401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$163M
Total assets
8,612
Participants
94th
Percentile by assets
$18,975
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) · Sponsored by Ace Hardware Corporation · Illinois · Other Services

$163M in assets, 8,612 participants

Ace Hardware Corporation's Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) reported $163M in total assets and 8,612 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • 94th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
  • #7,711 in Other Services (7,857 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) covers 8,612 participants in Illinois, 11x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $163M.

$163M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
8,612
covered participants
94th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
$18,975
avg assets per participant

Where Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) sits by total assets

Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) vs every filed plan by assets

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

$163,414,861 Top 6% higher than 94% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,010,000,000 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

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) reported net income rose from -$23M in the plan year 2022 filing to $24M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) end-of-year assets rose from $137M in the plan year 2022 filing to $163M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) reported participants rose from 8,196 in the plan year 2022 filing to 8,612 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

State
Illinois
Industry
Other Services

Participants vs Illinois filers

In Illinois, the average filing covers about 779 participants across 5,745 plans. Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) reports 8,612 participants - 11x that state average ($163M EOY assets).

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$137M
Net Assets (End of Year)$163M
Net Income$24M
Employer EIN360700810
Plan Effective Date2015-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ace Hardware Corporation)

$0.8B$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B 202220232024 $1.01B $1.39B ▲ +37.6%
Total plan assets by year, all Ace Hardware Corporation plans on file
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 Retail Savings Plan 401(k) vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000250000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Ace Retail Savings P…, Total assets ($B): 0.163414861 · Participants: 8612Ace Retail Savings P…Accenture United Sta…, Total assets ($B): 17.594548115 · Participants: 69974Accenture United Sta…State Farm 401(k) Sa…, Total assets ($B): 16.935002041 · Participants: 60246State Farm 401(k) Sa…Abbott Laboratories …, Total assets ($B): 14.496191 · Participants: 38012Abbott Laboratories …United Airlines Pilo…, Total assets ($B): 14.367975914 · Participants: 14959United Airlines Pilo…Walgreens Retirement…, Total assets ($B): 13.444551767 · Participants: 235331Walgreens Retirement…
Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
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Scale composition for Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)

Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) reports $163M in end-of-year assets across 8,612 participants (0.001% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $18,975 per participant (14% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $24M.

This plan identity (EIN 360700810, plan #333) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $137M to $188M (+37.0%) while covered participants moved from 8,196 to 9,574 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 8,196 $137M Open filing
2023 8,612 $163M This page
2024 · index core 9,574 $188M Open filing

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) assets move in 2023? ▼
Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) grew sharply - up 18.9% during 2023, from $137M to $163M. Reported net income was $24M.
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 Retail Savings Plan 401(k) rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) ranks in the 94th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is PA Consulting Group, Inc. Salary Savings Plan in MA ($163M, 597 participants).

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Filing takeaways

Ways to act on Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)'s numbers.

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.