401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Boston Beer Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$290M
Total assets Near avg plan size
2,657
Participants Above avg headcount
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$109,322
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Boston Beer Corporation · Massachusetts · Manufacturing

$290M in assets, 2,657 participants

Boston Beer Corporation's Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan reported $290M in total assets and 2,657 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #17,537 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan covers 2,657 participants in Massachusetts, 4.0x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $290M.

#17,537
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+30.0%
assets growth YoY
2.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$290,469,332 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

Boston Beer Company 401(k) 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. Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (2,657 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$46M in the plan year 2022 filing to $66M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $223M in the plan year 2022 filing to $290M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 2,511 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2,657 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 043537265 · Boston Beer Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)

Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan · $290M · 2,657 · 96th

  • EBSA $290M
  • EBSA 2,657
  • EBSA 96th
  • EBSA 401(k)
  • EBSA near Axia Women's Health 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
  • EBSA ind #17537

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →

Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$223M
Net Assets (End of Year)$290M
Net Income$66M
Employer EIN043537265
Plan Effective Date1993-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Boston Beer Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Boston Beer Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$353M 58.15654515808164% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$200M$250M$300M$350M$400M 202220232024 $223M $353M ▲ +58.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2,511 $223M
2023 1 2,657 $290M
2024 1 2,659 $353M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.290469332 · Participants: 2657Boston Beer Company 401(k) 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
Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Axia Women's Health 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NJ ($291M); by covered participants it is Southern Farm Bureau and Adopting Companies 401(k) Plan in MS (2,657 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($290M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,657 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 Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 30.0% during 2023, from $223M to $290M. Reported net income was $66M.
How have Boston Beer Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Boston Beer Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 58.2%, from $223M to $353M.
Where does Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan ranks in the 96th 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 Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Axia Women's Health 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NJ ($291M, 2,391 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Boston Beer Company 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Southern Farm Bureau and Adopting Companies 401(k) Plan in MS (2,657 participants, $477M 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 043537265.

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.