401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$225M
Total assets Near avg plan size
78,708
Participants Very large workforce
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$2,862
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits · Pennsylvania · Food Services & Accommodation

$225M in assets, 78,708 participants

Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits's Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan reported $225M in total assets and 78,708 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.

  • #3,780 in Food Services & Accommodation (3,828 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan covers 78,708 participants in Pennsylvania, 96x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $225M.

#3,780
in Food Services & Accommodation (3,828 peers)
+24.1%
assets growth YoY
2.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$225,263,864 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

Aramark Hourly 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. Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (78,708 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $23M in the plan year 2022 filing to $43M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $182M in the plan year 2022 filing to $225M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 65,811 in the plan year 2022 filing to 78,708 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 952051630 · Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits PY 2023 · 401(k)

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan · $225M · 78,708 · 95th

  • RANK $225M
  • RANK 78,708
  • RANK 95th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near Retire Ready 401(k) Plan
  • RANK ind #3780

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 Pennsylvania →

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Pace Analytical Retirement Savings PlanPace Analytical Retirement S…$225MSun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. 401(k) PlanSun Pharmaceutical Industrie…$225MAramark Hourly 401(k) Plan$225MRetire Ready 401(k) Plan$225MSaab 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanSaab 401(k) Retirement Savin…$225M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$182M
Net Assets (End of Year)$225M
Net Income$43M
Employer EIN952051630
Plan Effective Date1977-08-17
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.7B 30.04105280104558% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B$1.8B 202220232024 $1.29B $1.68B ▲ +30.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 83,274 $1.3B
2023 2 98,922 $1.6B
2024 2 104,970 $1.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.225263864 · Participants: 78708Aramark Hourly 401(k) PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.368669862 · Participants: 93136Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.003870935 · Participants: 66760Cigna 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.765617477 · Participants: 18200The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.339762 · Participants: 61697The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.955655142 · Participants: 25184The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan reports $225M in end-of-year assets across 78,708 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.084% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $2,862 per participant (2% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $43M.

This plan identity (EIN 952051630, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $182M to $252M (+38.8%) while covered participants moved from 65,811 to 84,306 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 65,811 $182M Open filing
2023 78,708 $225M This page
2024 · index core 84,306 $252M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Retire Ready 401(k) Plan in UT ($225M); by covered participants it is Oasis Retirement Savings Plan in FL (78,645 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($225M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (78,708 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 Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 24.1% during 2023, from $182M to $225M. Reported net income was $43M.
How have Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits's sponsor-wide assets grew 30.0%, from $1.3B to $1.7B.
Where does Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Aramark Hourly 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 Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retire Ready 401(k) Plan in UT ($225M, 1,506 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Oasis Retirement Savings Plan in FL (78,645 participants, $2.0B 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 952051630.

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.