401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Yum Brands, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$911M
Total assets Above avg plan size
21,365
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$42,643
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Yum Brands 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Yum Brands, Inc. · Kentucky · Food Services & Accommodation

$911M in assets, 21,365 participants

Yum Brands, Inc.'s Yum Brands 401(k) Plan reported $911M in total assets and 21,365 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #3,818 in Food Services & Accommodation (3,828 peers)

Coverage in Kentucky

Yum Brands 401(k) Plan covers 21,365 participants in Kentucky, 33x the typical Kentucky plan (state average ~647 per filing). Assets: $911M.

#3,818
in Food Services & Accommodation (3,828 peers)
+12.5%
assets growth YoY
9.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Yum Brands 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Yum Brands 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$911,059,058 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Yum Brands 401(k) 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. Yum Brands 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (21,365 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Yum Brands 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$129M in the plan year 2022 filing to $102M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Yum Brands 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $810M in the plan year 2022 filing to $911M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Yum Brands 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 20,258 in the plan year 2022 filing to 21,365 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 133951308 · Yum Brands, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Yum Brands 401(k) Plan · $911M · 21,365 · 98th

  • SCH $911M
  • SCH 21,365
  • SCH 98th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • SCH near Guardian Retirement Investment Plan
  • SCH ind #3818

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 Food Services & Accommodation retirement plans → · Plans in Kentucky →

Yum Brands 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Yale-New Haven Hospital and Tax-Exempt Affliliates Retirement Savings PlanYale-New Haven Hospital and …$912MGuardian Retirement Investment PlanGuardian Retirement Investme…$911MYum Brands 401(k) Plan$911MThe Giant Company 401(k) Plan$910MBrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers 401(k) Savings Employees of Csx Transportation Inc.Brotherhood of Locomotive En…$910M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Yum Brands 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Kentucky filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$810M
Net Assets (End of Year)$911M
Net Income$102M
Employer EIN133951308
Plan Effective Date1997-10-07
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Yum Brands, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Yum Brands, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.7B 8.798905557809519% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.5B$1.55B$1.6B$1.65B$1.7B$1.75B 202220232024 $1.56B $1.7B ▲ +9.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 24,797 $1.6B
2023 2 25,199 $1.6B
2024 2 24,832 $1.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Kentucky

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

Yum Brands 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kentucky, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000100000 0246810 Total assets ($B) Participants Yum Brands 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.911059058 · Participants: 21365Yum Brands 401(k) PlanCommonspirit Health 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.871320063 · Participants: 86688Commonspirit Health 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanHumana Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.374962984 · Participants: 45938Humana Retirement Savings PlanUPS/Ipa 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.324958147 · Participants: 3159UPS/Ipa 401(k) Savings PlanScionhealth 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.221134526 · Participants: 33226Scionhealth 401(k) PlanLexmark Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.205127047 · Participants: 1968Lexmark Savings Plan
Yum Brands 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Kentucky, assets vs. participants
Compare Yum Brands 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Yum Brands 401(k) Plan

Yum Brands 401(k) Plan reports $911M in end-of-year assets across 21,365 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.023% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $42,643 per participant (31% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $102M.

This plan identity (EIN 133951308, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $810M to $990M (+22.2%) while covered participants moved from 20,258 to 22,260 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 20,258 $810M Open filing
2023 21,365 $911M This page
2024 · index core 22,260 $990M Open filing

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

Yum Brands 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Kentucky, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Guardian Retirement Investment Plan in NY ($911M); by covered participants it is McDonald's Corporation 401(k) Plan in IL (21,332 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (21,365 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 Yum Brands 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Yum Brands 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.5% during 2023, from $810M to $911M. Reported net income was $102M.
How have Yum Brands, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Yum Brands, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 8.8%, from $1.6B to $1.7B.
Where does Yum Brands 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Yum Brands 401(k) Plan ranks in the 98th 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 Yum Brands 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Guardian Retirement Investment Plan in NY ($911M, 5,762 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Yum Brands 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is McDonald's Corporation 401(k) Plan in IL (21,332 participants, $3.8B 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 133951308.

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.