401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Bj's Wholesale Club Inc 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$489M
Total assets Above avg plan size
3,295
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$148,371
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees · Sponsored by Bj's Wholesale Club Inc · Massachusetts · Retail Trade

$489M in assets, 3,295 participants

Bj's Wholesale Club Inc's Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees reported $489M in total assets and 3,295 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #9,396 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees covers 3,295 participants in Massachusetts, 5.0x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $489M.

#9,396
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
+41.5%
assets growth YoY
4.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $57M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees's outsized position by total assets

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees vs every filed plan by assets

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

$488,881,241 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees'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. Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees lands in the large band (3,295 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 043360747 · Bj's Wholesale Club Inc PY 2022 · 401(k)

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees · $489M · 3,295 · 98th

  • EBSA $489M
  • PART 3,295
  • TYPE 98th
  • NET 401(k)
  • BOOK near Freudenberg Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • VS-ST ind #9396

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 →

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the asset neighbourhood

Schwan's Company Retirement Savings PlanSchwan's Company Retirement …$489MC&s and Affiliates 401(k) Savings Plan (a)C&s and Affiliates 401(k) Sa…$489MBj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried EmployeesBj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 40…$489MFreudenberg Companies 401(k) Retirement PlanFreudenberg Companies 401(k)…$489MWeatherford International, LLC 401(k) Savings PlanWeatherford International, L…$488M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$346M
Net Assets (End of Year)$489M
Net Income-$57M
Employer EIN043360747
Plan Effective Date1997-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bj's Wholesale Club Inc)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bj's Wholesale Club Inc plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$661M 35.21718150768645% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$400M$500M$600M$700M 202220232024 $489M $661M ▲ +35.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 24,797 $489M
2023 1 4,706 $585M
2024 1 31,034 $661M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0200004000060000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.488881241 · Participants: 3295Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried EmployeesFidelity Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.953563448 · Participants: 52036Fidelity Retirement Savings PlanLiberty Mutual 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.79802945 · Participants: 32843Liberty Mutual 401(k) PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.810585521 · Participants: 13690Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) PlanPhilips North America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.180251859 · Participants: 19750Philips North America 401(k) PlanBoston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.853752256 · Participants: 18359Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Freudenberg Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan in MI ($489M); by covered participants it is H Mart 401(k) Plan in NJ (3,295 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($489M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,295 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 Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees assets move in 2022? ▼
Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees surged - up 41.5% during 2022, from $346M to $489M. Reported net income was -$57M.
How have Bj's Wholesale Club Inc plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bj's Wholesale Club Inc's sponsor-wide assets grew 35.2%, from $489M to $661M.
Where does Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Freudenberg Companies 401(k) Retirement Plan in MI ($489M, 6,103 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan for Salaried Employees? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is H Mart 401(k) Plan in NJ (3,295 participants, $6M 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 043360747.

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.