401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.0B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,632
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$154,690
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Ace Hardware Corporation · Illinois · Wholesale Trade

$1.0B in assets, 6,632 participants

Ace Hardware Corporation's Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported $1.0B in total assets and 6,632 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #6,254 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan covers 6,632 participants in Illinois, 8.5x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $1.0B.

#6,254
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+18.2%
assets growth YoY
10×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$1,025,906,381 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 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 (6,632 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$190M in the plan year 2022 filing to $158M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $868M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 6,907 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,632 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 360700810 · Ace Hardware Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan · $1.0B · 6,632 · 99th

  • EBSA $1.0B
  • EBSA 6,632
  • EBSA 99th
  • EBSA 401(k)
  • EBSA near American Greetings Retirement Savings Plan
  • EBSA ind #6254

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

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement PlanAce Hardware Corporation 401…$1.0BAmerican Greetings Retirement Savings PlanAmerican Greetings Retiremen…$1.0BVeralto Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings PlanVeralto Corporation & Subsid…$1.0BAdvance Auto Parts, Inc. 401(k) PlanAdvance Auto Parts, Inc. 401…$1.0BTeradyne, Inc. Savings Plan$1.0B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$868M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.0B
Net Income$158M
Employer EIN360700810
Plan Effective Date1953-01-01
Filing StatusFILING 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
$0.8B$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B 202220232024 $1.01B $1.39B ▲ +37.6%
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.

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.025906381 · Participants: 6632Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement PlanAccenture United States 401(k) Match Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.594548115 · Participants: 69974Accenture United States 401(k) Match Savings PlanState Farm 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.935002041 · Participants: 60246State Farm 401(k) Savings PlanAbbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.496191 · Participants: 38012Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement PlanUnited Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.367975914 · Participants: 14959United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.444551767 · Participants: 235331Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reports $1.0B in end-of-year assets across 6,632 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $154,690 per participant (1.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $158M.

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 Open filing
2023 6,632 $1.0B This page
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's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is American Greetings Retirement Savings Plan in OH ($1.0B); by covered participants it is New York Home Health Holdings 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NJ (6,635 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.0B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,632 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 Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 18.2% during 2023, from $868M to $1.0B. Reported net income was $158M.
How have Ace Hardware Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ace Hardware Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 38.4%, from $1.0B to $1.4B.
Where does Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th 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 Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is American Greetings Retirement Savings Plan in OH ($1.0B, 2,583 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is New York Home Health Holdings 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in NJ (6,635 participants, $3M 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 360700810.

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.