401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Big Lots, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$313M
Total assets Above avg plan size
21,907
Participants Very large workforce
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$14,294
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Big Lots Savings Plan · Sponsored by Big Lots, Inc. · Ohio · Retail Trade

$313M in assets, 21,907 participants

Big Lots, Inc.'s Big Lots Savings Plan reported $313M in total assets and 21,907 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #7,849 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)

Coverage in Ohio

Big Lots Savings Plan covers 21,907 participants in Ohio, 29x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $313M.

#7,849
in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
-6.1%
assets change YoY
3.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $21M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Big Lots Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Big Lots Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$313,149,073 Top 4% higher than 96% of 123,620 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 2024

Big Lots Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Big Lots Savings Plan is a mega filing (21,907 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Big Lots Savings Plan reported net income fell from $37M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$21M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Big Lots Savings Plan reported participants fell from 23,821 in the plan year 2023 filing to 21,907 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Big Lots Savings Plan end-of-year assets fell from $334M in the plan year 2023 filing to $313M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 061119097 · Big Lots, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Big Lots Savings Plan · $313M · 21,907 · 96th

  • IND $313M
  • EOY 21,907
  • 5500 96th
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • PCT near Station Casinos LLC & Affiliates 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • EIN ind #7849

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 Ohio →

Big Lots Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The Doctors Management Company 401(k) Savings PlanThe Doctors Management Compa…$313MStation Casinos LLC & Affiliates 401(k) Retirement PlanStation Casinos LLC & Affili…$313MBig Lots Savings Plan$313MPlatinum Equity 401(k) Plan$313MBarton Malow Profit Sharing and Savings PlanBarton Malow Profit Sharing …$313M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Big Lots Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Ohio filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$334M
Net Assets (End of Year)$312M
Net Income-$21M
Employer EIN061119097
Plan Effective Date1998-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Big Lots, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Big Lots, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$313M 5.62169501604301% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$280M$300M$320M$340M 202220232024 $296M $313M ▲ +5.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 23,399 $296M
2023 1 23,821 $334M
2024 1 21,907 $313M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio

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

Big Lots Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Big Lots Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.313149073 · Participants: 21907Big Lots Savings PlanGE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.738724553 · Participants: 45620GE Aerospace Retirement Savings PlanThe Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.809161 · Participants: 135373The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account PlanThe Progressive 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.533546294 · Participants: 62521The Progressive 401(k) PlanThe Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.563559628 · Participants: 47459The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) PlanParker Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.010073432 · Participants: 26315Parker Retirement Savings Plan
Big Lots Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Big Lots Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Big Lots Savings Plan

Big Lots Savings Plan reports $313M in end-of-year assets across 21,907 participants (0.003% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.023% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $14,294 per participant (10% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$21M.

This plan identity (EIN 061119097, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $296M to $313M (+5.6%) while covered participants moved from 23,399 to 21,907 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 23,399 $296M Open filing
2023 23,821 $334M Open filing
2024 · index core 21,907 $313M This page

Big Lots Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Station Casinos LLC & Affiliates 401(k) Retirement Plan in NV ($313M); by covered participants it is Exxonmobil Savings Plan in TX (21,990 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($313M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (21,907 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Big Lots Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Big Lots Savings Plan pulled back noticeably - down 6.1% during 2024, from $334M to $313M. Reported net income was -$21M.
How have Big Lots, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Big Lots, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 5.6%, from $296M to $313M.
Where does Big Lots Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Big Lots Savings Plan ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Big Lots Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Station Casinos LLC & Affiliates 401(k) Retirement Plan in NV ($313M, 7,932 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Big Lots Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Exxonmobil Savings Plan in TX (21,990 participants, $23.7B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 061119097.

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.