401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Unifirst Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$452M
Total assets Above avg plan size
10,533
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$42,939
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Unifirst Corporation · Massachusetts · Other Services

$452M in assets, 10,533 participants

Unifirst Corporation's Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan reported $452M in total assets and 10,533 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.

  • #8,350 in Other Services (8,398 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan covers 10,533 participants in Massachusetts, 16x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $452M.

#8,350
in Other Services (8,398 peers)
-16.8%
assets change YoY
4.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $92M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$452,271,375 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

Unifirst Retirement 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. Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (10,533 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 042103460 · Unifirst Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)

Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan · $452M · 10,533 · 98th

  • ASSETS $452M
  • PCT 10,533
  • EIN 98th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • PHOTO near Intelsat 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • IND ind #8350

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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →

Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Intelsat 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanIntelsat 401(k) Retirement S…$453MUnifirst Retirement Savings PlanUnifirst Retirement Savings …$452MDaimler Truck North America, LLC UAW Retirement Savings PlanDaimler Truck North America,…$452MOvintiv U.S. Retirement Plan$452MSurgical Care Affiliates, LLC Retirement Investment PlanSurgical Care Affiliates, LL…$452M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$544M
Net Assets (End of Year)$451M
Net Income-$92M
Employer EIN042103460
Plan Effective Date1959-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Unifirst Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Unifirst Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$557M 22.23738557035972% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$400M$450M$500M$550M$600M 202220232024 $455M $557M ▲ +22.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 10,586 $455M
2023 2 11,532 $514M
2024 2 11,854 $557M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000400005000060000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.452271375 · Participants: 10533Unifirst Retirement Savings PlanFidelity 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
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan

Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan reports $452M in end-of-year assets across 10,533 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $42,939 per participant (31% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$92M.

This plan identity (EIN 042103460, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $452M to $554M (+22.5%) while covered participants moved from 10,533 to 11,814 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,533 $452M This page
2023 11,487 $511M Open filing
2024 · index core 11,814 $554M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Intelsat 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in VA ($453M); by covered participants it is Erickson Community 401(k) Plan in MD (10,526 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($452M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,533 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 Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan declined sharply - down 16.8% during 2022, from $544M to $452M. Reported net income was -$92M.
How have Unifirst Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Unifirst Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 22.2%, from $455M to $557M.
Where does Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan 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 Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Intelsat 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in VA ($453M, 1,569 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Erickson Community 401(k) Plan in MD (10,526 participants, $215M 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 042103460.

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.