FIVE FY2025 SEC EDGAR DEF 14A #1 of 8 in industry

Five Below, Inc CEO pay ratio

The CEO earned $10.8M in FY2025 against median worker pay of $5,982 · General Merchandise Stores.

General Merchandise Stores peers All rankings
State
PA
Filing date
2026-05-01
Industry
General Merchandise Stores
Industry rank
#1/8

Data updated August 2026

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CEO-to-worker pay ratio
1,807:1
Extreme (bar capped at 1000:1; actual ratio shown above)
CEO pay
$10.8M
Median worker
$5,982

Answer first

Five Below, Inc's FY2025 CEO total of $10.8M ranks #485 of 1,423 complete filings; its 1,807:1 pay ratio ranks #9. Dollar rank is not ratio rank.

According to the same FY2025 complete-filing cohort used on the rankings boards (CEO total, median worker, and ratio all present). Median worker pay is $5,982. Industry placement uses the FY2025 SIC-53 peer cohort (# 1 of 8, 100th percentile - top 1% of industry peers by pay ratio). Figures come from Section 953(b) Dodd-Frank DEF 14A disclosures - not estimates. View all General Merchandise Stores companies.

Dollar rank
#485
$10.8M of 1,423 FY2025
Ratio rank
#9
1,807:1 of 1,423
Industry pct
100th
top 1% of industry peers by pay ratio

How Five Below, Inc ranks nationally

Five Below, Inc CEO pay vs. every FY2025 complete filing

Total CEO compensation, the full national distribution, this company marked

$10,809,474 Top 34% higher than 66% of 1,423 companies

$0–$2,500,000: 304 companies (21%). Below this entry. $2,500,000–$5,000,000: 182 companies (13%). Below this entry. $5,000,000–$7,500,000: 208 companies (15%). Below this entry. $7,500,000–$10,000,000: 192 companies (13%). Below this entry. $10,000,000–$12,500,000: 139 companies (10%). This entry sits in this band. $12,500,000–$15,000,000: 91 companies (6%). Above this entry. $15,000,000–$17,500,000: 88 companies (6%). Above this entry. $17,500,000–$20,000,000: 54 companies (4%). Above this entry. $20,000,000–$22,500,000: 24 companies (2%). Above this entry. $22,500,000–$25,000,000: 34 companies (2%). Above this entry. $25,000,000–$27,500,000: 24 companies (2%). Above this entry. $27,500,000–$30,000,000: 16 companies (1%). Above this entry. $30,000,000–$32,500,000: 10 companies (1%). Above this entry. $32,500,000–$35,000,000: 7 companies (0%). Above this entry. $35,000,000–$37,500,000: 9 companies (1%). Above this entry. $37,500,000–$40,000,000: 6 companies (0%). Above this entry. $40,000,000–$42,500,000: 1 companies (0%). Above this entry. $42,500,000–$45,000,000: 1 companies (0%). Above this entry. $45,000,000–$47,500,000: 6 companies (0%). Above this entry. $47,500,000–$50,000,000: 27 companies (2%). Above this entry. This company $0 $50M+ every complete-filing company, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $2500K-wide band; taller bars hold more companies. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source SEC DEF 14A Section 953(b) disclosures, PlainCEOPay extract · FY2025

Five Below, Inc vs. General Merchandise Stores peers

CEO total pay ($10.8M) against pay ratio (1,807:1) for Five Below, Inc (marked) and its 5 closest same-industry peers, against the General Merchandise Stores industry median on both axes.

Pay + gap both highContained pay, wide gapHigh pay, contained gapBelow peer norms on both8412559.813867609.219322658.524777707.830232757.1532.3:1866.1:11200:11533.8:11867.7:1CEO total payPay ratio (CEO : median worker)Five Below, Inc, CEO total pay: 10809474 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 1807:1Five Below, IncBurlington Stores, Inc., CEO total pay: 17149564 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 1584:1Burlington Stores, Inc.Walmart Inc., CEO total pay: 29240930 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 958:1Walmart Inc.Dollar Tree, Inc., CEO total pay: 14770954 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 911:1Dollar Tree, Inc.BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc., CEO total pay: 16678036 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 622:1BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.KOHLS Corp, CEO total pay: 9404387 · Pay ratio (CEO : median worker): 593:1KOHLS Corp
Five Below, Inc vs. General Merchandise Stores peers, plotted against the industry's $14.4M median CEO total and 767:1 median pay ratio.

Ratio bands among General Merchandise Stores peers

Exclusive CEO-to-median-worker bands across 8 complete latest-FY filings in SIC 53. Segments sum to the peer set, not this company's compensation pillar.

CEO Compensation Breakdown, FY2025

A component-level pay breakdown is not reported in Five Below, Inc's structured SEC pay-ratio disclosure. See our methodology →

Filing-year trail · Five Below, Inc

Complete DEF 14A pay-ratio filings for this CIK across FY2021–2025. Year-over-year deltas compare adjacent filing years only; incomplete dollar rows are omitted (same completeness gate as the hero figures).

Latest ratio
1,807:1
FY2025
vs prior FY
+681:1
from FY2024 1,126:1
CEO $ YoY
+71%
$10.8M latest
Filings shown
5
FY2021–2025
Five Below, Inc CEO total compensation, median worker pay, and pay ratio by fiscal year from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A.
FY CEO pay Δ pay Median worker Pay ratio Δ ratio
2021 $9.0M - $11,454 790:1 -
2022 $7.0M -22% $8,428 834:1 +44:1
2023 $10.2M +45% $12,161 838:1 +4:1
2024 $6.3M -38% $5,615 1,126:1 +288:1
2025 $10.8M +71% $5,982 1,807:1 +681:1

Source: SEC EDGAR DEF 14A pay-ratio disclosures for CIK 1177609, FY2021–2025. Adjacent-year deltas only.

Industry Comparison - General Merchandise Stores

This Company's Ratio
1,807:1
Industry Median Ratio
767:1
Industry Median CEO Pay
$14.4M
This CEO's Pay
$10.8M
Companies in Industry
8
vs. Industry Median
Above
#1 of 8 by pay ratio in this industry View all companies in General Merchandise Stores →

Five Below, Inc: upper-tail Item 402(u) ratio

Five Below, Inc's FY2025 ratio 1,807:1 ranks #1 of 8 General Merchandise Stores filers (100th percentile). the CEO earned 1807× the median employee ($5,982) in FY2025.

At $5,982 median worker pay (LOW-MED), the MEGA stamp means roughly 1807 years of median wages to match one CEO year.

CEO Total Pay

$10.8M

FY2025 Summary Compensation, below median

Pay Ratio

1,807:1

Outlier, top decile

Five Below, Inc in the higher General Merchandise Stores third

Five Below, Inc's FY2025 ratio 1,807:1 ranks #1 of 8 General Merchandise Stores filers (100th percentile). The structured pay-ratio disclosure reports the total without line-item components. General Merchandise Stores (SIC 53) median ratio is 767:1 across 8 FY2025 filers; Five Below, Inc's $10.8M CEO total is at or below the $14.4M industry median CEO pay.

Dollar rank #485 and ratio rank #9 split - treat 1,807:1 as a disclosure, not a fairness score. Open General Merchandise Stores peers.

Key Data, FY2025

Total Compensation
$10.8M
Median Employee Pay
$5,982
Pay Ratio
1,807:1
Filing Date
2026-05-01

Company Info

Ticker
FIVE
CIK
1177609
Industry
General Merchandise Stores
SIC Code
5331
State
PA
View SEC filings →
SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for CIK 1177609, FY2025. Informational only, not investment advice. Verify on EDGAR.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified. Five Below, Inc's FY2025 ratio 1,807:1 ranks #1 of 8 General Merchandise Stores filers (100th percentile).

Read with Five Below, Inc

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peers first, then a SIC pole and a stamp-branched guide - not a fixed Related strip. This page stamps MEGA · HEAVY · LOW-MED.

Cinemark Holdings, Inc. · HEAVY

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $10.8M (Δ $6K heavier vs Five Below, Inc); EXTREME · LOW-MED vs this page's MEGA · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. · HEAVY

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $10.8M (Δ $7K heavier vs Five Below, Inc); EXTREME · LOW-MED vs this page's MEGA · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Calix, Inc · HEAVY

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $10.8M (Δ $11K heavier vs Five Below, Inc); FLOOR · ELITE-MED vs this page's MEGA · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Mccormick & Co Inc · HEAVY

ABS(ceo_total_comp) peer at $10.8M (Δ $14K heavier vs Five Below, Inc); STEEP · PAR-MED vs this page's MEGA · HEAVY · LOW-MED.
Burlington Stores, Inc. (SIC 53 pole)

Burlington Stores, Inc. stamps MEGA · PEAK nearest in-SIC by ABS(pay_ratio) to Five Below, Inc's MEGA filing.
National dual ranks · #485/#9

Five Below, Inc's FY2025 package sits #485 by CEO dollars and #9 by ratio under HEAVY · MEGA.
Highest-paid CEOs · MEGA

Five Below, Inc's MEGA stamp is in the upper tail - the highest-paid list shows how dollar packages and ratios diverge.
Data sourced from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A for Five Below, Inc (CIK 1177609), FY2025. See our methodology. Aggregated by PlainCEOPay as of August 2026.

Data currency: Executive compensation from SEC EDGAR DEF 14A proxy statements through fiscal year 2025, compiled and last refreshed August 2026. See our methodology for source dates and refresh cadence. Spot a figure that looks wrong? Report a correction.