401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Ecolab Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 18,274
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $176,238
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP · Sponsored by Ecolab Inc. · Minnesota · Manufacturing
$3.2B in assets, 18,274 participants
Ecolab Inc.'s Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP reported $3.2B in total assets and 18,274 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.
- #20,456 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Minnesota
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP covers 18,274 participants in Minnesota, 16x the typical Minnesota plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $3.2B.
- #20,456
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -24.6%
- assets change YoY
- 32×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.1B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP's outsized position by total assets
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$3,220,579,659 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
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP'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. Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP is a mega filing (18,274 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 410231510 · Ecolab Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP · $3.2B · 18,274 · 100th
- 5500 $3.2B
- 5500 18,274
- 5500 100th
- 5500 401(k)
- 5500 near Federal National Mortgage Association Retirement Savings Plan for Employees
- 5500 ind #20456
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 Minnesota →
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP in the asset neighbourhood
Minnesota filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $4.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.2B |
| Net Income | -$1.1B |
| Employer EIN | 410231510 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1977-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Ecolab Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Ecolab Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $5.9B 18.422421578992214% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 34,111 | $5.0B |
| 2023 | 3 | 36,898 | $5.5B |
| 2024 | 3 | 39,321 | $5.9B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Minnesota
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Unitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings Plan $18.6B · 176,886
- Medtronic Savings and Investment Plan (Also Known as the Medtronic 401(k) Plan) $12.2B · 38,825
- Target Corporation 401(k) Plan $11.2B · 400,422
- 3M Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan $11.1B · 37,159
- U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan $8.3B · 67,646
Scale composition for Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP reports $3.2B in end-of-year assets across 18,274 participants (0.026% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.019% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $176,238 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.1B.
This plan identity (EIN 410231510, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.2B to $4.2B (+29.8%) while covered participants moved from 18,274 to 19,691 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18,274 | $3.2B | This page |
| 2023 | 18,246 | $3.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 19,691 | $4.2B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP (401(k), $4.2B, 19,691 participants)
- Ecolab Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.7B, 19,514 participants)
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Minnesota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Federal National Mortgage Association Retirement Savings Plan for Employees in DC ($3.2B); by covered participants it is Intuit Inc. 401(k) Plan in CA (18,288 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.2B here).
- Federal National Mortgage Association Retirement Savings Plan for Employees (DC) $3.2B · 7,402
- Adobe Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (CA) $3.2B · 13,253
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan (MA) $3.2B · 13,811
- Centene Management Corporation Retirement Plan (MO) $3.2B · 49,060
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,274 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Intuit Inc. 401(k) Plan (CA) 18,288 · 14 off
- Estes Express Lines 401(k) Retirement Plan (VA) 18,311 · 37 off
- Raising Cane's Retirement Savings Plan (TX) 18,330 · 56 off
- Vf 401(k) Savings Plan (NC) 18,216 · 58 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.