ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.9B
Total assets Very large vs avg
7,813
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$240,279
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · Delaware · Manufacturing

$1.9B in assets, 7,813 participants

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.'s W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan reported $1.9B in total assets and 7,813 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #18,459 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Delaware

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan covers 7,813 participants in Delaware, 15x the typical Delaware plan (state average ~536 per filing). Assets: $1.9B.

#18,459
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+4.1%
assets growth YoY
19×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$1,877,298,655 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 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 2023

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (7,813 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$155M in the plan year 2022 filing to $71M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.8B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.9B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 7,617 in the plan year 2022 filing to 7,813 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 510083365 · W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan · $1.9B · 7,813 · 99th

  • EOY $1.9B
  • 5500 7,813
  • ASSETS 99th
  • PCT ESOP
  • EIN near Jasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust
  • RANK ind #18459

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 What is an ESOP? → · Plans in Delaware →

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Jasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustJasper Holdings, Inc Employe…$1.9BW.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership PlanW.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.…$1.9BThe Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & TrustThe Garland Industries, Inc.…$1.7BKehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanKehe Distributors, Inc. Empl…$1.6BBradford White Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust AgreementBradford White Corporation E…$1.6B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Delaware filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.9B
Net Income$71M
Employer EIN510083365
Plan Effective Date1974-04-01
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 ESOP Plans in Delaware

Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 5 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -0.500.511.52 Total assets ($B) Participants W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.877298655 · Participants: 7813W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership PlanUnited Electric Supply Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.122809968 · Participants: 278United Electric Supply Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanAsbury Carbons, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.005008153 · Participants: 169Asbury Carbons, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanG & L Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.004600828 · Participants: 177G & L Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanNielsen Norman Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.000831102 · Participants: 23Nielsen Norman Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants
Compare W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan reports $1.9B in end-of-year assets across 7,813 participants (0.015% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $240,279 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $71M.

This plan identity (EIN 510083365, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.8B to $2.4B (+34.9%) while covered participants moved from 7,617 to 8,976 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 7,617 $1.8B Open filing
2023 7,813 $1.9B This page
2024 · index core 8,976 $2.4B Open filing

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

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Delaware, the nearest ESOP by assets is Jasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in IN ($1.9B); by covered participants it is Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA (7,871 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,813 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan edged up modestly - up 4.1% during 2023, from $1.8B to $1.9B. Reported net income was $71M.
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 W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Jasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in IN ($1.9B, 3,535 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Parsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA (7,871 participants, $3.8B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

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.