401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$31M
Total assets Below avg plan size
3,559
Participants Above avg headcount
83rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$8,705
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Books-a-Million, Inc. · Alabama · Retail Trade

$31M in assets, 3,559 participants

Books-a-Million, Inc.'s Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $31M in total assets and 3,559 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 83rd 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.

  • #8,632 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in Alabama

Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 3,559 participants in Alabama, 9.9x the typical Alabama plan (state average ~360 per filing). Assets: $31M.

#8,632
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
-22.0%
assets change YoY
0.3×
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.

Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$30,979,764 Top 17% higher than 83% 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

Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) 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. Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (3,559 participants).

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 630798460 · Books-a-Million, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $31M · 3,559 · 83rd

  • BOOK $31M
  • BOOK 3,559
  • BOOK 83rd
  • BOOK 401(k)
  • BOOK near Gastroenterology Specialties, P.C.Safe Harbor 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
  • BOOK ind #8632

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 Alabama →

Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Alabama filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$40M
Net Assets (End of Year)$31M
Net Income-$9M
Employer EIN630798460
Plan Effective Date1972-12-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Books-a-Million, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Books-a-Million, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$40M 29.90183204752625% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$30M$35M$40M$45M 202220232024 $31M $40.2M ▲ +29.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 3,559 $31M
2023 1 3,564 $35M
2024 1 3,020 $40M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Alabama

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

Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Alabama, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000 -10123 Total assets ($B) Participants Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.030979764 · Participants: 3559Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) PlanRegions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.473693723 · Participants: 20809Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) PlanEncompass Health Corporation Retirement Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.247463658 · Participants: 26602Encompass Health Corporation Retirement Investment PlanHexagon Employee Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.211223713 · Participants: 4237Hexagon Employee Retirement Savings PlanVulcan 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.148537747 · Participants: 8489Vulcan 401(k) PlanMercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.930385246 · Participants: 4593Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. Retirement and Savings Plan
Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Alabama, assets vs. participants
Compare Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Alabama, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Gastroenterology Specialties, P.C.Safe Harbor 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NE ($31M); by covered participants it is Prime Therapeutics LLC 401(k) Plan in MN (3,558 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,559 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 Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan declined sharply - down 22.0% during 2022, from $40M to $31M. Reported net income was -$9M.
How have Books-a-Million, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Books-a-Million, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 29.9%, from $31M to $40M.
Where does Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 83rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Gastroenterology Specialties, P.C.Safe Harbor 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NE ($31M, 115 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Books-a-Million, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Prime Therapeutics LLC 401(k) Plan in MN (3,558 participants, $528M 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 630798460.

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.