401(k) Monitor

Tennessee 401(k) plans

1,083

Large 401(k) plans headquartered in Tennessee are in 401(k) Monitor’s published set, holding $155.0B in total, led on headcount by HCA 401(k) Plan with 310,762 active participants. Computed from DOL Form 5500 filings, plan years 2021–2025.

State means the sponsor’s address on the filing, not where employees work. Our published set covers 57,824 of the 57,824 large plans in the form-year-2024 DOL EFAST2 bulk data, so this is the largest-plan end of Tennessee, not a census of it.

63 of the biggest 401(k) plans headquartered in Tennessee

The plans this site submits to search engines come first, then the rest; each group is ranked by active participants, the people still building up a balance. plan years 2021–2025, DOL EFAST2 bulk data. Assets in USD. Every plan links to its full fact page.
#PlanCityActive participantsAssets
1HCA 401(k) PlanNashville310,762$23.8B
2FedEx Corporation Retirement Savings Plan IIMemphis217,166$3.5B
3Dollar General Corp 401(k) Savings And Retirement PlanGoodlettsville194,837$824.5M
4Source 4 Solutions LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & TrustKnoxville111,388$10.2M
5FedEx Corporation Retirement Savings PlanMemphis102,265$25.4B
6AutoZone, Inc. 401(k) PlanMemphis99,222$1.1B
7CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanFranklin59,277$4.8B
8Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. And Affiliates Employee Savings PlanLebanon55,974$225.3M
9Tractor Supply Company 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanBrentwood55,849$559.7M
10Lifepoint Health, Inc. Retirement PlanBrentwood53,062$2.6B
11Southern District UBC Defined Contribution FundGoodlettsville51,643$1.2B
12Brookdale Senior Living Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanBrentwood34,384$466.1M
13Life Care Centers Of America, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanCleveland29,997$298.1M
14Pilot Travel Centers LLC 401(k) PlanKnoxville29,888$506.9M
15Sedgwick 401(k) Savings PlanMemphis25,456$1.9B
16Ardent Health Services Retirement Savings PlanBrentwood23,054$1.6B
17Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. 401(k) PlanFranklin22,735$296.7M
18Clayton Homes, Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanMaryville22,418$1.6B
19International Paper Company Hourly Savings PlanMemphis19,680$1.8B
20National Healthcare Corporation 401(k) PlanMurfreesboro19,017$325.3M
21TeamHealth 401(k) PlanKnoxville18,577$1.8B
22Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanNashville16,863$657.3M
23Nissan Employee 401(k) PlanFranklin16,200$4.4B
24Geodis USA Retirement PlanBrentwood14,100$341.3M
25International Paper Company Salaried Savings PlanMemphis12,229$5.0B
26Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Tax-Efficient Savings PlanNashville11,171$2.5B
27Genesco Salary Deferral PlanNashville10,894$190.2M
28Surgery Partners 401(k) PlanBrentwood10,664$413.6M
29Trugreen Profit Sharing And Retirement PlanMemphis10,531$465.6M
30Eastman Investment & Employee Stock Ownership PlanKingsport10,253$3.5B
31Covenant Health 401(k) PlanKnoxville9,723$894.1M
32Foundever Operating Corporation 401(k) PlanNashville9,673$105.6M
33Western Express, Inc. 401(k) PlanNashville9,204$10.8M
34Usw Industry 401(k) PlanNashville8,869$398.2M
35Regal Entertainment Group 401(k) PlanKnoxville8,408$182.7M
36Jacobs Technology Inc. Employees' Savings PlanTullahoma8,335$2.2B
37Asurion, LLC 401(k) PlanNashville8,305$733.3M
38Averitt Express, Inc. Profit Sharing And 401(k) PlanCookeville8,187$775.2M
39Oneoncology, LLC Onerewards Retirement PlanNashville7,980$584.7M
40Erisa Partners, Inc. Pooled Employer PlanNashville7,816$80.7M
41First Horizon Corporation Savings PlanMemphis7,406$1.1B
42Savings Plan For Employees At OrnlOak Ridge7,080$1.8B
43Compassus 401(k) PlanBrentwood6,966$169.8M
44Bluecross Blueshield Of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings ProgramChattanooga6,823$1.3B
45Savings Program For Employees Of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC At The U.S. Department Of Energy Facilities At Oak Ridge, TennesseeOak Ridge6,816$1.5B
46Mckee Foods Retirement PlanCollegedale6,741$1.1B
47Kenco Management Services, LLC 401(k) Employee Savings PlanChattanooga6,622$161.4M
48Premise Health 401(k) PlanBrentwood6,506$405.9M
49Smith & Nephew U.S. Savings PlanMemphis6,284$1.5B
50Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC Savings PlanCollierville6,252$678.2M
51Diversicare Healthcare Services, LLC Savings PlanBrentwood6,151$34.9M
52Orgill, Inc. 401(k) PlanCollierville6,070$275.3M
53Vaco 401(k) PlanBrentwood6,031$220.3M
54Ingram 401(k) Retirement PlanNashville5,888$634.1M
55Restaurant Growth Services, LLC 401(k) PlanNashville5,690$78.0M
56Walden Security Federal Services Retirement PlanChattanooga5,608$202.5M
57Federal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings PlanCollierville5,411$5.3B
58Amsurg, LLC 401(k) PlanNashville5,372$225.8M
59Nextsource, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & TrustNashville5,334$27.3M
60Choice Pooled Employer Plan INashville4,941$47.2M
61The H.T. Hackney Co. Employees Profit Sharing Retirement Plan And TrustKnoxville4,846$125.3M
62Kirkland's, Inc. Retirement PlanBrentwood4,791$35.2M
63American Bath Group 401(k) PlanSavannah4,778$124.1M

Every Tennessee plan, by size

The table above is the top of the list. These 6 pages hold all 1,083 plans on file from Tennessee, split by how many people are in them, each ranked by active participants.

401(k) fees in Tennessee vs the national median

Plan-paid administrative cost per participant, plan years 2021–2025 Form 5500 filings. Medians over our published set, not the full universe.
Tennessee medianAcross the 1,029 Tennessee plans in our set with usable fee data.$119.79 per participant
National medianAcross 54,783 published plans with usable fee data.$122.17 per participant
Difference$2.38 below the national median

Plan-paid means fees the plan itself reports on Schedule H; many employers pay providers directly, which a filing reports as $0. How to judge your own plan: are your 401(k) fees high?

Tennessee employers with a match dossier

These Tennessee-headquartered plans also file an SEC Form 11-K, so the employer’s match formula, vesting and eligibility are extracted on a company page.

Cite: 401(k) Monitor, “Tennessee 401(k) plans: largest plans and fees”, computed from DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 bulk data, plan years 2021–2025, published set of 57,824 plans, data as of July 28, 2026.