401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$967M
Total assets Above avg plan size
18,535
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$52,186
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Autozone, Inc. · Tennessee · Retail Trade

$967M in assets, 18,535 participants

Autozone, Inc.'s Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $967M in total assets and 18,535 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.

  • #8,338 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Tennessee

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 18,535 participants in Tennessee, 16x the typical Tennessee plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $967M.

#8,338
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+17.3%
assets growth YoY
9.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$967,269,357 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

Autozone, 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. Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (18,535 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$141M in the plan year 2022 filing to $143M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $824M in the plan year 2022 filing to $967M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 18,070 in the plan year 2022 filing to 18,535 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 621482048 · Autozone, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $967M · 18,535 · 99th

  • PART $967M
  • PART 18,535
  • PART 99th
  • PART 401(k)
  • PART near Lsc Savings Plan
  • PART ind #8338

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 Tennessee →

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Acna 401(k) Plan$971MAcna 401(k) Plan$971MAutonation 401(k) Plan$970MLsc Savings Plan$969MAutozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan$967M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Tennessee filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$824M
Net Assets (End of Year)$967M
Net Income$143M
Employer EIN621482048
Plan Effective Date1998-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Autozone, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Autozone, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.1B 33.59181369268012% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.7B$0.8B$0.9B$1B$1.1B$1.2B 202220232024 $0.82B $1.1B ▲ +34.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 18,070 $824M
2023 1 18,535 $967M
2024 1 20,036 $1.1B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Tennessee

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

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000400000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.967269357 · Participants: 18535Autozone, Inc. 401(k) PlanFedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.88081991 · Participants: 127010Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings PlanHca 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.53517366 · Participants: 291649Hca 401(k) PlanFederal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.743557391 · Participants: 5728Federal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings PlanInternational Paper Company Salaried Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.621886139 · Participants: 12153International Paper Company Salaried Savings PlanChs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.517708174 · Participants: 62487Chs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants
Compare Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $967M in end-of-year assets across 18,535 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $52,186 per participant (38% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $143M.

This plan identity (EIN 621482048, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $824M to $1.1B (+33.6%) while covered participants moved from 18,070 to 20,036 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 18,070 $824M Open filing
2023 18,535 $967M This page
2024 · index core 20,036 $1.1B Open filing

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

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

Outside Tennessee, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Lsc Savings Plan in IL ($969M); by covered participants it is Heartland Dental 401(k) and Stock Participation Plan in IL (18,531 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($967M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,535 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 Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 17.3% during 2023, from $824M to $967M. Reported net income was $143M.
How have Autozone, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Autozone, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 33.6%, from $824M to $1.1B.
Where does Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Autozone, Inc. 401(k) 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 Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Lsc Savings Plan in IL ($969M, 10,607 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Autozone, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Heartland Dental 401(k) and Stock Participation Plan in IL (18,531 participants, $997M 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 621482048.

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.