401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Staples, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.3B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 13,729
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $93,113
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Staples, Inc. · Massachusetts · Retail Trade
$1.3B in assets, 13,729 participants
Staples, Inc.'s Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan reported $1.3B in total assets and 13,729 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- #9,471 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
Coverage in Massachusetts
Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan covers 13,729 participants in Massachusetts, 21x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.
- #9,471
- in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
- -20.8%
- assets change YoY
- 13×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $336M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,278,341,558 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings 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. Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan is a mega filing (13,729 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 042896127 · Staples, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan · $1.3B · 13,729 · 99th
- VS-ST $1.3B
- VS-ST 13,729
- VS-ST 99th
- VS-ST 401(k)
- VS-ST near Infineon Technologies Savings Plan
- VS-ST ind #9471
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 Massachusetts →
Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Massachusetts filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.3B |
| Net Income | -$336M |
| Employer EIN | 042896127 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1989-05-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Staples, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Staples, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.5B 18.568414483165853% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 13,729 | $1.3B |
| 2023 | 1 | 13,528 | $1.4B |
| 2024 | 1 | 12,947 | $1.5B |
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 Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan
Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan reports $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 13,729 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $93,113 per participant (67% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$336M.
This plan identity (EIN 042896127, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.3B to $1.5B (+18.6%) while covered participants moved from 13,729 to 12,947 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13,729 | $1.3B | This page |
| 2023 | 13,528 | $1.4B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 12,947 | $1.5B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $1.5B, 12,947 participants)
Staples, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Infineon Technologies Savings Plan in CA ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel Retirement Savings Plan in CA (13,733 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.3B here).
- Infineon Technologies Savings Plan (CA) $1.3B · 3,911
- Savings and Supplemental Retirement Plan of Novant Health, Inc. (NC) $1.3B · 29,747
- Netflix 401(k) Plan (CA) $1.3B · 8,073
- Teamhealth 401(k) Plan (TN) $1.3B · 16,899
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,729 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel Retirement Savings Plan (CA) 13,733 · 4 off
- American Family 401(k) Plan (WI) 13,713 · 16 off
- Michelin 401(k) Savings Plan (SC) 13,708 · 21 off
- Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and Subsidiaries Employees Retirement Plan (AK) 13,757 · 28 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.