401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$466M
Total assets Above avg plan size
17,032
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$27,345
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC · Massachusetts · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$466M in assets, 17,032 participants

Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC's Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan reported $466M in total assets and 17,032 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.

  • #16,429 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)

Coverage in Massachusetts

Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan covers 17,032 participants in Massachusetts, 26x the typical Massachusetts plan (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $466M.

#16,429
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
+13.5%
assets growth YoY
4.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$465,745,563 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Bright Horizons 401(k) 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. Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (17,032 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $72M in the plan year 2023 filing to $56M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $410M in the plan year 2023 filing to $466M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 15,998 in the plan year 2023 filing to 17,032 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 042949680 · Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC PY 2024 · 401(k)

Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan · $466M · 17,032 · 97th

  • EOY $466M
  • EOY 17,032
  • EOY 97th
  • EOY 401(k)
  • EOY near Materion Corporation Retirement Savings Plan
  • EOY ind #16429

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 Healthcare & Social Assistance retirement plans → · Plans in Massachusetts →

Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Materion Corporation Retirement Savings PlanMaterion Corporation Retirem…$466MBright Horizons 401(k) Plan$466MIsolved 401-K Plan$466MTrugreen Profit Sharing and Retirement PlanTrugreen Profit Sharing and …$466MElbit Systems of America Consolidated 401(k) Savings PlanElbit Systems of America Con…$466M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Massachusetts filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$410M
Net Assets (End of Year)$466M
Net Income$56M
Employer EIN042949680
Plan Effective Date1989-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$466M 37.58914909078895% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$300M$350M$400M$450M$500M 202220232024 $339M $466M ▲ +37.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 15,039 $339M
2023 1 15,998 $410M
2024 1 17,032 $466M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Massachusetts

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

Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.465745563 · Participants: 17032Bright Horizons 401(k) PlanFidelity Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 34.201609937 · Participants: 66907Fidelity Retirement Savings PlanLiberty Mutual 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.352606499 · Participants: 34618Liberty Mutual 401(k) PlanMassachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.720373045 · Participants: 14762Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supplemental 401(k) PlanBoston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.775289067 · Participants: 20639Boston Scientific Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanState Street Salary Savings Program, Total assets ($B): 6.532301643 · Participants: 12777State Street Salary Savings Program
Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Massachusetts, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan

Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan reports $466M in end-of-year assets across 17,032 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.018% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $27,345 per participant (20% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $56M.

This plan identity (EIN 042949680, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $339M to $466M (+37.6%) while covered participants moved from 15,039 to 17,032 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 15,039 $339M Open filing
2023 15,998 $410M Open filing
2024 · index core 17,032 $466M This page

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

Outside Massachusetts, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Materion Corporation Retirement Savings Plan in OH ($466M); by covered participants it is Molina Salary Savings Plan in CA (17,031 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($466M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (17,032 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 Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024?
Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 13.5% during 2024, from $410M to $466M. Reported net income was $56M.
How have Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bright Horizons Children's Centers LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 37.6%, from $339M to $466M.
Where does Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan ranks in the 97th 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 Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Materion Corporation Retirement Savings Plan in OH ($466M, 2,525 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bright Horizons 401(k) Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Molina Salary Savings Plan in CA (17,031 participants, $1.4B in assets).