ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Wawa, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-11

$4.5B
Total assets
22,323
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$202,473
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Wawa, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Retail Trade

$4.5B in assets, 22,323 participants

Wawa, Inc.'s Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $4.5B in total assets and 22,323 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.

  • 100th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
  • #9,504 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 22,323 participants in Pennsylvania, 27x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $4.5B.

$4.5B
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
22,323
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
$202,473
avg assets per participant

Where Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits by total assets

Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$4,519,811,811 Top 1% higher than 100% 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

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Participants vs Pennsylvania filers

In Pennsylvania, the average filing covers about 822 participants across 5,751 plans. Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reports 22,323 participants - 27x that state average ($4.5B EOY assets).

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$4.3B
Net Income$405M
Employer EIN210515330
Plan Effective Date1992-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wawa, Inc.)

$5B$5.5B$6B$6.5B$7B 202220232024 $5.29B $6.65B ▲ +25.7%
Total plan assets by year, all Wawa, Inc. plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 37,378 $5.3B
2023 2 58,427 $6.3B
2024 2 55,426 $6.7B

Nearby ESOP Plans in Pennsylvania

Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants

Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000500010000150002000025000 -1012345 Total assets ($B) Participants Wawa, Inc. Employee …Bradford White Corpo…Sheetz, Inc. Employe…Centimark Corporatio…Newage Industries, I…L/B Water Service, I…
Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reports $4.5B in end-of-year assets across 22,323 participants (0.037% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.024% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $202,473 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was $405M.

This plan identity (EIN 210515330, plan #005) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.5B to $5.5B (+22.4%) while covered participants moved from 22,323 to 37,745 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 22,323 $4.5B This page
2023 42,695 $5.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 37,745 $5.5B Open filing

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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2022?
Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 8.2% during 2022, from $4.2B to $4.5B. Reported net income was $405M.
How have Wawa, Inc. plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Wawa, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 25.7%, from $5.3B to $6.7B.
Where does Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan?
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Winco Employee Stock Ownership Plan in ID ($4.3B, 15,984 participants).

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