401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Linde Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.9B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 11,201
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $262,810
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Linde Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Linde Inc. · Connecticut · Manufacturing
$2.9B in assets, 11,201 participants
Linde Inc.'s Linde Retirement Savings Plan reported $2.9B in total assets and 11,201 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.
- #17,600 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Connecticut
Linde Retirement Savings Plan covers 11,201 participants in Connecticut, 16x the typical Connecticut plan (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $2.9B.
- #17,600
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +5.6%
- assets growth YoY
- 30×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Linde Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Linde Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$2,943,731,962 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Linde Retirement 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. Linde Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (11,201 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Linde Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from $366M in the plan year 2023 filing to $156M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Linde Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.9B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Linde Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 10,671 in the plan year 2023 filing to 11,201 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 061249050 · Linde Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)
Linde Retirement Savings Plan · $2.9B · 11,201 · 99th
- BOOK $2.9B
- BOOK 11,201
- BOOK 99th
- BOOK 401(k)
- BOOK near The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan and Profit Sharing Retirement Fund
- BOOK ind #17600
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 Connecticut →
Linde Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Connecticut filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.9B |
| Net Income | $156M |
| Employer EIN | 061249050 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1992-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Linde Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Linde Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $5.1B 103.55840059759257% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 10,207 | $2.5B |
| 2023 | 3 | 17,030 | $4.8B |
| 2024 | 3 | 17,939 | $5.1B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Connecticut
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Rtx Savings Plan $58.6B · 124,876
- Citi Retirement Savings Plan $23.2B · 78,741
- The Hartford Investment and Savings Plan $7.2B · 18,614
- Eversource 401(k) Plan $4.0B · 10,041
- Xerox Corporation Savings Plan $4.0B · 9,876
Scale composition for Linde Retirement Savings Plan
Linde Retirement Savings Plan reports $2.9B in end-of-year assets across 11,201 participants (0.024% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $262,810 per participant (1.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $156M.
This plan identity (EIN 061249050, plan #334) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.4B to $2.9B (+21.6%) while covered participants moved from 10,207 to 11,201 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,207 | $2.4B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 10,671 | $2.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 11,201 | $2.9B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Linde U.S. Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.1B, 6,738 participants)
Linde Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Connecticut, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan and Profit Sharing Retirement Fund in MA ($2.9B); by covered participants it is Mercer Wise Pooled Employer Plan in MA (11,206 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.9B here).
- The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan and Profit Sharing Retirement Fund (MA) $2.9B · 10,210
- Alcon 401(k) Savings Plan (TX) $2.9B · 9,762
- Trinet Select 401(k) Plan (CA) $3.0B · 28,275
- Geisinger System Services 401(k) Savings Plan (PA) $3.0B · 23,727
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (11,201 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Mercer Wise Pooled Employer Plan (MA) 11,206 · 5 off
- Centracare Health System Retirement Plan (MN) 11,193 · 8 off
- Steris Corporation 401(k) Plan (OH) 11,225 · 24 off
- New York Life Insurance Company Agents Progress- Sharing Investment Plan (NY) 11,238 · 37 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.