Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
W.W. Grainger, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $3.0B
- Total assets
- 17,181
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $173,395
- Avg per participant
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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- #6,839 in Wholesale Trade (6,848 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan covers 17,181 participants in Illinois, 22x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~768 per filing). Assets: $3.0B.
- $3.0B
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 17,181
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- $173,395
- avg assets per participant
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.
Participants vs Illinois filers
In Illinois, the average filing covers about 768 participants across 5,440 plans. W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reports 17,181 participants - 22x that state average ($3.0B EOY assets).
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.)
| 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.
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby Profit Sharing plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
- 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 (0.026% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.019% of 89,805,449 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)
Similar-Sized Profit Sharing Plans Nationally
Profit Sharing plans in other states closest to W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan by total assets, not by location.
- 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
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- By total assets, W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
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- W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 27.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Wholesale Trade plans