401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

The Fresh Market, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$69M
Total assets Below avg plan size
6,510
Participants Above avg headcount
88th
Percentile by assets National rank
$10,558
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by The Fresh Market, Inc. · North Carolina · Retail Trade

$69M in assets, 6,510 participants

The Fresh Market, Inc.'s The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan reported $69M in total assets and 6,510 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th 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.

  • #7,881 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in North Carolina

The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan covers 6,510 participants in North Carolina, 7.9x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $69M.

#7,881
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+21.4%
assets growth YoY
0.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$68,732,821 Top 12% higher than 88% 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

The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) 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. The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (6,510 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$9M in the plan year 2022 filing to $12M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $57M in the plan year 2022 filing to $69M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 6,438 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,510 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 561311233 · The Fresh Market, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan · $69M · 6,510 · 88th

  • BOOK $69M
  • VS-ST 6,510
  • BOY 88th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • EBSA near Lpa, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan
  • PART ind #7881

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 North Carolina →

The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

North Carolina filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$57M
Net Assets (End of Year)$69M
Net Income$12M
Employer EIN561311233
Plan Effective Date1985-05-06
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Fresh Market, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Fresh Market, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$79M 39.17378065198584% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$50M$60M$70M$80M$90M 202220232024 $56.6M $78.8M ▲ +39.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 6,438 $57M
2023 1 6,510 $69M
2024 1 7,260 $79M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in North Carolina

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

The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.068732821 · Participants: 6510The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings PlanThe Bank of America 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 54.848846192 · Participants: 173899The Bank of America 401(k) PlanHoneywell 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.388124058 · Participants: 40004Honeywell 401(k) PlanDuke Energy Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.354065 · Participants: 28121Duke Energy Retirement Savings PlanTruist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.120701726 · Participants: 55480Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings PlanNucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.510660989 · Participants: 24174Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan
The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan

The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan reports $69M in end-of-year assets across 6,510 participants (0.001% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $10,558 per participant (8% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $12M.

This plan identity (EIN 561311233, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $57M to $79M (+39.2%) while covered participants moved from 6,438 to 7,260 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,438 $57M Open filing
2023 6,510 $69M This page
2024 · index core 7,260 $79M Open filing

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

The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Carolina, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Lpa, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in CA ($69M); by covered participants it is Swire Coca-Cola 401(k) Plan in UT (6,511 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($69M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,510 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 The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan grew sharply - up 21.4% during 2023, from $57M to $69M. Reported net income was $12M.
How have The Fresh Market, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Fresh Market, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 39.2%, from $57M to $79M.
Where does The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 88th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Lpa, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in CA ($69M, 416 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Fresh Market, Inc. Employees 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Swire Coca-Cola 401(k) Plan in UT (6,511 participants, $293M 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 561311233.

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.