401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$951M
Total assets Above avg plan size
15,732
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$60,422
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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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.

  • #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.

#8,337
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+23.0%
assets growth YoY
9.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position 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

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

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) 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. Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (15,732 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → 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 →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 210515330 · Wawa, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $951M · 15,732 · 99th

  • PCT $951M
  • EIN 15,732
  • RANK 99th
  • PHOTO 401(k)
  • IND near Gaf LLC 401(k) Plan
  • EOY ind #8337

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 Pennsylvania →

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$773M
Net Assets (End of Year)$951M
Net Income$138M
Employer EIN210515330
Plan Effective Date1996-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wawa, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Wawa, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6.7B 25.699973195157945% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5B$5.5B$6B$6.5B$7B 202220232024 $5.29B $6.65B ▲ +25.7%
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 Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.950561376 · Participants: 15732Wawa, Inc. 401(k) PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.368669862 · Participants: 93136Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.003870935 · Participants: 66760Cigna 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.765617477 · Participants: 18200The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.339762 · Participants: 61697The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.955655142 · Participants: 25184The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
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. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Gaf LLC 401(k) Plan in NJ ($951M); by covered participants it is Cornerstone Building Brands 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in TX (15,732 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($951M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,732 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 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).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Cornerstone Building Brands 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in TX (15,732 participants, $628M 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 210515330.

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.