401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$951M
Total assets: 15,732
Participants: 99th
Percentile by assets: $60,422
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Wawa, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Retail Trade

$951M in assets, 15,732 participants

Wawa, Inc.'s Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $951M in total assets and 15,732 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.

99th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
#8,337 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 15,732 participants in Pennsylvania, 19x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $951M.

$951M
total plan assets (2023 EOY): 15,732
covered participants: 99th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans): $60,422
avg assets per participant

Where Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan sits by total assets

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$950,561,376 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

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$192M in the plan year 2022 filing to $138M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $773M in the plan year 2022 filing to $951M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 15,055 in the plan year 2022 filing to 15,732 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

State

Pennsylvania

Industry

Retail Trade

Participants vs Pennsylvania filers

In Pennsylvania, the average filing covers about 822 participants across 5,751 plans. Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports 15,732 participants - 19x that state average ($951M EOY assets).

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)	$773M
Net Assets (End of Year)	$951M
Net Income	$138M
Employer EIN	210515330
Plan Effective Date	1996-01-01
Filing Status	FILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wawa, Inc.)

Total plan assets by year, all Wawa, Inc. plans on file

Year	Plans	Participants	Total Assets
2022	2	37,378	$5.3B
2023	2	58,427	$6.3B
2024	2	55,426	$6.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants

Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan $17.4B · 93,136
Cigna 401(k) Plan $13.0B · 66,760
The Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan $9.8B · 18,200
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan $9.3B · 61,697
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan $9.0B · 25,184

Compare Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $951M in end-of-year assets across 15,732 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $60,422 per participant (44% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $138M.

This plan identity (EIN 210515330, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $773M to $1.1B (+45.2%) while covered participants moved from 15,055 to 17,681 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year	Participants	EOY assets	Filing
2022	15,055	$773M	Open filing
2023	15,732	$951M	This page
2024 · index core	17,681	$1.1B	Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Wawa, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP, $5.5B, 37,745 participants)
Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan (401(k), $1.1B, 17,681 participants)

Similar-Sized 401(k) Plans Nationally

401(k) plans in other states closest to Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan by total assets, not by location.

Gaf LLC 401(k) Plan (NJ) $951M · 4,813
Vertiv Group Corporation Employee Retirement Savings Plan (OH) $950M · 3,916
Save Mart Companies Retirement Savings Plan (CA) $950M · 13,313
Spirit Airlines, Inc. Pilots' Retirement Savings Plan (FL) $948M · 3,206

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2023? ▼

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 23.0% during 2023, from $773M to $951M. Reported net income was $138M.

How have Wawa, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼

Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Wawa, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 25.7%, from $5.3B to $6.7B.

Where does Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) 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 Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼

Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Gaf LLC 401(k) Plan in NJ ($951M, 4,813 participants).

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Filing takeaways

Ways to act on Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan's numbers.

By total assets, Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania. Compare plans
Wawa, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 25.7% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Retail Trade plans

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 210515330.