401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.2B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,697
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$172,078
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Ace Hardware Corporation · Illinois · Wholesale Trade

$1.2B in assets, 6,697 participants

Ace Hardware Corporation's Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported $1.2B in total assets and 6,697 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.

  • #6,027 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan covers 6,697 participants in Illinois, 8.6x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $1.2B.

#6,027
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
+12.3%
assets growth YoY
12×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,152,405,235 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

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement 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. Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan lands in the large band (6,697 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $158M in the plan year 2023 filing to $127M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.0B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 6,632 in the plan year 2023 filing to 6,697 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 360700810 · Ace Hardware Corporation PY 2024 · 401(k)

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan · $1.2B · 6,697 · 99th

  • ASSETS $1.2B
  • ASSETS 6,697
  • ASSETS 99th
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • ASSETS near Konica Minolta 401(k) Plan
  • ASSETS ind #6027

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 Illinois →

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement PlanAce Hardware Corporation 401…$1.2BKonica Minolta 401(k) Plan$1.2BTeradyne, Inc. Savings Plan$1.2BRetirement Plan of Research Triangle InstituteRetirement Plan of Research …$1.2BKaiser Permanente Tax Sheltered Annuity PlanKaiser Permanente Tax Shelte…$1.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.2B
Net Income$127M
Employer EIN360700810
Plan Effective Date1953-01-01
Filing StatusFILING 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
$0.8B$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B 202220232024 $1.01B $1.39B ▲ +37.6%
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 Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000250000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.152405235 · Participants: 6697Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement PlanAccenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.302643276 · Participants: 66965Accenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings PlanState Farm 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.010099056 · Participants: 63297State Farm 401(k) Savings PlanUnited Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.835964452 · Participants: 16659United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account PlanAbbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.755668 · Participants: 38229Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement PlanWalgreens Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.535873337 · Participants: 233635Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reports $1.2B in end-of-year assets across 6,697 participants (0.009% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $172,078 per participant (1.2x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $127M.

This plan identity (EIN 360700810, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $868M to $1.2B (+32.7%) while covered participants moved from 6,907 to 6,697 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,907 $868M Open filing
2023 6,632 $1.0B Open filing
2024 · index core 6,697 $1.2B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Konica Minolta 401(k) Plan in NJ ($1.2B); by covered participants it is Post Holdings, Inc. Savings Investment Plan in MO (6,697 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.2B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,697 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 Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.3% during 2024, from $1.0B to $1.2B. Reported net income was $127M.
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 Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement 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 Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Konica Minolta 401(k) Plan in NJ ($1.2B, 5,380 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Post Holdings, Inc. Savings Investment Plan in MO (6,697 participants, $1.1B 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 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.