401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$252M
Total assets Near avg plan size
84,306
Participants Very large workforce
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$2,988
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits · Pennsylvania · Food Services & Accommodation

$252M in assets, 84,306 participants

Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits's Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan reported $252M in total assets and 84,306 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

  • #3,624 in Food Services & Accommodation (3,672 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan covers 84,306 participants in Pennsylvania, 103x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $252M.

#3,624
in Food Services & Accommodation (3,672 peers)
+11.8%
assets growth YoY
2.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$251,938,183 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Aramark Hourly 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. Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (84,306 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $43M in the plan year 2023 filing to $27M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $225M in the plan year 2023 filing to $252M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 78,708 in the plan year 2023 filing to 84,306 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 952051630 · Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits PY 2024 · 401(k)

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan · $252M · 84,306 · 95th

  • TYPE $252M
  • TYPE 84,306
  • TYPE 95th
  • TYPE 401(k)
  • TYPE near Allegro Microsystems, LLC Employees' Retirement Savings Plan
  • TYPE ind #3624

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 Food Services & Accommodation retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$225M
Net Assets (End of Year)$252M
Net Income$27M
Employer EIN952051630
Plan Effective Date1977-08-17
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.7B 30.04105280104558% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B$1.8B 202220232024 $1.29B $1.68B ▲ +30.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 83,274 $1.3B
2023 2 98,922 $1.6B
2024 2 104,970 $1.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.251938183 · Participants: 84306Aramark Hourly 401(k) PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.687957793 · Participants: 90495Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanThe Cigna Group 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.20308608 · Participants: 63634The Cigna Group 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.084818612 · Participants: 18066The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.263366209 · Participants: 36150Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.189629 · Participants: 54604The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan
Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan

Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan reports $252M in end-of-year assets across 84,306 participants (0.002% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.090% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $2,988 per participant (2% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $27M.

This plan identity (EIN 952051630, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $182M to $252M (+38.8%) while covered participants moved from 65,811 to 84,306 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 65,811 $182M Open filing
2023 78,708 $225M Open filing
2024 · index core 84,306 $252M This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

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

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Allegro Microsystems, LLC Employees' Retirement Savings Plan in NH ($252M); by covered participants it is Food Lion 401(k) Plan in NC (83,873 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($252M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (84,306 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 Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.8% during 2024, from $225M to $252M. Reported net income was $27M.
How have Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Aramark Services, Inc. Retirement Benefits's sponsor-wide assets grew 30.0%, from $1.3B to $1.7B.
Where does Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan ranks in the 95th 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 Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Allegro Microsystems, LLC Employees' Retirement Savings Plan in NH ($252M, 716 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Aramark Hourly 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Food Lion 401(k) Plan in NC (83,873 participants, $1.3B 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 952051630.

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.