401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Linde Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 10,671
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $261,217
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Linde Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Linde Inc. · Connecticut · Manufacturing
$2.8B in assets, 10,671 participants
Linde Inc.'s Linde Retirement Savings Plan reported $2.8B in total assets and 10,671 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.
- #18,545 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Connecticut
Linde Retirement Savings Plan covers 10,671 participants in Connecticut, 15x the typical Connecticut plan (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $2.8B.
- #18,545
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +15.1%
- assets growth YoY
- 28×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Linde Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Linde Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$2,787,445,025 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Linde Retirement Savings 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. Linde Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (10,671 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Linde Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$464M in the plan year 2022 filing to $366M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Linde Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Linde Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 10,207 in the plan year 2022 filing to 10,671 in the plan year 2023 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 061249050 · Linde Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)
Linde Retirement Savings Plan · $2.8B · 10,671 · 100th
- SCH $2.8B
- SCH 10,671
- SCH 100th
- SCH 401(k)
- SCH near Te Connectivity Retirement Savings and Investment Plan
- SCH ind #18545
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 Connecticut →
Linde Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Connecticut filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.8B |
| Net Income | $366M |
| Employer EIN | 061249050 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1992-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Linde Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Linde Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $5.1B 103.55840059759257% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 10,207 | $2.5B |
| 2023 | 3 | 17,030 | $4.8B |
| 2024 | 3 | 17,939 | $5.1B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Connecticut
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Rtx Savings Plan $52.8B · 123,037
- Citi Retirement Savings Plan $20.7B · 77,865
- The Hartford Investment and Savings Plan $6.5B · 18,377
- Xerox Corporation Savings Plan $3.9B · 10,291
- Eversource 401(k) Plan $3.8B · 9,504
Scale composition for Linde Retirement Savings Plan
Linde Retirement Savings Plan reports $2.8B in end-of-year assets across 10,671 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 $261,217 per participant (1.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $366M.
This plan identity (EIN 061249050, plan #334) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.4B to $2.9B (+21.6%) while covered participants moved from 10,207 to 11,201 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,207 | $2.4B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 10,671 | $2.8B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 11,201 | $2.9B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Linde Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $2.9B, 11,201 participants)
- Linde U.S. Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.1B, 6,738 participants)
Linde Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Connecticut, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Te Connectivity Retirement Savings and Investment Plan in PA ($2.8B); by covered participants it is Adapthealth 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in PA (10,667 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.8B here).
- Te Connectivity Retirement Savings and Investment Plan (PA) $2.8B · 9,276
- Trader Joe's Company Retirement Plan (CA) $2.8B · 57,617
- Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (CO) $2.8B · 10,349
- Envision Healthcare Operating Inc. 401(k) Plan (TN) $2.8B · 22,814
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,671 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Adapthealth 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (PA) 10,667 · 4 off
- Lennar Corporation 401(k) Plan (FL) 10,681 · 10 off
- The Neiman Marcus Group LLC Retirement Savings Plan (TX) 10,654 · 17 off
- Tetra Tech, Inc. and Subsidiaries Retirement Plan (CA) 10,689 · 18 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.