Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Ecolab Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.7B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 18,541
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $92,772
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ecolab Pension Plan · Sponsored by Ecolab Inc. · Minnesota · Manufacturing
$1.7B in assets, 18,541 participants
Ecolab Inc.'s Ecolab Pension Plan reported $1.7B in total assets and 18,541 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.
- #18,435 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Minnesota
Ecolab Pension Plan covers 18,541 participants in Minnesota, 16x the typical Minnesota plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $1.7B.
- #18,435
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- -0.1%
- assets change YoY
- 17×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Ecolab Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Ecolab Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,720,080,381 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 Pension 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. Ecolab Pension Plan is a mega filing (18,541 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Ecolab Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$661M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Ecolab Pension Plan reported participants rose from 15,726 in the plan year 2022 filing to 18,541 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Ecolab Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.7B in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 410231510 · Ecolab Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Ecolab Pension Plan · $1.7B · 18,541 · 99th
- PHOTO $1.7B
- PHOTO 18,541
- PHOTO 99th
- PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PHOTO near Nissan Employee Retirement Plan
- PHOTO ind #18435
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 Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Minnesota filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.7B |
| Net Income | -$2M |
| Employer EIN | 410231510 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1972-01-01 |
| 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- 3M Employee Retirement Income Plan $14.3B · 10,638
- Mayo Pension Plan $11.0B · 69,155
- The Travelers Pension Plan $4.2B · 24,884
- General Mills Pension Plan I $4.0B · 383
- U.S. Bank Pension Plan $4.0B · 56,287
Scale composition for Ecolab Pension Plan
Ecolab Pension Plan reports $1.7B in end-of-year assets across 18,541 participants (0.014% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $92,772 per participant (67% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was -$2M.
This plan identity (EIN 410231510, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.7B to $1.7B (-3.0%) while covered participants moved from 15,726 to 19,514 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15,726 | $1.7B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 18,541 | $1.7B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 19,514 | $1.7B | 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 Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Nissan Employee Retirement Plan in TN ($1.7B); by covered participants it is Sentara Pension Plan in VA (18,499 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.7B here).
- Nissan Employee Retirement Plan (TN) $1.7B · 4,300
- Basf Corporation Salaried Employees' Pension Plan (NJ) $1.7B · 3,107
- Weyerhaeuser Pension Plan (WA) $1.7B · 3,585
- Local 705 Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters Pension Tr. Fd. (IL) $1.7B · 5,722
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,541 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Sentara Pension Plan (VA) 18,499 · 42 off
- Liuna National (Industrial) Pension Fund (DC) 18,687 · 146 off
- Macys Inc Cash Account Pension Plan (OH) 18,751 · 210 off
- American Federation of Musicians and Employers' Pension Fund and Subsidiary (NY) 18,826 · 285 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.