ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ESOP
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 8,976
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $271,161
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · Delaware · Manufacturing
$2.4B in assets, 8,976 participants
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.'s W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan reported $2.4B in total assets and 8,976 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.
- #17,569 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Delaware
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan covers 8,976 participants in Delaware, 17x the typical Delaware plan (state average ~536 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.
- #17,569
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +29.7%
- assets growth YoY
- 24×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$2,433,941,790 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
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership 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. W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan lands in the large band (8,976 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $71M in the plan year 2023 filing to $559M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.9B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.4B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 7,813 in the plan year 2023 filing to 8,976 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 510083365 · W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan · $2.4B · 8,976 · 99th
- TYPE $2.4B
- NET 8,976
- BOOK 99th
- VS-ST ESOP
- BOY near Houchens Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- SCH ind #17569
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 What is an ESOP? → · Plans in Delaware →
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Delaware filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.4B |
| Net Income | $559M |
| Employer EIN | 510083365 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1974-04-01 |
| 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 ESOP Plans in Delaware
Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- United Electric Supply Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan $116M · 328
- G & L Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $5M · 180
- Nielsen Norman Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan $2M · 28
- Asbury Carbons, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $298K · 139
- Macpherson's Employee Stock Ownership Plan $119K · 157
Scale composition for W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan reports $2.4B in end-of-year assets across 8,976 participants (0.020% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $271,161 per participant (2.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $559M.
This plan identity (EIN 510083365, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.8B to $2.4B (+34.9%) while covered participants moved from 7,617 to 8,976 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,617 | $1.8B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 7,813 | $1.9B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,976 | $2.4B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Wl Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan (401(k), $2.0B, 8,887 participants)
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount
Outside Delaware, the nearest ESOP by assets is Houchens Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in KY ($2.6B); by covered participants it is Bdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan in IL (9,258 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.4B here).
- Houchens Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KY) $2.6B · 7,785
- Jasper Holdings, Inc Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust (IN) $2.2B · 4,295
- Kehe Distributors, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (IL) $2.2B · 4,815
- The Garland Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan & Trust (OH) $2.0B · 1,118
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,976 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Bdo USA Employee Stock Ownership Plan (IL) 9,258 · 282 off
- Polaris Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MN) 9,360 · 384 off
- Quad/Graphics ESOP (WI) 9,479 · 503 off
- Burns & Mcdonnell, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MO) 9,902 · 926 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.