401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

General Mills, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$5.0B
Total assets Very large vs avg
15,321
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$329,040
Avg per participant High balance/head
PlainRetire home → About this data RSS: change history

Official DOL plan name: General Mills 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by General Mills, Inc. · Minnesota · Manufacturing

$5.0B in assets, 15,321 participants

General Mills, Inc.'s General Mills 401(k) Plan reported $5.0B in total assets and 15,321 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • #17,663 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Minnesota

General Mills 401(k) Plan covers 15,321 participants in Minnesota, 14x the typical Minnesota plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $5.0B.

#17,663
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+9.5%
assets growth YoY
51×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

General Mills 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

General Mills 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$5,041,221,350 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

General Mills 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. General Mills 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (15,321 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • General Mills 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4.6B in the plan year 2023 filing to $5.0B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • General Mills 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $458M in the plan year 2023 filing to $432M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • General Mills 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 14,536 in the plan year 2023 filing to 15,321 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 410274440 · General Mills, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

General Mills 401(k) Plan · $5.0B · 15,321 · 100th

  • IND $5.0B
  • IND 15,321
  • IND 100th
  • IND 401(k)
  • IND near Adobe Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
  • IND ind #17663

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Minnesota →

General Mills 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Schneider Electric 401(k) PlanSchneider Electric 401(k) Pl…$5.1BGeneral Mills 401(k) Plan$5.0BAdobe Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanAdobe Inc. 401(k) Retirement…$5.0BInternational Paper Company Salaried Savings PlanInternational Paper Company …$5.0BFarmers Group, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanFarmers Group, Inc. 401(k) S…$5.0B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among General Mills 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Minnesota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4.6B
Net Assets (End of Year)$5.0B
Net Income$432M
Employer EIN410274440
Plan Effective Date1969-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (General Mills, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All General Mills, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$10.3B 5.579300432228008% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$9.6B$9.8B$10B$10.2B$10.4B 202220232024 $9.74B $10.3B ▲ +5.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 21,748 $9.7B
2023 4 21,778 $10.2B
2024 4 22,170 $10.3B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Minnesota

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

General Mills 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000400000500000 020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants General Mills 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.04122135 · Participants: 15321General Mills 401(k) PlanWells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 57.886997456 · Participants: 179076Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) PlanUnitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.618762181 · Participants: 205460Unitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings PlanTarget Corporation 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.419645154 · Participants: 409649Target Corporation 401(k) PlanMedtronic Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.719378 · Participants: 38480Medtronic Savings and Investment PlanU.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.442089862 · Participants: 73109U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan
General Mills 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for General Mills 401(k) Plan

General Mills 401(k) Plan reports $5.0B in end-of-year assets across 15,321 participants (0.041% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.016% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $329,040 per participant (2.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $432M.

This plan identity (EIN 410274440, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.1B to $5.0B (+21.6%) while covered participants moved from 13,940 to 15,321 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 13,940 $4.1B Open filing
2023 14,536 $4.6B Open filing
2024 · index core 15,321 $5.0B This page

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

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

Outside Minnesota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Adobe Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in CA ($5.0B); by covered participants it is Halliburton Retirement and Savings Plan in TX (15,306 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($5.0B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,321 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 General Mills 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024?
General Mills 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.5% during 2024, from $4.6B to $5.0B. Reported net income was $432M.
How have General Mills, Inc. plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), General Mills, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 5.6%, from $9.7B to $10.3B.
Where does General Mills 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
General Mills 401(k) Plan ranks in the 100th 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 General Mills 401(k) Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Adobe Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in CA ($5.0B, 14,863 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to General Mills 401(k) Plan?
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Halliburton Retirement and Savings Plan in TX (15,306 participants, $4.5B in assets).