401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Ll Bean Inc 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $721M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 7,173
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $100,558
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Ll Bean Inc · Maine · Retail Trade
$721M in assets, 7,173 participants
Ll Bean Inc's L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $721M in total assets and 7,173 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #8,308 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
Coverage in Maine
L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan covers 7,173 participants in Maine, 15x the typical Maine plan (state average ~472 per filing). Assets: $721M.
- #8,308
- in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
- +16.9%
- assets growth YoY
- 7.2×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$721,305,706 Top 2% higher than 98% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
L.L. Bean 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. L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (7,173 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$112M in the plan year 2022 filing to $104M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $617M in the plan year 2022 filing to $721M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 7,122 in the plan year 2022 filing to 7,173 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 010026590 · Ll Bean Inc PY 2023 · 401(k)
L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · $721M · 7,173 · 98th
- PCT $721M
- EIN 7,173
- RANK 98th
- PHOTO 401(k)
- IND near Fair Isaac 401(k) Plan
- EOY ind #8308
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 Maine →
L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Maine filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $617M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $721M |
| Net Income | $104M |
| Employer EIN | 010026590 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1970-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Ll Bean Inc)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Ll Bean Inc plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $803M 2.6253701112874435% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 9,452 | $825M |
| 2023 | 2 | 7,519 | $721M |
| 2024 | 1 | 7,315 | $803M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Maine
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Td 401(k) Retirement Plan $4.9B · 30,094
- Unum Group 401(k) Retirement Plan $2.2B · 9,604
- Idexx Retirement and Incentive Savings Plan $1.0B · 6,594
- Hannaford Bros. Co. 401(k) Plan $986M · 29,370
- The Cianbro Team Equity Plan $719M · 2,658
Scale composition for L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reports $721M in end-of-year assets across 7,173 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $100,558 per participant (73% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $104M.
This plan identity (EIN 010026590, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $617M to $803M (+30.2%) while covered participants moved from 7,122 to 7,315 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,122 | $617M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 7,173 | $721M | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 7,315 | $803M | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $803M, 7,315 participants)
L.L. Bean 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Maine, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Fair Isaac 401(k) Plan in CA ($721M); by covered participants it is Sonic Healthcare USA Savings Plan in TX (7,170 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($721M here).
- Fair Isaac 401(k) Plan (CA) $721M · 1,301
- Terumo Employee Savings and Investment Plan (NJ) $722M · 3,535
- Rich's 401(k) Plan (NY) $722M · 5,915
- Brightspring Health Services Retirement Savings Plan (KY) $722M · 42,866
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,173 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Sonic Healthcare USA Savings Plan (TX) 7,170 · 3 off
- Baker Tilly Advisory Group Parent, LP (WI) 7,176 · 3 off
- Crosscountry Mortgage 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (OH) 7,180 · 7 off
- Rexel USA, Inc. Section 401(k) Savings Plan (TX) 7,183 · 10 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.