401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Whole Foods Market, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
92,280
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$26,394
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Whole Foods Market, Inc. · Texas · Retail Trade

$2.4B in assets, 92,280 participants

Whole Foods Market, Inc.'s Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan reported $2.4B in total assets and 92,280 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #8,014 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan covers 92,280 participants in Texas, 134x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.

#8,014
in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
+18.4%
assets growth YoY
24×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,435,673,310 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 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. Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (92,280 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.1B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.4B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 100,700 in the plan year 2023 filing to 92,280 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from $375M in the plan year 2023 filing to $378M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 741989366 · Whole Foods Market, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan · $2.4B · 92,280 · 99th

  • BOY $2.4B
  • BOY 92,280
  • BOY 99th
  • BOY 401(k)
  • BOY near Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan
  • BOY ind #8014

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 Texas →

Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Sodexo 401 (K) Employees' Retirement Savings Plan and TrustSodexo 401 (K) Employees' Re…$2.4BWhole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) PlanWhole Foods Market Growing Y…$2.4BBain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanBain and Company, Inc. 401(k…$2.4BCgi Technologies and Solutions, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanCgi Technologies and Solutio…$2.4BWeyerhaeuser 401(k) Plan$2.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.4B
Net Income$378M
Employer EIN741989366
Plan Effective Date2002-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Whole Foods Market, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Whole Foods Market, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.4B 44.75318224403077% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.5B$2B$2.5B$3B 202220232024 $1.68B $2.44B ▲ +45.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 89,691 $1.7B
2023 1 100,700 $2.1B
2024 1 92,280 $2.4B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000120000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.43567331 · Participants: 92280Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 43.121795 · Participants: 109889AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.711 · Participants: 21990Exxonmobil Savings PlanChevron Employee Savings Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 20.378704663 · Participants: 21505Chevron Employee Savings Investment PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.81200478 · Participants: 43873Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanSouthwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.991748637 · Participants: 67820Southwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan
Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan

Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan reports $2.4B in end-of-year assets across 92,280 participants (0.020% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.098% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $26,394 per participant (19% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $378M.

This plan identity (EIN 741989366, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.7B to $2.4B (+44.8%) while covered participants moved from 89,691 to 92,280 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 89,691 $1.7B Open filing
2023 100,700 $2.1B Open filing
2024 · index core 92,280 $2.4B This page

Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in MA ($2.4B); by covered participants it is Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan in PA (90,495 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.4B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (92,280 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 Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 18.4% during 2024, from $2.1B to $2.4B. Reported net income was $378M.
How have Whole Foods Market, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Whole Foods Market, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 44.8%, from $1.7B to $2.4B.
Where does Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Bain and Company, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in MA ($2.4B, 6,441 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Whole Foods Market Growing Your Future 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan in PA (90,495 participants, $19.7B 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 741989366.

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.