401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.0B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,210
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$321,535
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Bain and Company, Inc. · Massachusetts · Professional & Technical Services

$2.0B in assets, 6,210 participants

Bain and Company, Inc.'s Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan reported $2.0B in total assets and 6,210 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #20,236 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan covers 6,210 participants in Massachusetts, 9.4x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $2.0B.

#20,236
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+30.3%
assets growth YoY
20×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,996,729,780 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Bain and Company, 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. Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (6,210 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$207M in the plan year 2022 filing to $464M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 4,977 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,210 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 042878322 · Bain and Company, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan · $2.0B · 6,210 · 99th

  • PHOTO $2.0B
  • PHOTO 6,210
  • PHOTO 99th
  • PHOTO 401(k)
  • PHOTO near The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan
  • PHOTO ind #20236

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →

Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among Bain and Company, 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)$1.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.0B
Net Income$464M
Employer EIN042878322
Plan Effective Date1992-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bain and Company, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bain and Company, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.4B 59.27956620773009% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B 202220232024 $1.53B $2.44B ▲ +59.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 4,977 $1.5B
2023 1 6,210 $2.0B
2024 1 6,441 $2.4B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 0102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.99672978 · Participants: 6210Bain and Company, 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
Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants
Compare Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan

Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan reports $2.0B in end-of-year assets across 6,210 participants (0.016% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $321,535 per participant (2.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $464M.

This plan identity (EIN 042878322, plan #005) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.5B to $2.4B (+59.3%) while covered participants moved from 4,977 to 6,441 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 4,977 $1.5B Open filing
2023 6,210 $2.0B This page
2024 · index core 6,441 $2.4B Open filing

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

Bain and Company, 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 The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan in PA ($2.0B); by covered participants it is Primeflight Aviation Services, Inc 401(k) Retirement Plan in TX (6,208 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.0B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,210 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 Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan surged - up 30.3% during 2023, from $1.5B to $2.0B. Reported net income was $464M.
How have Bain and Company, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bain and Company, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 59.3%, from $1.5B to $2.4B.
Where does Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 99th 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 Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan in PA ($2.0B, 10,921 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Primeflight Aviation Services, Inc 401(k) Retirement Plan in TX (6,208 participants, $16M 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 042878322.

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.