401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Unifirst Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $511M
- Total assets
- 11,487
- Participants
- 97th
- Percentile by assets
- $44,461
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Unifirst Corporation · Massachusetts · Other Services
$511M in assets, 11,487 participants
Unifirst Corporation's Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan reported $511M in total assets and 11,487 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.
- 97th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #7,812 in Other Services (7,857 peers)
Coverage in Massachusetts
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan covers 11,487 participants in Massachusetts, 17x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $511M.
- $511M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 11,487
- covered participants
- 97th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $44,461
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$92M in the plan year 2022 filing to $58M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $452M in the plan year 2022 filing to $511M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 10,533 in the plan year 2022 filing to 11,487 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Participants vs Massachusetts filers
In Massachusetts, the average filing covers about 659 participants across 4,265 plans. Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan reports 11,487 participants - 17x that state average ($511M EOY assets).
Massachusetts filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $452M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $510M |
| Net Income | $58M |
| Employer EIN | 042103460 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1959-09-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Unifirst Corporation)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 10,586 | $455M |
| 2023 | 2 | 11,532 | $514M |
| 2024 | 2 | 11,854 | $557M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
- Fidelity Retirement Savings Plan $28.6B · 62,289
- Liberty Mutual 401(k) Plan $10.6B · 37,052
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan $6.8B · 14,094
- Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan $5.8B · 19,881
- Philips North America 401(k) Plan $5.8B · 19,120
Scale composition for Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan reports $511M in end-of-year assets across 11,487 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $44,461 per participant (32% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $58M.
This plan identity (EIN 042103460, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $452M to $554M (+22.5%) while covered participants moved from 10,533 to 11,814 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,533 | $452M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 11,487 | $511M | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 11,814 | $554M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $554M, 11,814 participants)
Similar-Sized 401(k) Plans Nationally
401(k) plans in other states closest to Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Zeta Associates Incorporated Savings Plan (VA) $511M · 488
- Macmillan Retirement Savings Plan (NY) $511M · 1,912
- Aaa Club Alliance Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (DE) $511M · 4,756
- Sound Physicians 401(k) Plan (WA) $511M · 4,956
Frequently Asked Questions
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar 401(k) plans in Massachusetts. Compare plans
- Unifirst Corporation's sponsor-wide assets have grown 22.2% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Other Services plans