401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $883M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 9,126
- Participants Very large workforce
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $96,718
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Flowers Foods, Inc. · Georgia · Manufacturing
$883M in assets, 9,126 participants
Flowers Foods, Inc.'s Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported $883M in total assets and 9,126 participants in its 2024 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.
- #17,261 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Georgia
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan covers 9,126 participants in Georgia, 8.3x the typical Georgia plan (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $883M.
- #17,261
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +7.9%
- assets growth YoY
- 8.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$882,644,422 Top 2% higher than 98% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (9,126 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from $92M in the plan year 2023 filing to $62M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $818M in the plan year 2023 filing to $883M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 8,950 in the plan year 2023 filing to 9,126 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 582582379 · Flowers Foods, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan · $883M · 9,126 · 98th
- PHOTO $883M
- PHOTO 9,126
- PHOTO 98th
- PHOTO 401(k)
- PHOTO near Vericast Corp. 401(k) Plan
- PHOTO ind #17261
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Georgia →
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Georgia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $818M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $883M |
| Net Income | $62M |
| Employer EIN | 582582379 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1995-04-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Flowers Foods, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Flowers Foods, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $910M 19.984275362568816% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 8,918 | $758M |
| 2023 | 3 | 9,189 | $850M |
| 2024 | 3 | 9,388 | $910M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Georgia
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Teamster - UPS National 401(k) Tax Deferred Savings Plan $19.3B · 452,126
- Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan $19.0B · 89,836
- Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots $15.9B · 14,473
- UPS 401(k) Savings Plan $14.2B · 95,250
- The Home Depot Futurebuilder $14.1B · 398,464
Scale composition for Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan reports $883M in end-of-year assets across 9,126 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $96,718 per participant (70% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $62M.
This plan identity (EIN 582582379, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $726M to $883M (+21.5%) while covered participants moved from 8,502 to 9,126 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8,502 | $726M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 8,950 | $818M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 9,126 | $883M | This page |
Flowers Foods, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Georgia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Vericast Corp. 401(k) Plan in TX ($883M); by covered participants it is Iheart Media, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in TX (9,125 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($883M here).
- Vericast Corp. 401(k) Plan (TX) $883M · 4,306
- Sei Capital Accumulation Plan (PA) $882M · 4,283
- Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Smart Savings 401(k) Plan (PA) $884M · 51,564
- Forvis Mazars, LLP Employees Savings Plan II (MO) $881M · 2,951
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,126 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Iheart Media, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (TX) 9,125 · 1 off
- Health First Retirement Savings Plan (FL) 9,129 · 3 off
- Rpm International Inc. 401(k) Trust and Plan (OH) 9,122 · 4 off
- Mb2 Dental Solutions 401(k) Plan (TX) 9,110 · 16 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.