401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Unifirst Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $554M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 11,814
- Participants Very large workforce
- 97th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $46,906
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Unifirst Corporation · Massachusetts · Other Services
$554M in assets, 11,814 participants
Unifirst Corporation's Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan reported $554M in total assets and 11,814 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.
- #7,673 in Other Services (7,719 peers)
Coverage in Massachusetts
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan covers 11,814 participants in Massachusetts, 18x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $554M.
- #7,673
- in Other Services (7,719 peers)
- +8.5%
- assets growth YoY
- 5.6×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$554,152,256 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Unifirst Retirement 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. Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (11,814 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from $58M in the plan year 2023 filing to $44M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $511M in the plan year 2023 filing to $554M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 11,487 in the plan year 2023 filing to 11,814 in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 042103460 · Unifirst Corporation PY 2024 · 401(k)
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan · $554M · 11,814 · 97th
- EOY $554M
- EOY 11,814
- EOY 97th
- EOY 401(k)
- EOY near Lord Abbett 401(k) Retirement Plan
- EOY ind #7673
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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Massachusetts filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $511M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $554M |
| Net Income | $44M |
| Employer EIN | 042103460 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1959-09-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Unifirst Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Unifirst Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $557M 22.23738557035972% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 10,586 | $455M |
| 2023 | 2 | 11,532 | $514M |
| 2024 | 2 | 11,854 | $557M |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Fidelity Retirement Savings Plan $34.2B · 66,907
- Liberty Mutual 401(k) Plan $11.4B · 34,618
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan $7.7B · 14,762
- Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan $6.8B · 20,639
- State Street Salary Savings Program $6.5B · 12,777
Scale composition for Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan reports $554M in end-of-year assets across 11,814 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $46,906 per participant (34% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $44M.
This plan identity (EIN 042103460, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $452M to $554M (+22.5%) while covered participants moved from 10,533 to 11,814 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,533 | $452M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 11,487 | $511M | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 11,814 | $554M | This page |
Unifirst Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Lord Abbett 401(k) Retirement Plan in NJ ($554M); by covered participants it is Sonoco Retirement & Savings Plan in SC (11,813 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($554M here).
- Lord Abbett 401(k) Retirement Plan (NJ) $554M · 789
- Hollister 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (IL) $554M · 1,305
- Akima, LLC 401(k) Plan (VA) $555M · 7,338
- Kent Corporation Retirement Plan (IA) $553M · 1,804
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,814 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Sonoco Retirement & Savings Plan (SC) 11,813 · 1 off
- Uss 401(k) Plan for Usw-Represented Employees (PA) 11,820 · 6 off
- Asbury Automotive Retirement Savings Plan (GA) 11,807 · 7 off
- Premium Brands Services LLC 401(k) Savings Plan (NJ) 11,805 · 9 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.