401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Ecolab Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 18,246
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $208,080
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP · Sponsored by Ecolab Inc. · Minnesota · Manufacturing
$3.8B in assets, 18,246 participants
Ecolab Inc.'s Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP reported $3.8B in total assets and 18,246 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.
- #18,586 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Minnesota
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP covers 18,246 participants in Minnesota, 16x the typical Minnesota plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $3.8B.
- #18,586
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +17.9%
- assets growth YoY
- 38×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP's outsized position by total assets
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$3,796,629,066 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
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP'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. Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP is a mega filing (18,246 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP reported net income rose from -$1.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $559M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP end-of-year assets rose from $3.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP reported participants fell from 18,274 in the plan year 2022 filing to 18,246 in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 410231510 · Ecolab Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP · $3.8B · 18,246 · 100th
- NET $3.8B
- NET 18,246
- NET 100th
- NET 401(k)
- NET near H-E-B Savings & Retirement Plan
- NET ind #18586
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 Minnesota →
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP in the asset neighbourhood
Minnesota filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.8B |
| Net Income | $559M |
| Employer EIN | 410231510 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1977-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Ecolab Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Ecolab Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $5.9B 18.422421578992214% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 34,111 | $5.0B |
| 2023 | 3 | 36,898 | $5.5B |
| 2024 | 3 | 39,321 | $5.9B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Minnesota
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Unitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings Plan $22.4B · 198,972
- Target Corporation 401(k) Plan $13.0B · 432,617
- Medtronic Savings and Investment Plan $12.9B · 44,342
- 3M Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan $12.0B · 36,049
- U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan $10.3B · 75,272
Scale composition for Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP reports $3.8B in end-of-year assets across 18,246 participants (0.031% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.019% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $208,080 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $559M.
This plan identity (EIN 410231510, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.2B to $4.2B (+29.8%) while covered participants moved from 18,274 to 19,691 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18,274 | $3.2B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 18,246 | $3.8B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 19,691 | $4.2B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP (401(k), $4.2B, 19,691 participants)
- Ecolab Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.7B, 19,514 participants)
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Minnesota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is H-E-B Savings & Retirement Plan in TX ($3.8B); by covered participants it is Vf 401(k) Savings Plan in NC (18,217 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.8B here).
- H-E-B Savings & Retirement Plan (TX) $3.8B · 97,935
- McDonald's Corporation 401(k) Plan (IL) $3.8B · 21,332
- Savings Plan of Entergy Corporation and Subsidiaries (LA) $3.8B · 10,136
- Corning Incorporated Investment Plan (NY) $3.8B · 13,574
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,246 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Vf 401(k) Savings Plan (NC) 18,217 · 29 off
- Raising Cane's Retirement Savings Plan (TX) 18,216 · 30 off
- The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan (PA) 18,200 · 46 off
- The Perdue Savings Plan (MD) 18,319 · 73 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.