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
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
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.
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
Massachusetts filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $410M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $466M |
| Net Income | $56M |
| Employer EIN | 042949680 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1989-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING 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
| 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.
- 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 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).
- Materion Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (OH) $466M · 2,525
- Isolved 401-K Plan (NJ) $466M · 40,580
- Trugreen Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan (TN) $466M · 9,610
- Elbit Systems of America Consolidated 401(k) Savings Plan (TX) $466M · 2,209
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (17,032 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Molina Salary Savings Plan (CA) 17,031 · 1 off
- Peter Kiewit Sons, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (NE) 17,030 · 2 off
- Precision Castparts Corp. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (OR) 17,047 · 15 off
- Xpo Logistics, Inc 401(k) Plan (OR) 16,967 · 65 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.