401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.8B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 8,557
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $210,058
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · Delaware · Manufacturing
$1.8B in assets, 8,557 participants
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.'s Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $1.8B in total assets and 8,557 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.
- #18,448 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Delaware
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 8,557 participants in Delaware, 16x the typical Delaware plan (state average ~536 per filing). Assets: $1.8B.
- #18,448
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +25.1%
- assets growth YoY
- 18×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,797,467,724 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) 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. Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (8,557 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$326M in the plan year 2022 filing to $360M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 7,952 in the plan year 2022 filing to 8,557 in the plan year 2023 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 510083365 · W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $1.8B · 8,557 · 99th
- TYPE $1.8B
- TYPE 8,557
- TYPE 99th
- TYPE 401(k)
- TYPE near Netflix 401(k) Plan
- TYPE ind #18448
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 Delaware →
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Delaware filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.8B |
| Net Income | $360M |
| Employer EIN | 510083365 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2000-05-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING 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
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 15,569 | $3.2B |
| 2023 | 2 | 16,370 | $3.7B |
| 2024 | 2 | 17,863 | $4.4B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Delaware
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Astrazeneca Savings and Security Plan $7.6B · 13,734
- Retirement Savings Plan $6.8B · 9,968
- Dupont Retirement Savings Plan $3.2B · 9,918
- Ashland Employee Savings Plan $1.3B · 1,647
- Chemours Company Retirement Savings Plan $870M · 4,361
Scale composition for Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $1.8B in end-of-year assets across 8,557 participants (0.015% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $210,058 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $360M.
This plan identity (EIN 510083365, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.4B to $2.0B (+39.8%) while covered participants moved from 7,952 to 8,887 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,952 | $1.4B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 8,557 | $1.8B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 8,887 | $2.0B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP, $2.4B, 8,976 participants)
- Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan (401(k), $2.0B, 8,887 participants)
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Delaware, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Netflix 401(k) Plan in CA ($1.8B); by covered participants it is Taylor Corporation 401(k) Plan in MN (8,560 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.8B here).
- Netflix 401(k) Plan (CA) $1.8B · 7,513
- The Ametek Retirement and Savings Plan (PA) $1.8B · 8,563
- Zoetis Savings Plan (NJ) $1.8B · 6,905
- Tenneco 401(k) Investment Plan (MI) $1.8B · 14,522
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,557 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Taylor Corporation 401(k) Plan (MN) 8,560 · 3 off
- Mdu Resources Group, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (ND) 8,551 · 6 off
- Spirit Airlines, Inc. Employee Retirement Savings Plan (FL) 8,571 · 14 off
- Racetrac, Inc. 401(k) Plan (GA) 8,577 · 20 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.