401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Ashland Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
1,405
Participants Near avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$930,089
Avg per participant High balance/head
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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.

  • #1,087 in Management of Enterprises (1,133 peers)

Coverage in Delaware

Ashland Employee Savings Plan covers 1,405 participants in Delaware, 2.6x the typical Delaware plan (state average ~536 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.

#1,087
in Management of Enterprises (1,133 peers)
+3.1%
assets growth YoY
13×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Ashland Employee Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ashland Employee Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,306,775,357 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

Ashland Employee Savings 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. Ashland Employee Savings Plan lands in the large band (1,405 participants).

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.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 812587835 · Ashland Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Ashland Employee Savings Plan · $1.3B · 1,405 · 99th

  • EOY $1.3B
  • EOY 1,405
  • EOY 99th
  • EOY 401(k)
  • EOY near Hanford Operations and Engineering Investment Plan
  • EOY ind #1087

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 Management of Enterprises retirement plans → · Plans in Delaware →

Ashland Employee Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Ashland Employee Savings Plan$1.3BHanford Operations and Engineering Investment PlanHanford Operations and Engin…$1.3BAmway Retirement Savings Plan$1.3BOwens Corning Savings Plan$1.3BPalo Alto Networks, Inc. 401(k) PlanPalo Alto Networks, Inc. 401…$1.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Ashland Employee Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Delaware filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income$40M
Employer EIN812587835
Plan Effective Date1964-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ashland Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ashland Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.4B 9.617593407394251% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.25B$1.3B$1.35B$1.4B$1.45B 202220232024 $1.27B $1.39B ▲ +9.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 2,059 $1.3B
2023 3 1,799 $1.3B
2024 3 1,557 $1.4B

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 Scatter plot of 6 data points. 05000100001500020000 0246810 Total assets ($B) Participants Ashland Employee Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.306775357 · Participants: 1405Ashland Employee Savings PlanAstrazeneca Savings and Security Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.644002344 · Participants: 17175Astrazeneca Savings and Security PlanRetirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.020466008 · Participants: 9658Retirement Savings PlanDupont Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.411317052 · Participants: 9391Dupont Retirement Savings PlanWl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.009619555 · Participants: 8887Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) PlanChemours Company Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.964791444 · Participants: 4180Chemours Company Retirement Savings Plan
Ashland Employee Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants
Compare Ashland Employee Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Ashland Employee Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Delaware, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Hanford Operations and Engineering Investment Plan in WA ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Hawthorn Senior Living LLC 401(k) Plan in WA (1,405 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,405 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 Ashland Employee Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Ashland Employee Savings Plan edged up modestly - up 3.1% during 2024, from $1.3B to $1.3B. Reported net income was $40M.
How have Ashland Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ashland Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 9.6%, from $1.3B to $1.4B.
Where does Ashland Employee Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ashland Employee Savings 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 Ashland Employee Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hanford Operations and Engineering Investment Plan in WA ($1.3B, 4,272 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ashland Employee Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hawthorn Senior Living LLC 401(k) Plan in WA (1,405 participants, $15M 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 812587835.

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.