ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ESOP
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 7,617
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $236,785
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · Delaware · Manufacturing
$1.8B in assets, 7,617 participants
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.'s W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan reported $1.8B in total assets and 7,617 participants in its 2022 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.
- #20,359 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Delaware
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan covers 7,617 participants in Delaware, 14x the typical Delaware plan (state average ~536 per filing). Assets: $1.8B.
- #20,359
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -7.9%
- assets change YoY
- 18×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $155M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,803,590,016 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (7,617 participants).
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 510083365 · W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. PY 2022 · ESOP
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan · $1.8B · 7,617 · 99th
- SCH $1.8B
- SCH 7,617
- SCH 99th
- SCH ESOP
- SCH near Old Dominion 401(k) Retirement Plan
- SCH ind #20359
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 What is an ESOP? → · Plans in Delaware →
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Delaware filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.8B |
| Net Income | -$155M |
| Employer EIN | 510083365 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1974-04-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.4B 37.114684474491966% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 15,569 | $3.2B |
| 2023 | 2 | 16,370 | $3.7B |
| 2024 | 2 | 17,863 | $4.4B |
Nearby ESOP Plans in Delaware
Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Scale composition for W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan reports $1.8B in end-of-year assets across 7,617 participants (0.015% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $236,785 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$155M.
This plan identity (EIN 510083365, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.8B to $2.4B (+34.9%) while covered participants moved from 7,617 to 8,976 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,617 | $1.8B | This page |
| 2023 | 7,813 | $1.9B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,976 | $2.4B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP, $2.4B, 8,976 participants)
- Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan (401(k), $2.0B, 8,887 participants)
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount
Outside Delaware, the nearest ESOP by assets is Old Dominion 401(k) Retirement Plan in NC ($1.8B); by covered participants it is Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA (7,804 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.8B here).
- Old Dominion 401(k) Retirement Plan (NC) $1.8B · 24,080
- Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (WA) $1.8B · 3,621
- Ori 401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan (IL) $1.7B · 10,023
- Houchens Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KY) $2.1B · 6,338
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,617 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan (CA) 7,804 · 187 off
- Burns & Mcdonnell, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MO) 7,358 · 259 off
- Polaris Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MN) 7,981 · 364 off
- K-Va-T Employees Profit Sharing and Stock Ownership Plan (VA) 8,100 · 483 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.