401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$137M
Total assets Near avg plan size
8,196
Participants Very large workforce
94th
Percentile by assets National rank
$16,762
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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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.

  • #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.

#8,247
in Other Services (8,398 peers)
-11.9%
assets change YoY
1.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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.

Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)'s outsized position 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 $2,050,000,000 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

Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)'s large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) lands in the large band (8,196 participants).

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 360700810 · Ace Hardware Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)

Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) · $137M · 8,196 · 94th

  • TYPE $137M
  • TYPE 8,196
  • TYPE 94th
  • TYPE 401(k)
  • TYPE near Akumin 401(k) Plan
  • TYPE ind #8247

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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) in the asset neighbourhood

Luminex Corporation Retirement Savings PlanLuminex Corporation Retireme…$137MAkumin 401(k) Plan$137MAce Retail Savings Plan 401(k)Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(…$137MKaiser Aluminum Investments Company Hourly Savings and Investment PlanKaiser Aluminum Investments …$137MGn Retirement Savings Plan$137M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

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)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ace Hardware Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.4B 38.3849105233027% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.8B$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B 202220232024 $1.01B $1.39B ▲ +37.6%
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 ($B) Participants Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k), Total assets ($B): 0.137383838 · Participants: 8196Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)State 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 PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.682551768 · Participants: 238072Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) side-by-side with 3 peers →

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:

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

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Akumin 401(k) Plan in FL ($137M); by covered participants it is Humana Partnership Savings Plan in KY (8,187 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($137M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,196 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 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).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Humana Partnership Savings Plan in KY (8,187 participants, $211M 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 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.