401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $1.2B
- Total assets
- 6,697
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $172,078
- Avg per participant
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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #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.
- $1.2B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 6,697
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $172,078
- avg assets per participant
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.
Participants vs Illinois filers
In Illinois, the average filing covers about 779 participants across 5,745 plans. Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan reports 6,697 participants - 8.6x that state average ($1.2B EOY assets).
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.2B |
| Net Income | $127M |
| Employer EIN | 360700810 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1953-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Ace Hardware Corporation)
| 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
- Accenture United States 401(k) Match and Savings Plan $21.3B · 66,965
- State Farm 401(k) Savings Plan $19.0B · 63,297
- United Airlines Pilot Retirement Account Plan $16.8B · 16,659
- Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan $15.8B · 38,229
- Walgreens Retirement Savings Plan $14.5B · 233,635
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 Retail Savings Plan 401(k) (401(k), $188M, 9,574 participants)
Similar-Sized 401(k) Plans Nationally
401(k) plans in other states closest to Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Konica Minolta 401(k) Plan (NJ) $1.2B · 5,380
- Teradyne, Inc. Savings Plan (MA) $1.2B · 2,041
- Retirement Plan of Research Triangle Institute (NC) $1.2B · 3,758
- Kaiser Permanente Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan (CA) $1.2B · 5,565
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Ace Hardware Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar 401(k) plans in Illinois. Compare plans
- Ace Hardware Corporation's sponsor-wide assets have grown 38.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Wholesale Trade plans