401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$39M
Total assets Below avg plan size
379
Participants Below avg headcount
81st
Percentile by assets National rank
$103,699
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust · Sponsored by Backblaze, Inc. · California · Other Services

$39M in assets, 379 participants

Backblaze, Inc.'s Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust reported $39M in total assets and 379 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 81st 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.

  • #7,026 in Other Services (7,719 peers)

Where Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust sits by assets

Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $39M for 379 participants (~$103,699/participant), up 42.8% in 2024.

#7,026
in Other Services (7,719 peers)
+42.8%
assets growth YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust's outsized position by total assets

Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets

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

$39,301,734 Top 19% higher than 81% 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

Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust sits mid-pack in the medium band (379 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust end-of-year assets rose from $28M in the plan year 2023 filing to $39M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust reported net income rose from $9M in the plan year 2023 filing to $12M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust reported participants fell from 395 in the plan year 2023 filing to 379 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 208893125 · Backblaze, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust · $39M · 379 · 81st

  • PART $39M
  • PART 379
  • PART 81st
  • PART 401(k)
  • PART near Proenergy Service 401(k) Plan
  • PART ind #7026

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 California →

Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$28M
Net Assets (End of Year)$39M
Net Income$12M
Employer EIN208893125
Plan Effective Date2012-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Backblaze, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Backblaze, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$39M 106.94772367810866% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$20M$30M$40M$50M 202220232024 $19M $39.3M ▲ +107.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 273 $19M
2023 1 395 $28M
2024 1 379 $39M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in California

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

Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.039301734 · Participants: 379Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and TrustGoogle LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.738057415 · Participants: 116712Google LLC 401(k) Savings PlanOracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 31.02646504 · Participants: 58962Oracle Corporation 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanIntel 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.850880304 · Participants: 55298Intel 401(k) Savings PlanApple 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.714519387 · Participants: 101450Apple 401(k) PlanCisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.728425546 · Participants: 40452Cisco Systems,Inc. 401(k) Plan
Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Proenergy Service 401(k) Plan in MO ($39M); by covered participants it is Delaware Elevator, Inc. Retirement Plan in MD (379 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (379 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 Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust assets move in 2024? ▼
Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust surged - up 42.8% during 2024, from $28M to $39M. Reported net income was $12M.
How have Backblaze, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Backblaze, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 106.9%, from $19M to $39M.
Where does Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust ranks in the 81st percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Proenergy Service 401(k) Plan in MO ($39M, 529 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Backblaze, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Delaware Elevator, Inc. Retirement Plan in MD (379 participants, $20M 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 208893125.

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.