401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$236M
Total assets Near avg plan size
78,250
Participants Very large workforce
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$3,021
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. · California · Food Services & Accommodation

$236M in assets, 78,250 participants

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.'s Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $236M in total assets and 78,250 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

  • #3,784 in Food Services & Accommodation (3,828 peers)

Coverage in California

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 78,250 participants in California, 124x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $236M.

#3,784
in Food Services & Accommodation (3,828 peers)
+29.0%
assets growth YoY
2.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$236,402,327 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) 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. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (78,250 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$18M in the plan year 2022 filing to $53M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $183M in the plan year 2022 filing to $236M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 87,362 in the plan year 2022 filing to 78,250 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 841219301 · Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $236M · 78,250 · 95th

  • RANK $236M
  • RANK 78,250
  • RANK 95th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near The 401(k) Plan - Americo, Crl & Ipfs
  • RANK ind #3784

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 Food Services & Accommodation retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Sierra Space Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanSierra Space Corporation 401…$236MMns, Ltd. Profit-Sharing Plan$236MThe 401(k) Plan - Americo, Crl & IpfsThe 401(k) Plan - Americo, C…$236MChipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) PlanChipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.…$236MNetsmart Technologies, Inc. 401(k) PlanNetsmart Technologies, Inc. …$236M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$183M
Net Assets (End of Year)$236M
Net Income$53M
Employer EIN841219301
Plan Effective Date2006-10-13
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$293M 59.79611169740892% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$150M$200M$250M$300M$350M 202220232024 $183M $293M ▲ +59.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 87,362 $183M
2023 1 78,250 $236M
2024 1 88,206 $293M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 50000100000150000200000250000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.236402327 · Participants: 78250Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 51.831350351 · Participants: 193919Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 39.047152408 · Participants: 122867Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.320437734 · Participants: 63105Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.17918189 · Participants: 59863Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.779511539 · Participants: 106111Apple 401(k) Plan
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $236M in end-of-year assets across 78,250 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.083% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $3,021 per participant (2% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $53M.

This plan identity (EIN 841219301, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $183M to $293M (+59.8%) while covered participants moved from 87,362 to 88,206 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 87,362 $183M Open filing
2023 78,250 $236M This page
2024 · index core 88,206 $293M Open filing

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

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The 401(k) Plan - Americo, Crl & Ipfs in MO ($236M); by covered participants it is Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees in NJ (78,072 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($236M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (78,250 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 Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 29.0% during 2023, from $183M to $236M. Reported net income was $53M.
How have Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 59.8%, from $183M to $293M.
Where does Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 95th 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 Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The 401(k) Plan - Americo, Crl & Ipfs in MO ($236M, 1,714 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees in NJ (78,072 participants, $27.8B 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 841219301.

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.