Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
W.W. Grainger, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 17,181
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $173,395
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by W.W. Grainger, Inc. · Illinois · Wholesale Trade
$3.0B in assets, 17,181 participants
W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported $3.0B in total assets and 17,181 participants in its 2022 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.
- #6,834 in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan covers 17,181 participants in Illinois, 22x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $3.0B.
- #6,834
- in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)
- -16.3%
- assets change YoY
- 30×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $581M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$2,979,108,031 Highest reported value at or above every one 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. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's mega-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. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (17,181 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 361150280 · W.W. Grainger, Inc. PY 2022 · Profit Sharing
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan · $3.0B · 17,181 · 100th
- VS-ST $3.0B
- VS-ST 17,181
- VS-ST 100th
- VS-ST Profit Sharing
- VS-ST near Sprinkler Industry Supplemental Pension Fund
- VS-ST ind #6834
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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.0B |
| Net Income | -$581M |
| Employer EIN | 361150280 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1941-12-12 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (W.W. Grainger, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All W.W. Grainger, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $3.8B 27.54529202931531% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 17,786 | $3.0B |
| 2023 | 2 | 19,259 | $3.5B |
| 2024 | 2 | 19,259 | $3.8B |
Nearby Profit Sharing Plans in Illinois
Peer Profit Sharing plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Plan 5 $2.9B · 21,985
- Mcmaster-Carr Supply Company Profit Sharing Trust $2.5B · 4,327
- Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Supplemental Retirement Plan $1.4B · 16,140
- Accenture United States Discretionary Profit Sharing Plan $893M · 10,992
- Carle Foundation Hospital and Affiliates Matching Tsa Plan $861M · 10,930
Scale composition for W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reports $3.0B in end-of-year assets across 17,181 participants (0.024% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.018% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $173,395 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$581M.
This plan identity (EIN 361150280, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.0B to $3.8B (+26.8%) while covered participants moved from 17,181 to 18,584 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17,181 | $3.0B | This page |
| 2023 | 18,524 | $3.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 18,584 | $3.8B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (Profit Sharing, $3.8B, 18,584 participants)
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state Profit Sharing peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Profit Sharing by assets is Sprinkler Industry Supplemental Pension Fund in MD ($2.4B); by covered participants it is St. Luke's Health Network Defined Contribution Plan in PA (16,811 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.0B here).
- Sprinkler Industry Supplemental Pension Fund (MD) $2.4B · 24,528
- Ernst & Young Partnership Retirement (Hr-10) Plan (NJ) $2.2B · 2,189
- Emory Healthcare, Inc. Retirement Savings and Matching Plan (GA) $2.1B · 21,075
- University of Notre Dame 403(b) Retirement Plan (IN) $2.1B · 9,221
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (17,181 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- St. Luke's Health Network Defined Contribution Plan (PA) 16,811 · 370 off
- University of Maryland Medical System 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan (MD) 18,198 · 1,017 off
- Boilermakers National Annuity Trust (MO) 18,584 · 1,403 off
- St. Luke's Health System Performance Incentive and 401(a) Matching Plan (ID) 15,768 · 1,413 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.