401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
The Dow Chemical Company 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $10.1B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 18,088
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $557,543
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan · Sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company · Michigan · Manufacturing
$10.1B in assets, 18,088 participants
The Dow Chemical Company's The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan reported $10.1B in total assets and 18,088 participants in its 2023 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.
- #18,668 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Michigan
The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan covers 18,088 participants in Michigan, 28x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $10.1B.
- #18,668
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +8.4%
- assets growth YoY
- 101×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$10,084,842,211 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan is a mega filing (18,088 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$2.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $780M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $9.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $10.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan reported participants rose from 16,930 in the plan year 2022 filing to 18,088 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 381285128 · The Dow Chemical Company PY 2023 · 401(k)
The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan · $10.1B · 18,088 · 100th
- RANK $10.1B
- RANK 18,088
- RANK 100th
- RANK 401(k)
- RANK near Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
- RANK ind #18668
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 Michigan →
The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Michigan filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $9.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $10.1B |
| Net Income | $780M |
| Employer EIN | 381285128 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1953-06-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Dow Chemical Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Dow Chemical Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $22.1B 1.009183583976742% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 30,689 | $22.3B |
| 2023 | 2 | 32,139 | $21.6B |
| 2024 | 3 | 32,458 | $22.1B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Michigan
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- General Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United States $20.4B · 47,299
- Ford Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees $15.6B · 30,516
- The General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United States $8.6B · 40,393
- Ford Motor Co. Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees $7.6B · 59,195
- Stryker Corporation 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan $6.6B · 24,750
Scale composition for The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan
The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan reports $10.1B in end-of-year assets across 18,088 participants (0.082% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.019% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $557,543 per participant (4.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $780M.
This plan identity (EIN 381285128, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $9.3B to $10.8B (+15.7%) while covered participants moved from 16,930 to 17,128 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16,930 | $9.3B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 18,088 | $10.1B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 17,128 | $10.8B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Dow Employees' Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $10.9B, 6,888 participants)
- The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan (401(k), $10.8B, 17,128 participants)
- Dow Employees' Pension Plan (Personal Pension Account) (Defined Benefit (Pension), $401M, 8,442 participants)
The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan in NC ($10.1B); by covered participants it is Marsh & Mclennan Companies 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan in NY (18,101 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($10.1B here).
- Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (NC) $10.1B · 55,480
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan (OH) $10.1B · 47,362
- Marriott Retirement Savings Plan (MD) $10.2B · 96,415
- U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan (MN) $10.3B · 75,272
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,088 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Marsh & Mclennan Companies 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan (NY) 18,101 · 13 off
- Raley's 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (CA) 18,117 · 29 off
- Trane Technologies Employee Savings Plan (Esp) (NC) 18,144 · 56 off
- Science Applications International Corporation Retirement Plan (VA) 18,023 · 65 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.