401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Whole Foods Market, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.7B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 89,691
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $18,760
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Whole Foods Market, Inc. · Texas · Retail Trade
$1.7B in assets, 89,691 participants
Whole Foods Market, Inc.'s Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan reported $1.7B in total assets and 89,691 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.
- #9,480 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
Coverage in Texas
Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan covers 89,691 participants in Texas, 130x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $1.7B.
- #9,480
- in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
- -13.7%
- assets change YoY
- 17×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $267M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,682,638,870 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
Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 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. Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (89,691 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 741989366 · Whole Foods Market, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan · $1.7B · 89,691 · 99th
- PART $1.7B
- TYPE 89,691
- NET 99th
- BOOK 401(k)
- VS-ST near Stantec 401(k) Plan
- BOY ind #9480
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 Texas →
Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Texas filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.7B |
| Net Income | -$267M |
| Employer EIN | 741989366 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2002-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Whole Foods Market, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Whole Foods Market, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.4B 44.75318224403077% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 89,691 | $1.7B |
| 2023 | 1 | 100,700 | $2.1B |
| 2024 | 1 | 92,280 | $2.4B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- AT&T Retirement Savings Plan $37.6B · 144,503
- Exxonmobil Savings Plan $21.3B · 23,619
- Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan $13.8B · 38,538
- American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan $12.8B · 85,577
- Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan $12.0B · 47,532
Scale composition for Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan
Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan reports $1.7B in end-of-year assets across 89,691 participants (0.014% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.095% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $18,760 per participant (14% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$267M.
This plan identity (EIN 741989366, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.7B to $2.4B (+44.8%) while covered participants moved from 89,691 to 92,280 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 89,691 | $1.7B | This page |
| 2023 | 100,700 | $2.1B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 92,280 | $2.4B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan (401(k), $2.4B, 92,280 participants)
Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Stantec 401(k) Plan in AZ ($1.7B); by covered participants it is Culinary and Bartenders 401(k) Plan in NV (91,275 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.7B here).
- Stantec 401(k) Plan (AZ) $1.7B · 8,764
- Parsons Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (VA) $1.7B · 9,497
- Caesars Entertainment, Inc 401(k) Plan (NV) $1.7B · 41,227
- Oasis Retirement Savings Plan (FL) $1.7B · 76,924
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (89,691 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Culinary and Bartenders 401(k) Plan (NV) 91,275 · 1,584 off
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Salaried Savings Plan (MD) 87,666 · 2,025 off
- Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan (CA) 87,362 · 2,329 off
- Northrop Grumman Savings Plan (VA) 92,420 · 2,729 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.