401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $868M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 6,907
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $125,699
- Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Ace Hardware Corporation · Illinois · Wholesale Trade
$868M in assets, 6,907 participants
Ace Hardware Corporation's Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported $868M in total assets and 6,907 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.
- #6,790 in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan covers 6,907 participants in Illinois, 8.9x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $868M.
- #6,790
- in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)
- -17.9%
- assets change YoY
- 8.7×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $190M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$868,203,904 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
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan lands in the large band (6,907 participants).
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 360700810 · Ace Hardware Corporation PY 2022 · 401(k)
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan · $868M · 6,907 · 99th
- RANK $868M
- RANK 6,907
- RANK 99th
- RANK 401(k)
- RANK near Ihg 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan
- RANK ind #6790
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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $868M |
| Net Income | -$190M |
| Employer EIN | 360700810 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1953-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Ace Hardware Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Ace Hardware Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $1.4B 38.3849105233027% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 15,103 | $1.0B |
| 2023 | 3 | 15,415 | $1.2B |
| 2024 | 3 | 16,529 | $1.4B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- State Farm 401(k) Savings Plan $14.7B · 53,616
- Accenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings Plan $14.3B · 66,653
- Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan $13.3B · 36,136
- United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan $11.8B · 13,437
- Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan $11.7B · 238,072
Scale composition for Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reports $868M in end-of-year assets across 6,907 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $125,699 per participant (91% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$190M.
This plan identity (EIN 360700810, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $868M to $1.2B (+32.7%) while covered participants moved from 6,907 to 6,697 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,907 | $868M | This page |
| 2023 | 6,632 | $1.0B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 6,697 | $1.2B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (401(k), $1.2B, 6,697 participants)
- Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) (401(k), $188M, 9,574 participants)
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Ihg 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan in GA ($866M); by covered participants it is Shutterfly, LLC 401(k) Plan in CA (6,907 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($868M here).
- Ihg 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (GA) $866M · 8,515
- Qurate Retail Group 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan for Qvc and Hsn (PA) $865M · 7,566
- A&b Retirement Plan (GA) $864M · 1,508
- Vf 401(k) Savings Plan (NC) $874M · 18,216
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,907 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Shutterfly, LLC 401(k) Plan (CA) 6,907 · 0 off
- Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (CA) 6,906 · 1 off
- Nvr, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan (VA) 6,910 · 3 off
- Vetcor 401(k) Plan (MA) 6,901 · 6 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.