401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Cardinal Health, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 31,275
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $152,343
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Cardinal Health, Inc. · Ohio · Wholesale Trade
$4.8B in assets, 31,275 participants
Cardinal Health, Inc.'s Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan reported $4.8B in total assets and 31,275 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #6,074 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan covers 31,275 participants in Ohio, 41x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $4.8B.
- #6,074
- in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
- +11.2%
- assets growth YoY
- 48×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$4,764,536,322 Highest reported value at or above every one of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan is a mega filing (31,275 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income fell from $574M in the plan year 2023 filing to $480M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $4.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $4.8B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 30,598 in the plan year 2023 filing to 31,275 in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 310958666 · Cardinal Health, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)
Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan · $4.8B · 31,275 · 100th
- VS-ST $4.8B
- VS-ST 31,275
- VS-ST 100th
- VS-ST 401(k)
- VS-ST near Blackrock Retirement Savings Plan
- VS-ST ind #6074
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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →
Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $4.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.8B |
| Net Income | $480M |
| Employer EIN | 310958666 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1987-03-25 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Cardinal Health, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Cardinal Health, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.8B 28.524200908328684% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 30,175 | $3.7B |
| 2023 | 2 | 31,249 | $4.3B |
| 2024 | 2 | 31,923 | $4.8B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan $14.7B · 45,620
- The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan $11.8B · 135,373
- The Progressive 401(k) Plan $11.5B · 62,521
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan $10.6B · 47,459
- Parker Retirement Savings Plan $9.0B · 26,315
Scale composition for Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan
Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan reports $4.8B in end-of-year assets across 31,275 participants (0.039% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.033% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $152,343 per participant (1.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $480M.
This plan identity (EIN 310958666, plan #055) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.7B to $4.8B (+28.4%) while covered participants moved from 29,541 to 31,275 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29,541 | $3.7B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 30,598 | $4.3B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 31,275 | $4.8B | This page |
Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Blackrock Retirement Savings Plan in NY ($4.8B); by covered participants it is Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. 401(k) Plan in FL (31,400 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.8B here).
- Blackrock Retirement Savings Plan (NY) $4.8B · 9,068
- Chs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (TN) $4.8B · 59,441
- Nvidia Corporation 401(k) Plan (CA) $4.7B · 14,652
- Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan (TX) $4.8B · 27,055
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (31,275 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. 401(k) Plan (FL) 31,400 · 125 off
- U-Haul Holding Company 401(k) Savings Plan (AZ) 31,511 · 236 off
- Bj's Wholesale Club, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (MA) 31,034 · 241 off
- Amentum 401(k) Retirement Plan (VA) 31,017 · 258 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.