401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$523M
Total assets Above avg plan size
7,763
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$67,318
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Big Y Foods, Inc. · Massachusetts · Retail Trade

$523M in assets, 7,763 participants

Big Y Foods, Inc.'s Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $523M in total assets and 7,763 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.

  • #8,282 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan covers 7,763 participants in Massachusetts, 12x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $523M.

#8,282
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+13.8%
assets growth YoY
5.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$522,587,505 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

Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings 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. Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (7,763 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$87M in the plan year 2022 filing to $63M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $459M in the plan year 2022 filing to $523M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported participants fell from 7,828 in the plan year 2022 filing to 7,763 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 042052307 · Big Y Foods, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · $523M · 7,763 · 97th

  • RANK $523M
  • PHOTO 7,763
  • IND 97th
  • EOY 401(k)
  • 5500 near Louisiana-Pacific 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan
  • ASSETS ind #8282

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 Massachusetts →

Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Envista Holdings Corporation Savings PlanEnvista Holdings Corporation…$523MBig Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanBig Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Ret…$523MLouisiana-Pacific 401(k) and Profit Sharing PlanLouisiana-Pacific 401(k) and…$522MWeatherford International, LLC 401(k) Savings PlanWeatherford International, L…$522MCrum & Forster Employee Savings PlanCrum & Forster Employee Savi…$522M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$459M
Net Assets (End of Year)$523M
Net Income$63M
Employer EIN042052307
Plan Effective Date2006-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Big Y Foods, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Big Y Foods, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$574M 24.97521659863428% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$400M$450M$500M$550M$600M 202220232024 $459M $574M ▲ +25.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 7,828 $459M
2023 1 7,763 $523M
2024 1 8,203 $574M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.522587505 · Participants: 7763Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings 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
Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reports $523M in end-of-year assets across 7,763 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $67,318 per participant (49% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $63M.

This plan identity (EIN 042052307, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $459M to $574M (+25.0%) while covered participants moved from 7,828 to 8,203 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 7,828 $459M Open filing
2023 7,763 $523M This page
2024 · index core 8,203 $574M Open filing

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

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

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Louisiana-Pacific 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan in TN ($522M); by covered participants it is Stride, Inc. 401(k) Plan in VA (7,763 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($523M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,763 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 Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.8% during 2023, from $459M to $523M. Reported net income was $63M.
How have Big Y Foods, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Big Y Foods, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 25.0%, from $459M to $574M.
Where does Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings 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 Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Louisiana-Pacific 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan in TN ($522M, 2,774 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Big Y Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Stride, Inc. 401(k) Plan in VA (7,763 participants, $212M 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 042052307.

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.