401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
7,952
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$180,731
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · Delaware · Manufacturing

$1.4B in assets, 7,952 participants

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.'s Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $1.4B in total assets and 7,952 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.

  • #20,299 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Delaware

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 7,952 participants in Delaware, 15x the typical Delaware plan (state average ~536 per filing). Assets: $1.4B.

#20,299
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-18.5%
assets change YoY
14×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $326M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$1,437,172,534 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 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 2022

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) 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. Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (7,952 participants).

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 510083365 · W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $1.4B · 7,952 · 99th

  • ASSETS $1.4B
  • ASSETS 7,952
  • ASSETS 99th
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • ASSETS near Tcs 401(k) Plan
  • ASSETS ind #20299

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 Delaware →

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) PlanWl Gore & Associates, Inc. 4…$1.4BTcs 401(k) Plan$1.4BBroadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanBroadridge Financial Solutio…$1.4BKeurig Dr Pepper 401(k) Plan$1.4BAutodesk 401(k) Plan$1.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Delaware filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.4B
Net Income-$326M
Employer EIN510083365
Plan Effective Date2000-05-01
Filing StatusFILING 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
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B$5B 202220232024 $3.24B $4.44B ▲ +37.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 15,569 $3.2B
2023 2 16,370 $3.7B
2024 2 17,863 $4.4B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Delaware

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

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000 02468 Total assets ($B) Participants Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.437172534 · Participants: 7952Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) PlanRetirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.556844337 · Participants: 9866Retirement Savings PlanAstrazeneca Savings and Security Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.080434696 · Participants: 13301Astrazeneca Savings and Security PlanDupont Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.963536374 · Participants: 11033Dupont Retirement Savings PlanAshland Employee Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.201689819 · Participants: 1887Ashland Employee Savings PlanChemours Company Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.737924061 · Participants: 4346Chemours Company Retirement Savings Plan
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants
Compare Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $1.4B in end-of-year assets across 7,952 participants (0.012% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $180,731 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$326M.

This plan identity (EIN 510083365, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.4B to $2.0B (+39.8%) while covered participants moved from 7,952 to 8,887 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 7,952 $1.4B This page
2023 8,557 $1.8B Open filing
2024 · index core 8,887 $2.0B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Delaware, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Tcs 401(k) Plan in NJ ($1.4B); by covered participants it is Sonic Automotive, Inc. 401(k) Plan & Trust in NC (7,953 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.4B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,952 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan declined sharply - down 18.5% during 2022, from $1.8B to $1.4B. Reported net income was -$326M.
How have W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 37.1%, from $3.2B to $4.4B.
Where does Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Tcs 401(k) Plan in NJ ($1.4B, 50,322 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Sonic Automotive, Inc. 401(k) Plan & Trust in NC (7,953 participants, $424M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 510083365.

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.