401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Big Lots, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$334M
Total assets Above avg plan size
23,821
Participants Very large workforce
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$14,003
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Big Lots Savings Plan · Sponsored by Big Lots, Inc. · Ohio · Retail Trade

$334M in assets, 23,821 participants

Big Lots, Inc.'s Big Lots Savings Plan reported $334M in total assets and 23,821 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #8,234 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Big Lots Savings Plan covers 23,821 participants in Ohio, 31x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $334M.

#8,234
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+12.5%
assets growth YoY
3.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Big Lots Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Big Lots Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$333,569,111 Top 4% higher than 96% of 127,068 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 2023

Big Lots Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Big Lots Savings Plan is a mega filing (23,821 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Big Lots Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$73M in the plan year 2022 filing to $37M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Big Lots Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $296M in the plan year 2022 filing to $334M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Big Lots Savings Plan reported participants rose from 23,399 in the plan year 2022 filing to 23,821 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 061119097 · Big Lots, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Big Lots Savings Plan · $334M · 23,821 · 96th

  • RANK $334M
  • RANK 23,821
  • RANK 96th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near Global Infrastructure Savings Plan
  • RANK ind #8234

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 Ohio →

Big Lots Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Convergeone 401(k) Plan$334MGlobal Infrastructure Savings PlanGlobal Infrastructure Saving…$334MBig Lots Savings Plan$334MStandardaero 401(k) Savings PlanStandardaero 401(k) Savings …$333MMgic Profit Sharing and Savings PlanMgic Profit Sharing and Savi…$333M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Big Lots Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$296M
Net Assets (End of Year)$333M
Net Income$37M
Employer EIN061119097
Plan Effective Date1998-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Big Lots, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Big Lots, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$313M 5.62169501604301% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$280M$300M$320M$340M 202220232024 $296M $313M ▲ +5.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 23,399 $296M
2023 1 23,821 $334M
2024 1 21,907 $313M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio

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

Big Lots Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Big Lots Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.333569111 · Participants: 23821Big Lots Savings PlanGE Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.485469047 · Participants: 59766GE Retirement Savings PlanThe Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.12932701 · Participants: 47362The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) PlanThe Progressive 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.225573063 · Participants: 56176The Progressive 401(k) PlanThe Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.445085 · Participants: 129769The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account PlanNationwide Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.618883027 · Participants: 24715Nationwide Savings Plan
Big Lots Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Big Lots Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Big Lots Savings Plan

Big Lots Savings Plan reports $334M in end-of-year assets across 23,821 participants (0.003% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.025% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $14,003 per participant (10% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $37M.

This plan identity (EIN 061119097, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $296M to $313M (+5.6%) while covered participants moved from 23,399 to 21,907 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 23,399 $296M Open filing
2023 23,821 $334M This page
2024 · index core 21,907 $313M Open filing

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

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

Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Global Infrastructure Savings Plan in CA ($334M); by covered participants it is Fairview Health Services 403b Plan in MN (23,886 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($334M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (23,821 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Big Lots Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Big Lots Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.5% during 2023, from $296M to $334M. Reported net income was $37M.
How have Big Lots, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Big Lots, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 5.6%, from $296M to $313M.
Where does Big Lots Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Big Lots Savings Plan ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Big Lots Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Global Infrastructure Savings Plan in CA ($334M, 959 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Big Lots Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Fairview Health Services 403b Plan in MN (23,886 participants, $2.9B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 061119097.

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.