401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$824M
Total assets Above avg plan size
18,070
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$45,626
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Autozone, Inc. · Tennessee · Retail Trade

$824M in assets, 18,070 participants

Autozone, Inc.'s Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $824M in total assets and 18,070 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.

  • #9,443 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in Tennessee

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 18,070 participants in Tennessee, 16x the typical Tennessee plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $824M.

#9,443
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
-14.6%
assets change YoY
8.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $141M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$824,456,710 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Autozone, Inc. 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. Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (18,070 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 621482048 · Autozone, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $824M · 18,070 · 99th

  • BOOK $824M
  • VS-ST 18,070
  • BOY 99th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • EBSA near Trimble Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan
  • PART ind #9443

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 Tennessee →

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Tennessee filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$966M
Net Assets (End of Year)$824M
Net Income-$141M
Employer EIN621482048
Plan Effective Date1998-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Autozone, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Autozone, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.1B 33.59181369268012% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.7B$0.8B$0.9B$1B$1.1B$1.2B 202220232024 $0.82B $1.1B ▲ +34.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 18,070 $824M
2023 1 18,535 $967M
2024 1 20,036 $1.1B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Tennessee

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

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.82445671 · Participants: 18070Autozone, Inc. 401(k) PlanFedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.031401128 · Participants: 220835Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings PlanHca 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.669830548 · Participants: 280576Hca 401(k) PlanInternational Paper Company Salaried Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.178827147 · Participants: 11839International Paper Company Salaried Savings PlanFederal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.035859621 · Participants: 5305Federal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings PlanChs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.015461486 · Participants: 62485Chs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants
Compare Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $824M in end-of-year assets across 18,070 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.019% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $45,626 per participant (33% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$141M.

This plan identity (EIN 621482048, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $824M to $1.1B (+33.6%) while covered participants moved from 18,070 to 20,036 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 18,070 $824M This page
2023 18,535 $967M Open filing
2024 · index core 20,036 $1.1B Open filing

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

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Tennessee, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Trimble Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan in CA ($824M); by covered participants it is Flynn Restaurant Group 401(k) Retirement Plan in OH (18,068 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($824M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,070 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 Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan pulled back noticeably - down 14.6% during 2022, from $966M to $824M. Reported net income was -$141M.
How have Autozone, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Autozone, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 33.6%, from $824M to $1.1B.
Where does Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 99th 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 401(k) plans are similar in size to Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Trimble Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan in CA ($824M, 5,161 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Flynn Restaurant Group 401(k) Retirement Plan in OH (18,068 participants, $81M 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 621482048.

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.