401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bj's Wholesale Club Inc 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$585M
Total assets Above avg plan size
4,706
Participants Above avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$124,211
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Bj's Wholesale Club Inc · Massachusetts · Retail Trade

$585M in assets, 4,706 participants

Bj's Wholesale Club Inc's Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan reported $585M in total assets and 4,706 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.

  • #8,290 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan covers 4,706 participants in Massachusetts, 7.1x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $585M.

#8,290
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+19.6%
assets growth YoY
5.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$584,534,640 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 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. Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (4,706 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$57M in the plan year 2022 filing to $96M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 3,295 in the plan year 2022 filing to 4,706 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $489M in the plan year 2022 filing to $585M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 043360747 · Bj's Wholesale Club Inc PY 2023 · 401(k)

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan · $585M · 4,706 · 98th

  • BOOK $585M
  • VS-ST 4,706
  • BOY 98th
  • SCH 401(k)
  • EBSA near Raley's 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • PART ind #8290

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 →

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanBj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 40…$585MRaley's 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanRaley's 401(k) Retirement Sa…$584MEpic Games, Inc. 401(k) Plan and TrustEpic Games, Inc. 401(k) Plan…$584MPiper Sandler Companies Retirement PlanPiper Sandler Companies Reti…$584MThe Animation Guild 401(k) PlanThe Animation Guild 401(k) P…$584M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$489M
Net Assets (End of Year)$585M
Net Income$96M
Employer EIN043360747
Plan Effective Date1997-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bj's Wholesale Club Inc)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bj's Wholesale Club Inc plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$661M 35.21718150768645% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$400M$500M$600M$700M 202220232024 $489M $661M ▲ +35.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 24,797 $489M
2023 1 4,706 $585M
2024 1 31,034 $661M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.58453464 · Participants: 4706Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) 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
Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Raley's 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in CA ($584M); by covered participants it is Gensler 401(k) Savings Plan in CA (4,702 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($585M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,706 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 Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan grew sharply - up 19.6% during 2023, from $489M to $585M. Reported net income was $96M.
How have Bj's Wholesale Club Inc plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bj's Wholesale Club Inc's sponsor-wide assets grew 35.2%, from $489M to $661M.
Where does Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 98th 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 Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Raley's 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in CA ($584M, 18,117 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Gensler 401(k) Savings Plan in CA (4,702 participants, $629M 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 043360747.

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.