401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$137M
Total assets
8,196
Participants
94th
Percentile by assets
$16,762
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) · Sponsored by Ace Hardware Corporation · Illinois · Other Services

$137M in assets, 8,196 participants

Ace Hardware Corporation's Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) reported $137M in total assets and 8,196 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • 94th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
  • #8,247 in Other Services (8,398 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) covers 8,196 participants in Illinois, 11x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $137M.

$137M
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
8,196
covered participants
94th
percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
$16,762
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $23M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Where Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) sits by total assets

Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) vs every filed plan by assets

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

$137,383,838 Top 6% higher than 94% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,010,000,000 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

State
Illinois
Industry
Other Services

Participants vs Illinois filers

In Illinois, the average filing covers about 779 participants across 5,745 plans. Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) reports 8,196 participants - 11x that state average ($137M EOY assets).

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$156M
Net Assets (End of Year)$137M
Net Income-$23M
Employer EIN360700810
Plan Effective Date2015-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ace Hardware Corporation)

$0.8B$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B 202220232024 $1.01B $1.39B ▲ +37.6%
Total plan assets by year, all Ace Hardware Corporation plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 15,103 $1.0B
2023 3 15,415 $1.2B
2024 3 16,529 $1.4B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois

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

Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Ace Retail Savings P…, Total assets ($B): 0.137383838 · Participants: 8196Ace Retail Savings P…State Farm 401(k) Sa…, Total assets ($B): 14.651519685 · Participants: 53616State Farm 401(k) Sa…Accenture United Sta…, Total assets ($B): 14.283954811 · Participants: 66653Accenture United Sta…Abbott Laboratories …, Total assets ($B): 13.333286 · Participants: 36136Abbott Laboratories …United Airlines Pilo…, Total assets ($B): 11.816542826 · Participants: 13437United Airlines Pilo…Walgreens Retirement…, Total assets ($B): 11.682551768 · Participants: 238072Walgreens Retirement…
Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
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Scale composition for Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)

Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) reports $137M in end-of-year assets across 8,196 participants (0.001% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $16,762 per participant (12% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$23M.

This plan identity (EIN 360700810, plan #333) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $137M to $188M (+37.0%) while covered participants moved from 8,196 to 9,574 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 8,196 $137M This page
2023 8,612 $163M Open filing
2024 · index core 9,574 $188M Open filing

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) assets move in 2022? ▼
Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) pulled back noticeably - down 11.9% during 2022, from $156M to $137M. Reported net income was -$23M.
How have Ace Hardware Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ace Hardware Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 38.4%, from $1.0B to $1.4B.
Where does Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) ranks in the 94th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Akumin 401(k) Plan in FL ($137M, 1,283 participants).

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Filing takeaways

Ways to act on Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)'s numbers.

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 360700810.

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.