Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
W.W. Grainger, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $3.5B
- Total assets
- 18,524
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $186,476
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by W.W. Grainger, Inc. · Illinois · Wholesale Trade
$3.5B in assets, 18,524 participants
W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported $3.5B in total assets and 18,524 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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #6,300 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan covers 18,524 participants in Illinois, 24x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $3.5B.
- $3.5B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 18,524
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $186,476
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$581M in the plan year 2022 filing to $475M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.5B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 17,181 in the plan year 2022 filing to 18,524 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Participants vs Illinois filers
In Illinois, the average filing covers about 779 participants across 5,745 plans. W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reports 18,524 participants - 24x that state average ($3.5B EOY assets).
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.5B |
| Net Income | $475M |
| 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 $3.2B · 23,108
- Mcmaster-Carr Supply Company Profit Sharing Trust $2.7B · 4,366
- Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Supplemental Retirement Plan $1.8B · 16,214
- Carle Foundation Hospital and Affiliates Matching Tsa Plan $1.2B · 15,604
- Midwest Operating Engineers Retirement Enhancement $637M · 16,067
Scale composition for W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reports $3.5B in end-of-year assets across 18,524 participants (0.028% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $186,476 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $475M.
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 | Open filing |
| 2023 | 18,524 | $3.5B | This page |
| 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) $2.6B · 25,150
- Commonspirit Health ERISA 403(b) Plan (KY) $2.6B · 28,336
- Ernst & Young Partnership Retirement (Hr-10) Plan (NJ) $2.5B · 1,843
- Emory Healthcare, Inc. Retirement Savings and Matching Plan (GA) $2.4B · 20,830
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's numbers.
- 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