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Employee Benefit Plans
 12 Months Ended
Jan. 25, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans
We sponsor a defined contribution plan that provides retirement benefits to eligible employees who elect to participate (the “Dycom Plan”). Under the plan, participating employees may defer up to 75% of their base pre-tax eligible compensation up to the IRS limits. Prior to January 1, 2023, we contributed 30% of the first 5% of base eligible compensation that a participant contributes to the plan and may make discretionary matching contributions from time to time. Effective January 1, 2023, we increased our contribution to 50% of the first 6% of base eligible compensation. Our contributions were $12.3 million, $10.9 million, and $5.3 million related to fiscal 2025, fiscal 2024, and fiscal 2023, respectively.

Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries contribute amounts to multiemployer defined benefit pension plans under the terms of collective bargaining agreements (“CBA”) that cover employees represented by unions. Contributions are generally based on fixed amounts per hour per employee for employees covered by the plan. Participating in a multiemployer plan entails risks different from single-employer plans in the following aspects:
•assets contributed to the multiemployer plan by one employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers;

•if a participating employer stops contributing to the plan, the unfunded obligations of the plan may be allocated to the remaining participating employers; and

•if the Company stops participating in the multiemployer plan, the Company may be required to pay the plan an amount based on the underfunded status of the plan. This payment is referred to as a withdrawal liability.

The information available to us about the multiemployer plans in which we participate is generally dated due to the nature of the reporting cycle of multiemployer plans and legal requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) as amended by the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act. Based upon the most recently available annual reports, our contribution to each of the plans was less than 5% of each plan’s total contributions. All plans are presented in the aggregate in the following table (dollars in thousands):
Company ContributionsExpiration Date of CBA
Fiscal Year EndedFiscal Year EndedFiscal Year Ended
Fund202520242023
All Plans$75 $68 $63 Various
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, one of the Company’s subsidiaries ceased operations. This subsidiary contributed to a multiemployer pension plan, the Pension, Hospitalization and Benefit Plan of the Electrical Industry - Pension Trust Fund (the “Plan”). In October 2016, the Plan demanded payment for a claimed withdrawal liability pursuant to its interpretation of ERISA. The subsidiary disputed, among other things, the amount of the withdrawal liability demanded by the Plan and submitted this dispute to arbitration, as required by ERISA. During the third quarter of fiscal 2025, the Company and the Plan reached an agreement to fully resolve this matter and there was no material financial impact to the Company.