401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$873M
Total assets Above avg plan size
55,389
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$15,757
Avg per participant Low balance/head
PlainRetire home → About this data RSS: change history

Official DOL plan name: Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Ross Stores, Inc. · California · Retail Trade

$873M in assets, 55,389 participants

Ross Stores, Inc.'s Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan reported $873M in total assets and 55,389 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.

  • #8,326 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in California

Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan covers 55,389 participants in California, 88x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $873M.

#8,326
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+20.9%
assets growth YoY
8.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$872,790,720 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

Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) 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. Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan is a mega filing (55,389 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$111M in the plan year 2022 filing to $151M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $722M in the plan year 2022 filing to $873M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 53,384 in the plan year 2022 filing to 55,389 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 941390387 · Ross Stores, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan · $873M · 55,389 · 98th

  • EOY $873M
  • EOY 55,389
  • EOY 98th
  • EOY 401(k)
  • EOY near Plumbers Local Union No. 1 Employee 401(k) Savings Plan
  • EOY ind #8326

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 California →

Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Idex Corporation Savings Plan$873MPlumbers Local Union No. 1 Employee 401(k) Savings PlanPlumbers Local Union No. 1 E…$873MRoss Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanRoss Stores, Inc. 401(k) Sav…$873MCovanta Energy Savings Plan$872MAflac Incorporated 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing PlanAflac Incorporated 401(k) Sa…$871M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$722M
Net Assets (End of Year)$872M
Net Income$151M
Employer EIN941390387
Plan Effective Date1969-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ross Stores, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ross Stores, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.0B 39.92290746846317% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.6B$0.7B$0.8B$0.9B$1B$1.1B 202220232024 $0.72B $1.01B ▲ +40.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 53,384 $722M
2023 1 55,389 $873M
2024 1 60,481 $1.0B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.87279072 · Participants: 55389Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 51.831350351 · Participants: 193919Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.047152408 · Participants: 122867Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.320437734 · Participants: 63105Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.17918189 · Participants: 59863Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.779511539 · Participants: 106111Apple 401(k) Plan
Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan

Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan reports $873M in end-of-year assets across 55,389 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.059% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $15,757 per participant (11% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $151M.

This plan identity (EIN 941390387, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $722M to $1.0B (+39.9%) while covered participants moved from 53,384 to 60,481 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 53,384 $722M Open filing
2023 55,389 $873M This page
2024 · index core 60,481 $1.0B Open filing

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

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

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Plumbers Local Union No. 1 Employee 401(k) Savings Plan in NY ($873M); by covered participants it is Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan in NY (55,363 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($873M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (55,389 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 Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan grew sharply - up 20.9% during 2023, from $722M to $873M. Reported net income was $151M.
How have Ross Stores, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ross Stores, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 39.9%, from $722M to $1.0B.
Where does Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings 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 Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Plumbers Local Union No. 1 Employee 401(k) Savings Plan in NY ($873M, 4,724 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ross Stores, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Morgan Stanley 401(k) Plan in NY (55,363 participants, $19.2B 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 941390387.

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.