401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
17,681
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$63,458
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Wawa, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Retail Trade

$1.1B in assets, 17,681 participants

Wawa, Inc.'s Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 17,681 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.

  • #7,987 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 17,681 participants in Pennsylvania, 22x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $1.1B.

#7,987
in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
+18.0%
assets growth YoY
11×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,121,992,195 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

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) 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. Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (17,681 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $951M in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $138M in the plan year 2023 filing to $116M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 15,732 in the plan year 2023 filing to 17,681 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 210515330 · Wawa, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $1.1B · 17,681 · 99th

  • ASSETS $1.1B
  • PCT 17,681
  • EIN 99th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • PHOTO near Hess Corporation Employees' Savings Plan
  • IND ind #7987

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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$951M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Income$116M
Employer EIN210515330
Plan Effective Date1996-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wawa, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Wawa, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6.7B 25.699973195157945% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$5B$5.5B$6B$6.5B$7B 202220232024 $5.29B $6.65B ▲ +25.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 37,378 $5.3B
2023 2 58,427 $6.3B
2024 2 55,426 $6.7B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.121992195 · Participants: 17681Wawa, Inc. 401(k) PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.687957793 · Participants: 90495Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanThe Cigna Group 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.20308608 · Participants: 63634The Cigna Group 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.084818612 · Participants: 18066The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.263366209 · Participants: 36150Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.189629 · Participants: 54604The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan
Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $1.1B in end-of-year assets across 17,681 participants (0.009% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.019% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $63,458 per participant (46% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $116M.

This plan identity (EIN 210515330, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $773M to $1.1B (+45.2%) while covered participants moved from 15,055 to 17,681 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 15,055 $773M Open filing
2023 15,732 $951M Open filing
2024 · index core 17,681 $1.1B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Hess Corporation Employees' Savings Plan in TX ($1.1B); by covered participants it is The Prudential Employee Savings Plan in NJ (17,685 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.1B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (17,681 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 Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 18.0% during 2024, from $951M to $1.1B. Reported net income was $116M.
How have Wawa, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Wawa, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 25.7%, from $5.3B to $6.7B.
Where does Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Wawa, Inc. 401(k) 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 Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hess Corporation Employees' Savings Plan in TX ($1.1B, 1,607 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wawa, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Prudential Employee Savings Plan in NJ (17,685 participants, $10.7B 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 210515330.

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.