Wendy'S 401(k) plan

The Wendy'S Company, Dublin, OH. EIN 38-0471180. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as Wendys/Arbys Group, Inc.; The Wendys Company.

The Wendy'S Company has one active retirement plan on file, the The Wendy'S Company 401(k) Retirement Plan, with 10,779 participants and $294 million in assets in 2024. Empower has been its recordkeeper since 2017. No traditional pension plan appears in Wendy'S's filings since 2009.

Active plans: 1
Participants: 10,779
Plan assets: $294 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Empower
Plans on file: 1
Industry: Hotels and restaurants

The plan

The Wendy'S Company 401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 005Employer EIN 38-0471180
Participants (2024): 10,779
Net assets (2024): $294 million
Recordkeeper: EmpowerEarlier: Mercer (2010–2016), Empower (2009)
Plan administrator: Benefits Administrative Commitee
1 Dave Thomas Boulevard
Dublin, OH 43017
(614) 764-3100As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 2006

Earlier sponsor: Wendys/Arbys Group, Inc. (2009–2010).

Earlier plan names: Wendys/Arbys Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan; Wendys/Arby Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan; The Wendys Company 401K Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	10,779	$294 million	Empower
2023	13,092	$270 million	Empower
2022	9,669	$248 million	Empower
2021	7,607	$305 million	Empower
2020	8,438	$282 million	Empower
2019	9,068	$267 million	Empower
2018	9,467	$236 million	Empower
2017	9,519	$272 million	Empower
2016	9,844	$254 million	Mercer
2015	17,715	$268 million	Mercer
2014	23,904	$311 million	Mercer
2013	28,432	$322 million	Mercer
2012	31,981	$287 million	Mercer
2011	30,814	$260 million	Mercer
2010	44,764	$285 million	Mercer
2009	1,712	$255 million	Empower

Plans that moved to another employer

Plan	Now sponsored by	Since
Inspire Brands, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan	Irb Holding Corporation	2021

These plans once filed under Wendy'S's tax ID and are now filed by another employer, usually after a sale or spin-off. Accounts moved with them.

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Empower (empower.com), which runs the The Wendy'S Company 401(k) Retirement Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((614) 764-3100). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

The plan

The Wendy'S Company 401(k) Retirement Plan

Plans that moved to another employer

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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