401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Ecolab Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 19,691
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $212,275
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP · Sponsored by Ecolab Inc. · Minnesota · Manufacturing
$4.2B in assets, 19,691 participants
Ecolab Inc.'s Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP reported $4.2B in total assets and 19,691 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #17,647 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Minnesota
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP covers 19,691 participants in Minnesota, 17x the typical Minnesota plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $4.2B.
- #17,647
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +10.1%
- assets growth YoY
- 42×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP's outsized position by total assets
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$4,179,911,662 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP'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. Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP is a mega filing (19,691 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP reported net income fell from $559M in the plan year 2023 filing to $383M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP end-of-year assets rose from $3.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $4.2B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP reported participants rose from 18,246 in the plan year 2023 filing to 19,691 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 410231510 · Ecolab Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP · $4.2B · 19,691 · 100th
- ASSETS $4.2B
- PCT 19,691
- EIN 100th
- RANK 401(k)
- PHOTO near Itw Savings and Investment Plan
- IND ind #17647
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 Minnesota →
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP in the asset neighbourhood
Minnesota filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.2B |
| Net Income | $383M |
| Employer EIN | 410231510 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1977-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Ecolab Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Ecolab Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $5.9B 18.422421578992214% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 34,111 | $5.0B |
| 2023 | 3 | 36,898 | $5.5B |
| 2024 | 3 | 39,321 | $5.9B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Minnesota
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Wells Fargo & Company 401(k) Plan $57.9B · 179,076
- Unitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings Plan $26.6B · 205,460
- Target Corporation 401(k) Plan $14.4B · 409,649
- Medtronic Savings and Investment Plan $13.7B · 38,480
- U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan $11.4B · 73,109
Scale composition for Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP reports $4.2B in end-of-year assets across 19,691 participants (0.034% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.021% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $212,275 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $383M.
This plan identity (EIN 410231510, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.2B to $4.2B (+29.8%) while covered participants moved from 18,274 to 19,691 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18,274 | $3.2B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 18,246 | $3.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 19,691 | $4.2B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Ecolab Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.7B, 19,514 participants)
Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Minnesota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Itw Savings and Investment Plan in IL ($4.2B); by covered participants it is Trane Technologies Employee Savings Plan (Esp) in NC (19,674 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.2B here).
- Itw Savings and Investment Plan (IL) $4.2B · 15,838
- Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan for Salaried Employees (VA) $4.2B · 4,263
- Relx Inc. US Salary Investment Plan (NY) $4.2B · 14,111
- Keycorp 401(k) Savings Plan (OH) $4.1B · 17,635
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19,691 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Trane Technologies Employee Savings Plan (Esp) (NC) 19,674 · 17 off
- Credit Union Retirement Plan Association 401(k) Plan (WI) 19,717 · 26 off
- The Huntington 401(k) Plan (OH) 19,626 · 65 off
- Genesis Administrative Services 401(k) Plan #1 (PA) 19,764 · 73 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.