401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Walgreen Co. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$11.7B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
238,072
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$49,072
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Walgreen Co. · Illinois · Retail Trade

$11.7B in assets, 238,072 participants

Walgreen Co.'s Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan reported $11.7B in total assets and 238,072 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #9,515 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan covers 238,072 participants in Illinois, 305x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $11.7B.

#9,515
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
-19.1%
assets change YoY
117×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $2.8B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$11,682,551,768 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (238,072 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 361924025 · Walgreen Co. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan · $11.7B · 238,072 · 100th

  • PHOTO $11.7B
  • IND 238,072
  • EOY 100th
  • 5500 401(k)
  • ASSETS near Merck US Savings Plan
  • PCT ind #9515

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan$12.0BWalgreens Retirement Savings PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings…$11.7BMerck US Savings Plan$11.5BDelta 401(k) Retirement Plan for PilotsDelta 401(k) Retirement Plan…$11.5BCigna 401(k) Plan$11.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$14.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$11.7B
Net Income-$2.8B
Employer EIN361924025
Plan Effective Date1940-12-17
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Walgreen Co.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Walgreen Co. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$14.7B 24.454579745100734% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$11B$12B$13B$14B$15B 202220232024 $11.8B $14.7B ▲ +24.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 242,506 $11.8B
2023 2 239,776 $13.6B
2024 2 237,960 $14.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000200000250000 101112131415 Total assets ($B) Participants Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.682551768 · Participants: 238072Walgreens Retirement Savings PlanState Farm 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.651519685 · Participants: 53616State Farm 401(k) Savings PlanAccenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.283954811 · Participants: 66653Accenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings PlanAbbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.333286 · Participants: 36136Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement PlanUnited Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.816542826 · Participants: 13437United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account PlanAbbvie Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.305449371 · Participants: 25302Abbvie Savings Plan
Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan

Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan reports $11.7B in end-of-year assets across 238,072 participants (0.095% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.25% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $49,072 per participant (35% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$2.8B.

This plan identity (EIN 361924025, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $11.7B to $14.5B (+24.4%) while covered participants moved from 238,072 to 233,635 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 238,072 $11.7B This page
2023 235,331 $13.4B Open filing
2024 · index core 233,635 $14.5B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Merck US Savings Plan in NJ ($11.5B); by covered participants it is Trinet 401(k) Plan in FL (242,181 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($11.7B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (238,072 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan declined sharply - down 19.1% during 2022, from $14.4B to $11.7B. Reported net income was -$2.8B.
How have Walgreen Co. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Walgreen Co.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 24.5%, from $11.8B to $14.7B.
Where does Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Merck US Savings Plan in NJ ($11.5B, 25,956 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Trinet 401(k) Plan in FL (242,181 participants, $5.2B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 361924025.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.