401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $8.3B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 44,890
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $185,873
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by The Sherwin-Williams Company · Ohio · Manufacturing
$8.3B in assets, 44,890 participants
The Sherwin-Williams Company's The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan reported $8.3B in total assets and 44,890 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.
- #20,542 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan covers 44,890 participants in Ohio, 59x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $8.3B.
- #20,542
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -29.1%
- assets change YoY
- 84×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $3.4B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$8,343,834,208 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
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) 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. The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (44,890 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 340526850 · The Sherwin-Williams Company PY 2022 · 401(k)
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan · $8.3B · 44,890 · 100th
- PHOTO $8.3B
- PHOTO 44,890
- PHOTO 100th
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- PHOTO near U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan
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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 Ohio →
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $11.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $8.3B |
| Net Income | -$3.4B |
| Employer EIN | 340526850 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1969-04-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Sherwin-Williams Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Sherwin-Williams Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $12.5B 26.94181286577038% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 91,747 | $9.8B |
| 2023 | 4 | 96,676 | $11.9B |
| 2024 | 4 | 96,883 | $12.5B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- The Progressive 401(k) Plan $7.6B · 50,299
- The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan $7.3B · 116,133
- Nationwide Savings Plan $6.7B · 24,278
- Marathon Petroleum Thrift Plan $6.4B · 17,666
- Eaton Savings Plan $6.1B · 21,882
Scale composition for The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan reports $8.3B in end-of-year assets across 44,890 participants (0.068% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.048% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $185,873 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$3.4B.
This plan identity (EIN 340526850, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $8.3B to $10.6B (+26.6%) while covered participants moved from 44,890 to 47,459 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 44,890 | $8.3B | This page |
| 2023 | 47,362 | $10.1B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 47,459 | $10.6B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan (401(k), $10.6B, 47,459 participants)
- The Sherwin-Williams Company Salaried Employees' Revised Pension Investment Plan (Money Purchase, $1.7B, 47,538 participants)
- The Sherwin-Williams Company Employees' Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $149M, 885 participants)
- The Sherwin-Williams Company Hourly 401(k) Plan (401(k), $58M, 1,001 participants)
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan in MN ($8.3B); by covered participants it is Humana Retirement Savings Plan in KY (44,930 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($8.3B here).
- U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan (MN) $8.3B · 67,646
- Marriott Retirement Savings Plan (MD) $8.3B · 82,576
- Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan (NJ) $8.4B · 14,350
- Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan (VA) $8.2B · 31,556
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (44,890 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Humana Retirement Savings Plan (KY) 44,930 · 40 off
- J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. Safe Harbor 401(k) Savings Plan (TX) 45,500 · 610 off
- Tractor Supply Company 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (TN) 44,273 · 617 off
- Disney Savings and Investment Plan (CA) 45,639 · 749 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.