401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$943M
Total assets Above avg plan size
13,617
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$69,287
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan · Sponsored by Charles River Laboratories, Inc. · Massachusetts · Professional & Technical Services

$943M in assets, 13,617 participants

Charles River Laboratories, Inc.'s Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan reported $943M in total assets and 13,617 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #20,127 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan covers 13,617 participants in Massachusetts, 21x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $943M.

#20,127
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+24.5%
assets growth YoY
9.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan's outsized position by total assets

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$943,482,231 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus 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. Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan is a mega filing (13,617 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan reported net income rose from -$87M in the plan year 2022 filing to $198M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan reported participants rose from 9,703 in the plan year 2022 filing to 13,617 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan end-of-year assets rose from $758M in the plan year 2022 filing to $943M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 760509980 · Charles River Laboratories, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan · $943M · 13,617 · 99th

  • BOOK $943M
  • VS-ST 13,617
  • BOY 99th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • EBSA near Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 401(k) Plan
  • PART ind #20127

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$758M
Net Assets (End of Year)$943M
Net Income$198M
Employer EIN760509980
Plan Effective Date1987-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Charles River Laboratories, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Charles River Laboratories, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.1B 41.729883740274154% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.7B$0.8B$0.9B$1B$1.1B$1.2B 202220232024 $0.76B $1.07B ▲ +40.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 9,703 $758M
2023 1 13,617 $943M
2024 1 10,833 $1.1B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.943482231 · Participants: 13617Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus PlanFidelity Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 28.649852331 · Participants: 62289Fidelity Retirement Savings PlanLiberty Mutual 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.556596852 · Participants: 37052Liberty Mutual 401(k) PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.829912863 · Participants: 14094Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) PlanBoston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.786107181 · Participants: 19881Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanPhilips North America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.779286156 · Participants: 19120Philips North America 401(k) Plan
Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan reports $943M in end-of-year assets across 13,617 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.014% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $69,287 per participant (50% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $198M.

This plan identity (EIN 760509980, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $758M to $1.1B (+41.7%) while covered participants moved from 9,703 to 10,833 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 9,703 $758M Open filing
2023 13,617 $943M This page
2024 · index core 10,833 $1.1B Open filing

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

Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 401(k) Plan in NC ($946M); by covered participants it is The Geo Save 401(k) Plan in FL (13,623 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($943M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13,617 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 Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan grew sharply - up 24.5% during 2023, from $758M to $943M. Reported net income was $198M.
How have Charles River Laboratories, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Charles River Laboratories, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 41.7%, from $758M to $1.1B.
Where does Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. 401(k) Plan in NC ($946M, 15,141 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Charles River Laboratories, Inc. Savings/Plus Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Geo Save 401(k) Plan in FL (13,623 participants, $239M 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 760509980.

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.