401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
19,559
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$183,575
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Fifth Third Bancorp · Ohio · Finance & Insurance

$3.6B in assets, 19,559 participants

Fifth Third Bancorp's Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan reported $3.6B in total assets and 19,559 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #8,797 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan covers 19,559 participants in Ohio, 26x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $3.6B.

#8,797
in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)
+16.3%
assets growth YoY
36×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,590,550,495 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan is a mega filing (19,559 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$707M in the plan year 2022 filing to $503M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.6B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 19,317 in the plan year 2022 filing to 19,559 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 310854434 · Fifth Third Bancorp PY 2023 · 401(k)

Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan · $3.6B · 19,559 · 100th

  • VS-ST $3.6B
  • VS-ST 19,559
  • VS-ST 100th
  • VS-ST 401(k)
  • VS-ST near Emerson Electric Company Employee Savings Investment Plan
  • VS-ST ind #8797

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Rockwell Automation Retirement Savings PlanRockwell Automation Retireme…$3.6BFifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings PlanFifth Third Bancorp 401(k) S…$3.6BEmerson Electric Company Employee Savings Investment PlanEmerson Electric Company Emp…$3.6BEricsson US 401(k) Plan$3.5BTyson Foods, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanTyson Foods, Inc. Retirement…$3.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.6B
Net Income$503M
Employer EIN310854434
Plan Effective Date1955-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Fifth Third Bancorp)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Fifth Third Bancorp plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$4.1B 28.052005348159298% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.2B $4.09B ▲ +27.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 20,214 $3.2B
2023 2 20,372 $3.7B
2024 2 19,763 $4.1B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio

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

Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.590550495 · Participants: 19559Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings PlanGE Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.485469047 · Participants: 59766GE Retirement Savings PlanThe Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.12932701 · Participants: 47362The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) PlanThe Progressive 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.225573063 · Participants: 56176The Progressive 401(k) PlanThe Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.445085 · Participants: 129769The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account PlanNationwide Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.618883027 · Participants: 24715Nationwide Savings Plan
Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan

Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan reports $3.6B in end-of-year assets across 19,559 participants (0.029% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.021% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $183,575 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $503M.

This plan identity (EIN 310854434, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.1B to $4.0B (+29.7%) while covered participants moved from 19,317 to 19,005 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 19,317 $3.1B Open filing
2023 19,559 $3.6B This page
2024 · index core 19,005 $4.0B Open filing

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

Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Emerson Electric Company Employee Savings Investment Plan in MO ($3.6B); by covered participants it is Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan in MI (19,575 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19,559 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 Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan grew sharply - up 16.3% during 2023, from $3.1B to $3.6B. Reported net income was $503M.
How have Fifth Third Bancorp plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Fifth Third Bancorp's sponsor-wide assets grew 28.1%, from $3.2B to $4.1B.
Where does Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Emerson Electric Company Employee Savings Investment Plan in MO ($3.6B, 10,316 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Fifth Third Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Whirlpool 401(k) Retirement Plan in MI (19,575 participants, $3.3B 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 310854434.

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.