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
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
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
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 EIN | 210515330 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1992-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Wawa, Inc.)
| 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
- Bradford White Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust Agreement $1.2B · 337
- Sheetz, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $534M · 12,847
- Centimark Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust $481M · 2,268
- Newage Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $310M · 304
- L/B Water Service, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $201M · 192
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 |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP, $5.5B, 37,745 participants)
- Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan (401(k), $1.1B, 17,681 participants)
Similar-Sized ESOP Plans Nationally
ESOP plans in other states closest to Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Winco Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ID) $4.3B · 15,984
- Burns & Mcdonnell, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MO) $4.0B · 7,358
- Amsted Industries Incorporated Employees' Stock Ownership Plan (IL) $3.8B · 4,361
- Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan (CA) $2.9B · 7,804
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar ESOP plans in Pennsylvania. Compare plans
- Wawa, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 25.7% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Retail Trade plans