMicrosoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.602667639 · Participants: 109797Microsoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) PlanCostco 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 25.912962472 · Participants: 181505Costco 401(k) Retirement PlanAmazon 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.732345025 · Participants: 1230308Amazon 401(k) PlanT-Mobile USA, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 7.280031396 · Participants: 75797T-Mobile USA, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Trust
Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants
Compare Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan

Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan reports $3.2B in end-of-year assets across 259,414 participants (0.026% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.28% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $12,493 per participant (9% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$436M.

This plan identity (EIN 911325671, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.2B to $4.9B (+50.9%) while covered participants moved from 259,414 to 231,064 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 259,414 $3.2B This page
2023 260,701 $4.1B Open filing
2024 · index core 231,064 $4.9B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Washington, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Tyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in AR ($3.2B); by covered participants it is Allied Universal 401(k) Plan in CA (246,898 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.2B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (259,414 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan pulled back noticeably - down 11.9% during 2022, from $3.7B to $3.2B. Reported net income was -$436M.
How have Starbucks Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Starbucks Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 50.9%, from $3.2B to $4.9B.
Where does Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Tyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in AR ($3.2B, 109,234 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Allied Universal 401(k) Plan in CA (246,898 participants, $498M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 911325671.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.