401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$773M
Total assets Above avg plan size
15,055
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$51,317
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Wawa, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Retail Trade

$773M in assets, 15,055 participants

Wawa, Inc.'s Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $773M in total assets and 15,055 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.

  • #9,433 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 15,055 participants in Pennsylvania, 18x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $773M.

#9,433
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
-14.7%
assets change YoY
7.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $192M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$772,575,277 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) 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. Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (15,055 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 210515330 · Wawa, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $773M · 15,055 · 99th

  • EBSA $773M
  • EBSA 15,055
  • EBSA 99th
  • EBSA 401(k)
  • EBSA near Cobham United States 401(k) Plan
  • EBSA ind #9433

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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

One Gas, Inc. 401(k) Plan$774MSequoia One 401(k) Plan$774MCobham United States 401(k) PlanCobham United States 401(k) …$774MWawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan$773MOneok, Inc. 401(k) Plan$770M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$905M
Net Assets (End of Year)$773M
Net Income-$192M
Employer EIN210515330
Plan Effective Date1996-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wawa, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Wawa, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6.7B 25.699973195157945% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5B$5.5B$6B$6.5B$7B 202220232024 $5.29B $6.65B ▲ +25.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 37,378 $5.3B
2023 2 58,427 $6.3B
2024 2 55,426 $6.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000120000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.772575277 · Participants: 15055Wawa, Inc. 401(k) PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.751564896 · Participants: 97769Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.46087279 · Participants: 66147Cigna 401(k) PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.11713 · Participants: 59451The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.097254785 · Participants: 17073The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.823164827 · Participants: 25071The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $773M in end-of-year assets across 15,055 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.016% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $51,317 per participant (37% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$192M.

This plan identity (EIN 210515330, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $773M to $1.1B (+45.2%) while covered participants moved from 15,055 to 17,681 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 15,055 $773M This page
2023 15,732 $951M Open filing
2024 · index core 17,681 $1.1B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Cobham United States 401(k) Plan in CA ($774M); by covered participants it is Safelite Group Associates' Retirement Savings Plan in OH (15,049 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($773M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,055 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 Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan pulled back noticeably - down 14.7% during 2022, from $905M to $773M. Reported net income was -$192M.
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. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 99th 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 401(k) plans are similar in size to Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Cobham United States 401(k) Plan in CA ($774M, 3,728 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Safelite Group Associates' Retirement Savings Plan in OH (15,049 participants, $540M 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 210515330.

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.