401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Walgreen Co. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $13.4B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 235,331
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $57,130
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Walgreen Co. · Illinois · Retail Trade
$13.4B in assets, 235,331 participants
Walgreen Co.'s Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan reported $13.4B in total assets and 235,331 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.
- #8,411 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan covers 235,331 participants in Illinois, 302x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $13.4B.
- #8,411
- in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
- +15.1%
- assets growth YoY
- 135×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$13,444,551,767 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
Walgreens 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. Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (235,331 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$2.8B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.6B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $11.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $13.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan reported participants fell from 238,072 in the plan year 2022 filing to 235,331 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 361924025 · Walgreen Co. PY 2023 · 401(k)
Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan · $13.4B · 235,331 · 100th
- BOOK $13.4B
- BOOK 235,331
- BOOK 100th
- BOOK 401(k)
- BOOK near Merck US Savings Plan
- BOOK ind #8411
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 Illinois →
Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $11.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $13.4B |
| Net Income | $1.6B |
| Employer EIN | 361924025 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1940-12-17 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Walgreen Co.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Walgreen Co. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $14.7B 24.454579745100734% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 242,506 | $11.8B |
| 2023 | 2 | 239,776 | $13.6B |
| 2024 | 2 | 237,960 | $14.7B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Illinois
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Accenture United States 401(k) Match Savings Plan $17.6B · 69,974
- State Farm 401(k) Savings Plan $16.9B · 60,246
- Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan $14.5B · 38,012
- United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan $14.4B · 14,959
- Abbvie Savings Plan $11.7B · 26,300
Scale composition for Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan reports $13.4B in end-of-year assets across 235,331 participants (0.11% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.25% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $57,130 per participant (41% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.6B.
This plan identity (EIN 361924025, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $11.7B to $14.5B (+24.4%) while covered participants moved from 238,072 to 233,635 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 238,072 | $11.7B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 235,331 | $13.4B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 233,635 | $14.5B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $14.5B, 233,635 participants)
- Walgreens Puerto Rico Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $166M, 4,325 participants)
Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Merck US Savings Plan in NJ ($13.4B); by covered participants it is The Kroger Co. Savings Plan in OH (236,780 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($13.4B here).
- Merck US Savings Plan (NJ) $13.4B · 26,850
- Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan (TX) $13.5B · 45,686
- The Pepsico Savings Plan (NY) $13.7B · 133,597
- Delta 401(k) Retirement Plan for Pilots (GA) $13.7B · 13,283
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (235,331 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Kroger Co. Savings Plan (OH) 236,780 · 1,449 off
- Compass Group Retirement Plan (NC) 230,520 · 4,811 off
- Albertsons Companies 401(k) Plan (CA) 220,729 · 14,602 off
- Allied Universal 401(k) Plan (PA) 258,001 · 22,670 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.