Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Ecolab Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.7B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 15,726
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $109,489
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ecolab Pension Plan · Sponsored by Ecolab Inc. · Minnesota · Manufacturing
$1.7B in assets, 15,726 participants
Ecolab Inc.'s Ecolab Pension Plan reported $1.7B in total assets and 15,726 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- #20,342 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Minnesota
Ecolab Pension Plan covers 15,726 participants in Minnesota, 14x the typical Minnesota plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $1.7B.
- #20,342
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -27.8%
- assets change YoY
- 17×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $661M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Ecolab Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Ecolab Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,721,827,243 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 Pension 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. Ecolab Pension Plan is a mega filing (15,726 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 410231510 · Ecolab Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Ecolab Pension Plan · $1.7B · 15,726 · 99th
- NET $1.7B
- NET 15,726
- NET 99th
- NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
- NET near Amica Pension Fund
- NET ind #20342
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 Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Minnesota filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.7B |
| Net Income | -$661M |
| Employer EIN | 410231510 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1972-01-01 |
| 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- 3M Employee Retirement Income Plan $14.0B · 12,160
- Mayo Pension Plan $10.3B · 66,434
- The Travelers Pension Plan $3.9B · 25,144
- U.S. Bank Pension Plan $3.7B · 55,836
- Target Corporation Pension Plan $3.3B · 50,515
Scale composition for Ecolab Pension Plan
Ecolab Pension Plan reports $1.7B in end-of-year assets across 15,726 participants (0.014% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $109,489 per participant (79% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$661M.
This plan identity (EIN 410231510, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.7B to $1.7B (-3.0%) while covered participants moved from 15,726 to 19,514 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15,726 | $1.7B | This page |
| 2023 | 18,541 | $1.7B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 19,514 | $1.7B | 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 Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Amica Pension Fund in RI ($1.7B); by covered participants it is Highmark Retirement Plan in PA (15,759 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.7B here).
- Amica Pension Fund (RI) $1.7B · 2,750
- Basf Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan (NJ) $1.7B · 3,567
- Legacy Plan of the National Retirement Fund (NY) $1.7B · 12,188
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. and Participating Subsidiaries (HI) $1.7B · 2,548
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,726 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Highmark Retirement Plan (PA) 15,759 · 33 off
- American Electric Power System Retirement Plan (OH) 15,837 · 111 off
- 1199seiu Greater New York Pension Fund (NY) 15,937 · 211 off
- Delta Retirement Plan (GA) 15,951 · 225 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.