Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

W.W. Grainger, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.5B
Total assets Very large vs avg
18,524
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$186,476
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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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.

  • #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.

#6,300
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+15.9%
assets growth YoY
35×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,454,274,218 Highest reported value at or above every one 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. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement 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. W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (18,524 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

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.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 361150280 · W.W. Grainger, Inc. PY 2023 · Profit Sharing

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan · $3.5B · 18,524 · 100th

  • RANK $3.5B
  • PHOTO 18,524
  • IND 100th
  • EOY Profit Sharing
  • 5500 near Sprinkler Industry Supplemental Pension Fund
  • ASSETS ind #6300

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanW. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirem…$3.5BSprinkler Industry Supplemental Pension FundSprinkler Industry Supplemen…$2.6BCommonspirit Health ERISA 403(b) PlanCommonspirit Health ERISA 40…$2.6BErnst & Young Partnership Retirement (Hr-10) PlanErnst & Young Partnership Re…$2.5BEmory Healthcare, Inc. Retirement Savings and Matching PlanEmory Healthcare, Inc. Retir…$2.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide Profit Sharing peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.5B
Net Income$475M
Employer EIN361150280
Plan Effective Date1941-12-12
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (W.W. Grainger, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All W.W. Grainger, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.8B 27.54529202931531% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B 202220232024 $3.02B $3.85B ▲ +27.5%
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 Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0500010000150002000025000 01234 Total assets ($B) Participants W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.454274218 · Participants: 18524W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanElectrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Plan 5, Total assets ($B): 3.245353634 · Participants: 23108Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Plan 5Mcmaster-Carr Supply Company Profit Sharing Trust, Total assets ($B): 2.733520068 · Participants: 4366Mcmaster-Carr Supply Company Profit Sharing TrustMid-America Carpenters Regional Council Supplemental Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.788799198 · Participants: 16214Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Supplemental Retirement PlanCarle Foundation Hospital and Affiliates Matching Tsa Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.173752843 · Participants: 15604Carle Foundation Hospital and Affiliates Matching Tsa PlanMidwest Operating Engineers Retirement Enhancement, Total assets ($B): 0.637368507 · Participants: 16067Midwest Operating Engineers Retirement Enhancement
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby Profit Sharing plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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's out-of-state Profit Sharing peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Profit Sharing by assets is Sprinkler Industry Supplemental Pension Fund in MD ($2.6B); by covered participants it is Emory University Retirement Plan in GA (18,725 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,524 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. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan grew sharply - up 15.9% during 2023, from $3.0B to $3.5B. Reported net income was $475M.
How have W.W. Grainger, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.5%, from $3.0B to $3.8B.
Where does W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 100th 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 Profit Sharing plans are similar in size to W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among Profit Sharing plans in other states, the closest by assets is Sprinkler Industry Supplemental Pension Fund in MD ($2.6B, 25,150 participants).
Which Profit Sharing plans cover a similar participant headcount to W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among Profit Sharing plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Emory University Retirement Plan in GA (18,725 participants, $4.9B 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 361150280.

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.