401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Linde Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 10,207
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $237,230
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Linde Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Linde Inc. · Connecticut · Manufacturing
$2.4B in assets, 10,207 participants
Linde Inc.'s Linde Retirement Savings Plan reported $2.4B in total assets and 10,207 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.
- #20,422 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Connecticut
Linde Retirement Savings Plan covers 10,207 participants in Connecticut, 14x the typical Connecticut plan (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.
- #20,422
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -16.1%
- assets change YoY
- 24×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $464M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Linde Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Linde Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$2,421,402,332 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Linde 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. Linde Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (10,207 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 061249050 · Linde Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Linde Retirement Savings Plan · $2.4B · 10,207 · 100th
- BOOK $2.4B
- BOOK 10,207
- BOOK 100th
- BOOK 401(k)
- BOOK near Fairview Health Services 403b Plan
- BOOK ind #20422
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Connecticut →
Linde Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Connecticut filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.4B |
| Net Income | -$464M |
| Employer EIN | 061249050 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1992-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Linde Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Linde Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $5.1B 103.55840059759257% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 10,207 | $2.5B |
| 2023 | 3 | 17,030 | $4.8B |
| 2024 | 3 | 17,939 | $5.1B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Connecticut
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- United Technologies Corporation Employee Savings Plan $48.9B · 55,762
- GE Retirement Savings Plan $24.8B · 57,522
- Citi Retirement Savings Plan $17.4B · 70,070
- The Hartford Investment and Savings Plan $5.6B · 17,724
- Xerox Corporation Savings Plan $3.6B · 11,876
Scale composition for Linde Retirement Savings Plan
Linde Retirement Savings Plan reports $2.4B in end-of-year assets across 10,207 participants (0.020% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $237,230 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$464M.
This plan identity (EIN 061249050, plan #334) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.4B to $2.9B (+21.6%) while covered participants moved from 10,207 to 11,201 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,207 | $2.4B | This page |
| 2023 | 10,671 | $2.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 11,201 | $2.9B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Linde Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $2.9B, 11,201 participants)
- Linde U.S. Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.1B, 6,738 participants)
Linde Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Connecticut, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Fairview Health Services 403b Plan in MN ($2.4B); by covered participants it is Husqvarna Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan in NC (10,216 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.4B here).
- Fairview Health Services 403b Plan (MN) $2.4B · 22,807
- The Caci Smart Plan (VA) $2.4B · 18,339
- Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (PA) $2.4B · 5,374
- Southern California Gas Company Retirement Savings Plan (CA) $2.4B · 8,583
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,207 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Husqvarna Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan (NC) 10,216 · 9 off
- Peraton Corp. Retirement Savings Plan (VA) 10,222 · 15 off
- Thomson Reuters 401(k) Savings Plan (MN) 10,255 · 48 off
- Fairway Mortgage Corp. Savings & Investment Plan (WI) 10,256 · 49 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.