401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Ashland Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-07-24
- $1.3B
- Total assets
- 1,405
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $930,089
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Ashland Employee Savings Plan · Sponsored by Ashland Inc. · Delaware · Management of Enterprises
$1.3B in assets, 1,405 participants
Ashland Inc.'s Ashland Employee Savings Plan reported $1.3B in total assets and 1,405 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 116,472 plans)
Coverage in Delaware
Ashland Employee Savings Plan covers 1,405 participants in Delaware, 2.5x the typical Delaware plan (state average ~567 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.
- $1.3B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 1,405
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
- $930,089
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Ashland Employee Savings Plan reported net income fell from $65M in the plan year 2023 filing to $40M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ashland Employee Savings Plan reported participants fell from 1,647 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,405 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ashland Employee Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Participants vs Delaware filers
In Delaware, the average filing covers about 567 participants across 371 plans. Ashland Employee Savings Plan reports 1,405 participants - 2.5x that state average ($1.3B EOY assets).
Delaware filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.3B |
| Net Income | $40M |
| Employer EIN | 812587835 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1964-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Ashland Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 2,059 | $1.3B |
| 2023 | 3 | 1,799 | $1.3B |
| 2024 | 2 | 1,485 | $1.3B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Delaware
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Ashland Employee Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants
- Astrazeneca Savings and Security Plan $8.6B · 17,175
- Retirement Savings Plan $7.0B · 9,658
- Dupont Retirement Savings Plan $3.4B · 9,391
- Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan $2.0B · 8,887
- Chemours Company Retirement Savings Plan $965M · 4,180
Similar-Sized 401(k) Plans Nationally
401(k) plans in other states closest to Ashland Employee Savings Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Hanford Operations and Engineering Investment Plan (WA) $1.3B · 4,272
- Amway Retirement Savings Plan (MI) $1.3B · 3,387
- Owens Corning Savings Plan (OH) $1.3B · 4,331
- Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 401(k) Plan (CA) $1.3B · 8,164
Frequently Asked Questions
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Ashland Employee Savings Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Ashland Employee Savings 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 Delaware. Compare plans
- Ashland Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 4.9% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Management of Enterprises plans
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 812587835.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.