ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Publix Super Markets, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$11.7B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
142,486
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$82,302
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust · Sponsored by Publix Super Markets, Inc. · Florida · Retail Trade

$11.7B in assets, 142,486 participants

Publix Super Markets, Inc.'s Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust reported $11.7B in total assets and 142,486 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.

  • #9,516 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in Florida

Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust covers 142,486 participants in Florida, 227x the typical Florida plan (state average ~628 per filing). Assets: $11.7B.

#9,516
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
+0.4%
assets growth YoY
118×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust's outsized position by total assets

Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$11,726,925,474 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

Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust'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. Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust is a mega filing (142,486 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 590324412 · Publix Super Markets, Inc. PY 2022 · ESOP

Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust · $11.7B · 142,486 · 100th

  • PCT $11.7B
  • EIN 142,486
  • RANK 100th
  • PHOTO ESOP
  • IND near Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • EOY ind #9516

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 What is an ESOP? → · Plans in Florida →

Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Florida filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$11.7B
Net Assets (End of Year)$11.7B
Net Income$51M
Employer EIN590324412
Plan Effective Date1974-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Publix Super Markets, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Publix Super Markets, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$22.4B 25.68452074092036% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$16B$18B$20B$22B$24B 202220232024 $17.8B $22.4B ▲ +25.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 319,238 $17.8B
2023 2 325,903 $18.4B
2024 2 346,315 $22.4B

Nearby ESOP Plans in Florida

Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust vs. nearby ESOP plans in Florida, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust, Total assets ($B): 11.726925474 · Participants: 142486Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustRaymond James Financial, Inc. & Affiliates Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.661618269 · Participants: 14200Raymond James Financial, Inc. & Affiliates Employee Stock Ownership PlanThirty Fifteen Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.425498726 · Participants: 6258Thirty Fifteen Employee Stock Ownership PlanRsr Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.309502065 · Participants: 465Rsr Employee Stock Ownership PlanTeam Horner Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.217088578 · Participants: 448Team Horner Employee Stock Ownership PlanUnited States Sugar Corporation - ESOP Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.189801616 · Participants: 766United States Sugar Corporation - ESOP Ownership Plan
Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust vs. nearby ESOP plans in Florida, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust

Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust reports $11.7B in end-of-year assets across 142,486 participants (0.095% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.15% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $82,302 per participant (60% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was $51M.

This plan identity (EIN 590324412, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $11.7B to $14.3B (+21.8%) while covered participants moved from 142,486 to 149,213 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 142,486 $11.7B This page
2023 141,229 $11.8B Open filing
2024 · index core 149,213 $14.3B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Florida, the nearest ESOP by assets is Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA ($4.5B); by covered participants it is Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (30,782 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (142,486 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 Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust assets move in 2022?
Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust held essentially flat - up 0.4% during 2022, from $11.7B to $11.7B. Reported net income was $51M.
How have Publix Super Markets, Inc. plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Publix Super Markets, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 25.7%, from $17.8B to $22.4B.
Where does Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust 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 ESOP plans are similar in size to Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust?
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in PA ($4.5B, 22,323 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Publix Super Markets, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust?
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Procter & Gamble Profit Sharing Trust & Employee Stock Ownership Plan in OH (30,782 participants, $22.0B in assets).