401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$390M
Total assets Above avg plan size
8,955
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$43,540
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Stericycle, Inc. · Illinois · Administrative & Support Services

$390M in assets, 8,955 participants

Stericycle, Inc.'s Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan reported $390M in total assets and 8,955 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • #4,309 in Administrative & Support Services (4,372 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan covers 8,955 participants in Illinois, 11x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $390M.

#4,309
in Administrative & Support Services (4,372 peers)
+13.8%
assets growth YoY
3.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$389,902,505 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan lands in the large band (8,955 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$69M in the plan year 2022 filing to $47M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $343M in the plan year 2022 filing to $390M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 9,392 in the plan year 2022 filing to 8,955 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 363640402 · Stericycle, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan · $390M · 8,955 · 97th

  • 5500 $390M
  • 5500 8,955
  • 5500 97th
  • 5500 401(k)
  • 5500 near Jane Street Group, LLC 401(k) Plan
  • 5500 ind #4309

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 Administrative & Support Services retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Employee Savings PlanManatt, Phelps & Phillips, L…$391MMyriad Genetics, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanMyriad Genetics, Inc. 401(k)…$390MStericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanStericycle, Inc. 401(k) Reti…$390MJane Street Group, LLC 401(k) PlanJane Street Group, LLC 401(k…$390MNatixis US Group 401(k) Plan$389M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$343M
Net Assets (End of Year)$390M
Net Income$47M
Employer EIN363640402
Plan Effective Date2014-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Stericycle, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Stericycle, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$419M 21.9794862112402% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$300M$350M$400M$450M 202220232024 $344M $419M ▲ +22.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 9,469 $344M
2023 2 9,041 $391M
2024 2 9,335 $419M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois

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

Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000250000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.389902505 · Participants: 8955Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanAccenture United States 401(k) Match Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.594548115 · Participants: 69974Accenture United States 401(k) Match Savings PlanState Farm 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.935002041 · Participants: 60246State Farm 401(k) Savings PlanAbbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.496191 · Participants: 38012Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement PlanUnited Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.367975914 · Participants: 14959United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.444551767 · Participants: 235331Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan

Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan reports $390M in end-of-year assets across 8,955 participants (0.003% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $43,540 per participant (31% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $47M.

This plan identity (EIN 363640402, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $343M to $417M (+21.8%) while covered participants moved from 9,392 to 9,251 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 9,392 $343M Open filing
2023 8,955 $390M This page
2024 · index core 9,251 $417M Open filing

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

Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Jane Street Group, LLC 401(k) Plan in NY ($390M); by covered participants it is Rbc- U.S.a. Retirement and Savings Plan in MN (8,957 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($390M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,955 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 Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.8% during 2023, from $343M to $390M. Reported net income was $47M.
How have Stericycle, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Stericycle, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 22.0%, from $344M to $419M.
Where does Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan ranks in the 97th 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 Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Jane Street Group, LLC 401(k) Plan in NY ($390M, 1,303 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Stericycle, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Rbc- U.S.a. Retirement and Savings Plan in MN (8,957 participants, $3.7B in assets).