Comparison Overview

Five Below

VS

Sears

Five Below

701 MARKET STREET , Suite 600, Philadelphia, PA, US, 19106
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799

At Five Below our growth is a result of the people who embrace our purpose: We know life is way better when you are free to Let Go & Have Fun in an amazing experience, filled with unlimited possibilities, priced so low, you can always say yes to the newest, coolest stuff! Just ask any of our over 20,000 associates who work at Five Below and they’ll tell you there’s no other place like it. It all starts with our purpose and then, The Five Below Way, which is our values and behaviors that each and every associate believes in. So if your heart is beating a little quicker and your smile is getting bigger now that you know what we’re all about, let’s just say your search for a one-of-a-kind experience that’s much more than a j-o-b just might be officially ending HERE. It’s all about culture at Five Below, making this a place that can inspire you as much as you inspire us with big ideas, super energy, passion, and the ability to make the workplace a WOWplace! BE AWARE OF FRAUD! Please be aware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiter activity by persons that are posing as a Five Below recruiters. Please confirm that the person you are working with has an @fivebelow.com email address. Additionally, Five Below does NOT request financial information or payments from candidates at any point during the hiring process. If you suspect fraudulent activity, please visit Five Below’s Careers Site at www.fivebelow.com/info/careers to verify the posting.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 12,118
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
1
Attack type number
1

Sears

33 W Monroe Street, Chicago, IL, US, 60603
Last Update: 2025-12-09
Between 750 and 799

Sears is a leading integrated retailer and provider focused on seamlessly connecting the digital and physical shopping experiences to serve our members - wherever, whenever and however they want to shop. We are part of the Transformco family of brands which operates through its subsidiaries, including Sears Home Services and Kmart, with full-line and specialty retail stores across the United States. We are also home to Shop Your Way®, a social shopping platform offering members rewards for shopping at Sears and Kmart as well as with other retail partners. The company is the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 14 million service and installation calls made annually. For more information, visit https://jobs.sears.com/.

NAICS: 43
NAICS Definition: Retail Trade
Employees: 26,637
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Five Below
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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Sears
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Five Below
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
Sears
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Five Below in 2025.

Incidents vs Retail Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Sears in 2025.

Incident History — Five Below (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Five Below cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — Sears (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Sears cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Five Below
Incidents

Date Detected: 11/2018
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog
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Sears
Incidents

Date Detected: 9/2017
Type:Cyber Attack
Attack Vector: Malicious Script
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Sears company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to Five Below company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

Five Below and Sears have experienced a similar number of publicly disclosed cyber incidents.

In the current year, Sears company and Five Below company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither Sears company nor Five Below company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

Five Below company has disclosed at least one data breach, while the other Sears company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Sears company has reported targeted cyberattacks, while Five Below company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither Five Below company nor Sears company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Five Below nor Sears holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Neither Five Below company nor Sears company has publicly disclosed detailed information about the number of their subsidiaries.

Sears company employs more people globally than Five Below company, reflecting its scale as a Retail.

Neither Five Below nor Sears holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Five Below nor Sears holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Five Below nor Sears holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Five Below nor Sears holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Five Below nor Sears holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Five Below nor Sears holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

NXLog Agent before 6.11 can load a file specified by the OPENSSL_CONF environment variable.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 8.1
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description

uriparser through 0.9.9 allows unbounded recursion and stack consumption, as demonstrated by ParseMustBeSegmentNzNc with large input containing many commas.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 2.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Description

A vulnerability was detected in Mayan EDMS up to 4.10.1. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /authentication/. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.10.2 is sufficient to fix this issue. You should upgrade the affected component. The vendor confirms that this is "[f]ixed in version 4.10.2". Furthermore, that "[b]ackports for older versions in process and will be out as soon as their respective CI pipelines complete."

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 5.0
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss3
Base: 4.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

MJML through 4.18.0 allows mj-include directory traversal to test file existence and (in the type="css" case) read files. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-12827.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 4.5
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L
Description

A half-blind Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in kube-controller-manager when using the in-tree Portworx StorageClass. This vulnerability allows authorized users to leak arbitrary information from unprotected endpoints in the control plane’s host network (including link-local or loopback services).

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 5.8
Severity: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N