Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Ecolab Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.7B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 19,514
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $85,582
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Ecolab Pension Plan · Sponsored by Ecolab Inc. · Minnesota · Manufacturing
$1.7B in assets, 19,514 participants
Ecolab Inc.'s Ecolab Pension Plan reported $1.7B in total assets and 19,514 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.
- #17,473 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Minnesota
Ecolab Pension Plan covers 19,514 participants in Minnesota, 17x the typical Minnesota plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $1.7B.
- #17,473
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -2.9%
- assets change YoY
- 17×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $50M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Ecolab Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Ecolab Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$1,670,053,552 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 Pension Plan'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 Pension Plan is a mega filing (19,514 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Ecolab Pension Plan reported net income fell from -$2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$50M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ecolab Pension Plan reported participants rose from 18,541 in the plan year 2023 filing to 19,514 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Ecolab Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1.7B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.7B in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 410231510 · Ecolab Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Ecolab Pension Plan · $1.7B · 19,514 · 99th
- TYPE $1.7B
- TYPE 19,514
- TYPE 99th
- TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
- TYPE near Consolidated Pension Plan of Hackensack Meridian Health
- TYPE ind #17473
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 Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Minnesota filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.7B |
| Net Income | -$50M |
| Employer EIN | 410231510 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1972-01-01 |
| 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Mayo Pension Plan $11.8B · 71,743
- 3M Employee Retirement Income Plan $8.9B · 9,132
- Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan $8.3B · 46,875
- U.S. Bank Pension Plan $4.4B · 62,822
- The Travelers Pension Plan $4.2B · 27,237
Scale composition for Ecolab Pension Plan
Ecolab Pension Plan reports $1.7B in end-of-year assets across 19,514 participants (0.014% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.021% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $85,582 per participant (62% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$50M.
This plan identity (EIN 410231510, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.7B to $1.7B (-3.0%) while covered participants moved from 15,726 to 19,514 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15,726 | $1.7B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 18,541 | $1.7B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 19,514 | $1.7B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Ecolab Savings Plan and ESOP (401(k), $4.2B, 19,691 participants)
Ecolab Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Consolidated Pension Plan of Hackensack Meridian Health in NJ ($1.7B); by covered participants it is Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan in OR (19,775 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.7B here).
- Consolidated Pension Plan of Hackensack Meridian Health (NJ) $1.7B · 7,420
- Amica Pension Fund (RI) $1.7B · 2,172
- Nestle Pension Plan (OH) $1.7B · 8,291
- The Cultural Institutions Pension Plan (NY) $1.7B · 6,961
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (19,514 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan (OR) 19,775 · 261 off
- The Lilly Retirement Plan (IN) 19,897 · 383 off
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund for Northern California (CA) 19,919 · 405 off
- Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan (OR) 19,961 · 447 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.