401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $10.1B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 47,362
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $213,870
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by The Sherwin-Williams Company · Ohio · Manufacturing
$10.1B in assets, 47,362 participants
The Sherwin-Williams Company's The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan reported $10.1B in total assets and 47,362 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.
- #18,669 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan covers 47,362 participants in Ohio, 62x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $10.1B.
- #18,669
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +21.4%
- assets growth YoY
- 102×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$10,129,327,010 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 Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) 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 Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (47,362 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan reported net income rose from -$3.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.8B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $8.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $10.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 44,890 in the plan year 2022 filing to 47,362 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 340526850 · The Sherwin-Williams Company PY 2023 · 401(k)
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan · $10.1B · 47,362 · 100th
- IND $10.1B
- EOY 47,362
- 5500 100th
- ASSETS 401(k)
- PCT near Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
- EIN ind #18669
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 Ohio →
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $8.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $10.1B |
| Net Income | $1.8B |
| Employer EIN | 340526850 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1969-04-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Sherwin-Williams Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Sherwin-Williams Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $12.5B 26.94181286577038% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 91,747 | $9.8B |
| 2023 | 4 | 96,676 | $11.9B |
| 2024 | 4 | 96,883 | $12.5B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- GE Retirement Savings Plan $19.5B · 59,766
- The Progressive 401(k) Plan $9.2B · 56,176
- The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan $8.4B · 129,769
- Nationwide Savings Plan $7.6B · 24,715
- Marathon Petroleum Thrift Plan $7.5B · 17,818
Scale composition for The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan reports $10.1B in end-of-year assets across 47,362 participants (0.082% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.050% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $213,870 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $1.8B.
This plan identity (EIN 340526850, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $8.3B to $10.6B (+26.6%) while covered participants moved from 44,890 to 47,459 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 44,890 | $8.3B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 47,362 | $10.1B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 47,459 | $10.6B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan (401(k), $10.6B, 47,459 participants)
- The Sherwin-Williams Company Salaried Employees' Revised Pension Investment Plan (Money Purchase, $1.7B, 47,538 participants)
- The Sherwin-Williams Company Employees' Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $149M, 885 participants)
- The Sherwin-Williams Company Hourly 401(k) Plan (401(k), $58M, 1,001 participants)
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Truist Financial Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan in NC ($10.1B); by covered participants it is General Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United States in MI (47,299 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 Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan (MI) $10.1B · 18,088
- 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 (47,362 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- General Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United States (MI) 47,299 · 63 off
- United Airlines 401(k) Savings Plan (IL) 47,594 · 232 off
- Aya Healthcare Services, Inc 401(k) Plan (CA) 47,042 · 320 off
- Intermountain Healthcare Savings Plus 401(k) Plan (UT) 46,680 · 682 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.