401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.0B
Total assets Very large vs avg: 8,887
Participants Very large workforce: 99th
Percentile by assets National rank: $226,130
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head

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Official DOL plan name: Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · Delaware · Manufacturing

$2.0B in assets, 8,887 participants

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.'s Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported $2.0B in total assets and 8,887 participants in its 2024 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.

#17,522 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Delaware

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan covers 8,887 participants in Delaware, 17x the typical Delaware plan (state average ~536 per filing). Assets: $2.0B.

#17,522
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers): +11.8%
assets growth YoY: 20×
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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$2,009,619,555 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 filed plans

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 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 (8,887 participants).

Micro (1-10) 33,766 filings (27%) Small (11-100) 26,107 filings (21%) Medium (101-1,000) 54,251 filings (43%) Large (1,001-10,000) 10,349 filings (8%) Mega (10,000+) 1,399 filings (1%)

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $360M in the plan year 2023 filing to $212M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.0B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 8,557 in the plan year 2023 filing to 8,887 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 510083365 · W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan · $2.0B · 8,887 · 99th

EIN $2.0B
RANK 8,887
PHOTO 99th
IND 401(k)
EOY near Business Performance Savings Plan of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
5500 ind #17522

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 →

End-of-year total assets ($B) among Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Delaware filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)	$1.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)	$2.0B
Net Income	$212M
Employer EIN	510083365
Plan Effective Date	2000-05-01
Filing Status	FILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.)

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.

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants

Astrazeneca Savings and Security Plan $8.6B · 17,175
Retirement Savings Plan $7.0B · 9,658
Dupont Retirement Savings Plan $3.4B · 9,391
Ashland Employee Savings Plan $1.3B · 1,405
Chemours Company Retirement Savings Plan $965M · 4,180

Compare Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan reports $2.0B in end-of-year assets across 8,887 participants (0.016% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $226,130 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $212M.

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	Open filing
2024 · index core	8,887	$2.0B	This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan 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's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Delaware, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Business Performance Savings Plan of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated in MO ($2.0B); by covered participants it is White Cap 401(k) Retirement Plan in GA (8,885 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.0B here).

Business Performance Savings Plan of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated (MO) $2.0B · 5,031
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 401(k) Plan (TX) $2.0B · 12,806
Syngenta Corporation Investment Savings Plan (NC) $2.0B · 4,348
Rai 401(k) Savings Plan (NC) $2.0B · 3,913

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,887 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

White Cap 401(k) Retirement Plan (GA) 8,885 · 2 off
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Tax-Deferred Savings Plan (WI) 8,892 · 5 off
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated 401(k) Plan (CA) 8,893 · 6 off
G2 Secure Staff, L.L.C. Employees Savings Trust (TX) 8,899 · 12 off

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 11.8% during 2024, from $1.8B to $2.0B. Reported net income was $212M.

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 Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼

Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).

Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼

Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Business Performance Savings Plan of Hallmark Cards, Incorporated in MO ($2.0B, 5,031 participants).

Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan? ▼

Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is White Cap 401(k) Retirement Plan in GA (8,885 participants, $782M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 510083365.