401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Ball Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
9,935
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$233,471
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Ball Corporation · Colorado · Manufacturing

$2.3B in assets, 9,935 participants

Ball Corporation's Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $2.3B in total assets and 9,935 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #17,562 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Colorado

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 9,935 participants in Colorado, 26x the typical Colorado plan (state average ~376 per filing). Assets: $2.3B.

#17,562
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-17.4%
assets change YoY
23×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $487M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$2,319,532,435 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 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 2024

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (9,935 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $291M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$487M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $2.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 10,349 in the plan year 2023 filing to 9,935 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 350160610 · Ball Corporation PY 2024 · 401(k)

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $2.3B · 9,935 · 99th

  • EBSA $2.3B
  • EBSA 9,935
  • EBSA 99th
  • EBSA 401(k)
  • EBSA near Stifel Financial Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan
  • EBSA ind #17562

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 Colorado →

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership PlanBall Corporation 401(k) and …$2.3BStifel Financial Profit Sharing 401(k) PlanStifel Financial Profit Shar…$2.3BStantec 401(k) Plan$2.3BEndeavor Health 401(k) Plan$2.3BAmerican Financial Group 401(k) Retirement and Savings PlanAmerican Financial Group 401…$2.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Colorado filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.3B
Net Income-$487M
Employer EIN350160610
Plan Effective Date1983-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ball Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ball Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.4B 13.790445634123504% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.93B $3.39B ▼ -13.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 21,973 $3.9B
2023 4 19,981 $4.3B
2024 3 14,066 $3.4B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Colorado

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

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 1.522.533.54 Total assets ($B) Participants Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.319532435 · Participants: 9935Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership PlanDavita Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.81412558 · Participants: 57900Davita Retirement Savings PlanArcadis U.S., Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.259964434 · Participants: 7607Arcadis U.S., Inc. Retirement Savings PlanEmpower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.234179481 · Participants: 10185Empower Retirement, LLC 401(k) Savings PlanWoodward Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.965265264 · Participants: 6210Woodward Retirement Savings PlanNutrien 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.96042624 · Participants: 12388Nutrien 401(k) Retirement Plan
Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants
Compare Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan reports $2.3B in end-of-year assets across 9,935 participants (0.019% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $233,471 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$487M.

This plan identity (EIN 350160610, plan #030) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.5B to $2.3B (-7.8%) while covered participants moved from 10,671 to 9,935 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,671 $2.5B Open filing
2023 10,349 $2.8B Open filing
2024 · index core 9,935 $2.3B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Colorado, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Stifel Financial Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan in MO ($2.3B); by covered participants it is Adm 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees in IL (9,931 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,935 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan declined sharply - down 17.4% during 2024, from $2.8B to $2.3B. Reported net income was -$487M.
How have Ball Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ball Corporation's sponsor-wide assets declined 13.8%, from $3.9B to $3.4B.
Where does Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Stifel Financial Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan in MO ($2.3B, 8,189 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ball Corporation 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Adm 401(k) and Employee Stock Ownership Plan for Hourly Employees in IL (9,931 participants, $702M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 350160610.

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.