401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Ball Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.8B
Total assets Very large vs avg
10,349
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$271,190
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Ball Corporation · Colorado · Manufacturing

$2.8B in assets, 10,349 participants

Ball Corporation's Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $2.8B in total assets and 10,349 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #18,547 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Colorado

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 10,349 participants in Colorado, 28x the typical Colorado plan (state average ~376 per filing). Assets: $2.8B.

#18,547
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+11.6%
assets growth YoY
28×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$2,806,549,522 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 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 2023

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a mega filing (10,349 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$1.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $291M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 10,671 in the plan year 2022 filing to 10,349 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 350160610 · Ball Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $2.8B · 10,349 · 100th

  • EBSA $2.8B
  • EBSA 10,349
  • EBSA 100th
  • EBSA 401(k)
  • EBSA near Te Connectivity Retirement Savings and Investment Plan
  • EBSA ind #18547

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 Colorado →

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Colorado filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.8B
Net Income$291M
Employer EIN350160610
Plan Effective Date1983-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ball Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ball Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.4B 13.790445634123504% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.93B $3.39B ▼ -13.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 21,973 $3.9B
2023 4 19,981 $4.3B
2024 3 14,066 $3.4B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Colorado

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

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 1.522.533.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.806549522 · Participants: 10349Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership PlanDavita Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.326219779 · Participants: 57711Davita Retirement Savings PlanEmpower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.852270164 · Participants: 10036Empower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings PlanWoodward Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.765770435 · Participants: 5847Woodward Retirement Savings PlanArcadis U.S., Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.686655183 · Participants: 5491Arcadis U.S., Inc. Retirement Savings PlanNutrien 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.661050894 · Participants: 12106Nutrien 401(k) Retirement Plan
Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants
Compare Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan reports $2.8B in end-of-year assets across 10,349 participants (0.023% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $271,190 per participant (2.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $291M.

This plan identity (EIN 350160610, plan #030) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.5B to $2.3B (-7.8%) while covered participants moved from 10,671 to 9,935 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,671 $2.5B Open filing
2023 10,349 $2.8B This page
2024 · index core 9,935 $2.3B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Colorado, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Te Connectivity Retirement Savings and Investment Plan in PA ($2.8B); by covered participants it is Aaron's 401(k) Retirement Plan in GA (10,353 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,349 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.6% during 2023, from $2.5B to $2.8B. Reported net income was $291M.
How have Ball Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ball Corporation's sponsor-wide assets declined 13.8%, from $3.9B to $3.4B.
Where does Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Te Connectivity Retirement Savings and Investment Plan in PA ($2.8B, 9,276 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Aaron's 401(k) Retirement Plan in GA (10,353 participants, $176M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 350160610.

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.