401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $163M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 8,612
- Participants Very large workforce
- 94th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $18,975
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
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.
- #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.
- #7,711
- in Other Services (7,857 peers)
- +18.9%
- assets growth YoY
- 1.6×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)'s outsized position 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
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)'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 Retail Savings Plan 401(k) lands in the large band (8,612 participants).
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.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 360700810 · Ace Hardware Corporation PY 2023 · 401(k)
Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) · $163M · 8,612 · 94th
- PCT $163M
- PCT 8,612
- PCT 94th
- PCT 401(k)
- PCT near PA Consulting Group, Inc. Salary Savings Plan
- PCT ind #7711
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 Other Services retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →
Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $137M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $163M |
| Net Income | $24M |
| Employer EIN | 360700810 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2015-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING 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
| 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.
- Accenture United States 401(k) Match Savings Plan $17.6B · 69,974
- State Farm 401(k) Savings Plan $16.9B · 60,246
- Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan $14.5B · 38,012
- United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan $14.4B · 14,959
- Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan $13.4B · 235,331
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:
- Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (401(k), $1.2B, 6,697 participants)
- Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k) (401(k), $188M, 9,574 participants)
Ace Retail Savings Plan 401(k)'s out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is PA Consulting Group, Inc. Salary Savings Plan in MA ($163M); by covered participants it is The Queen's Health Systems Retirement Savings Plan in HI (8,612 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($163M here).
- PA Consulting Group, Inc. Salary Savings Plan (MA) $163M · 597
- Beigene USA, Inc. 401(k) Plan (MA) $163M · 1,302
- Itochu International Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (NY) $163M · 737
- Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City, P.a. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (KS) $163M · 276
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,612 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Queen's Health Systems Retirement Savings Plan (HI) 8,612 · 0 off
- Assuredpartners 401(k) Plan (FL) 8,610 · 2 off
- Johnson Controls Select Hourly Retirement Savings and Investment Plan (WI) 8,604 · 8 off
- Millerknoll Retirement Plan (MI) 8,601 · 11 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.