401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 260,701
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $15,715
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Starbucks Corporation · Washington · Retail Trade
$4.1B in assets, 260,701 participants
Starbucks Corporation's Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan reported $4.1B in total assets and 260,701 participants in its 2023 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.
- #8,395 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
Coverage in Washington
Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan covers 260,701 participants in Washington, 177x the typical Washington plan (state average ~1,476 per filing). Assets: $4.1B.
- #8,395
- in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
- +26.4%
- assets growth YoY
- 41×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$4,096,838,458 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Starbucks Corporation 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. Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (260,701 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$436M in the plan year 2022 filing to $856M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $4.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 259,414 in the plan year 2022 filing to 260,701 in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 911325671 · Starbucks Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)
Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan · $4.1B · 260,701 · 100th
- ASSETS $4.1B
- ASSETS 260,701
- ASSETS 100th
- ASSETS 401(k)
- ASSETS near Blackrock Retirement Savings Plan
- ASSETS ind #8395
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 Washington →
Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Washington filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.1B |
| Net Income | $856M |
| Employer EIN | 911325671 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1988-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Starbucks Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Starbucks Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.9B 50.9156913226107% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 259,414 | $3.2B |
| 2023 | 1 | 260,701 | $4.1B |
| 2024 | 1 | 231,064 | $4.9B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Washington
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Boeing Company 401(k) Retirement Plan $72.2B · 128,910
- Microsoft Corporation Savings Plus 401(k) Plan $53.2B · 123,296
- Costco 401(k) Retirement Plan $33.4B · 192,744
- T-Mobile USA, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan & Trust $8.3B · 71,538
- 401(k) Savings Plan $8.1B · 87,590
Scale composition for Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan
Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan reports $4.1B in end-of-year assets across 260,701 participants (0.033% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.28% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $15,715 per participant (11% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $856M.
This plan identity (EIN 911325671, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.2B to $4.9B (+50.9%) while covered participants moved from 259,414 to 231,064 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 259,414 | $3.2B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 260,701 | $4.1B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 231,064 | $4.9B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan (401(k), $4.9B, 231,064 participants)
Starbucks Corporation 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Washington, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Blackrock Retirement Savings Plan in NY ($4.1B); by covered participants it is Allied Universal 401(k) Plan in PA (258,001 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.1B here).
- Blackrock Retirement Savings Plan (NY) $4.1B · 9,268
- Baylor Scott & White Health Retirement Savings Plan (TX) $4.1B · 42,740
- Ppg Industries, Inc. Employee Savings Plan (PA) $4.1B · 15,938
- Michelin 401(k) Savings Plan (SC) $4.1B · 14,439
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (260,701 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Allied Universal 401(k) Plan (PA) 258,001 · 2,700 off
- CVS Health Future Fund 401(k) Plan (RI) 265,760 · 5,059 off
- The Kroger Co. Savings Plan (OH) 236,780 · 23,921 off
- Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan (IL) 235,331 · 25,370 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.