Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Graco Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$150M
Total assets Near avg plan size
343
Participants Below avg headcount
93rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$437,872
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue · Sponsored by Graco Inc. · Minnesota · Manufacturing

$150M in assets, 343 participants

Graco Inc.'s Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue reported $150M in total assets and 343 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.

  • #15,891 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Minnesota

Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue covers 343 participants in Minnesota, about 30% of the average Minnesota filer (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $150M.

#15,891
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+17.9%
assets growth YoY
1.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue's outsized position by total assets

Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$150,190,139 Top 7% higher than 93% of 123,620 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 2024

Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue sits mid-pack in the medium band (343 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue reported net income rose from -$123M in the plan year 2023 filing to $25M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue end-of-year assets rose from $127M in the plan year 2023 filing to $150M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue reported participants fell from 400 in the plan year 2023 filing to 343 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 410285640 · Graco Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue · $150M · 343 · 93rd

  • EOY $150M
  • 5500 343
  • ASSETS 93rd
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Woodward Hrt Pension Plan
  • RANK ind #15891

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 Minnesota →

Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Minnesota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$127M
Net Assets (End of Year)$150M
Net Income$25M
Employer EIN410285640
Plan Effective Date2017-10-30
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Graco Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Graco Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$769M 4.8367834656386925% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$650M$700M$750M$800M 202220232024 $734M $769M ▲ +4.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,987 $734M
2023 2 3,108 $699M
2024 2 2,961 $769M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue, Total assets ($B): 0.150190139 · Participants: 343Graco Employee Retirement Plan - BlueMayo Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.816211651 · Participants: 71743Mayo Pension Plan3M Employee Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.87866493 · Participants: 91323M Employee Retirement Income PlanWells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.278776602 · Participants: 46875Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance PlanU.S. Bank Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.38225088 · Participants: 62822U.S. Bank Pension PlanThe Travelers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.23694343 · Participants: 27237The Travelers Pension Plan
Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue side-by-side with 3 peers →

Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Woodward Hrt Pension Plan in CO ($150M); by covered participants it is Seh America, Inc. Pension Plan in WA (343 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (343 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

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 Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue assets move in 2024? ▼
Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue grew sharply - up 17.9% during 2024, from $127M to $150M. Reported net income was $25M.
How have Graco Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Graco Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 4.8%, from $734M to $769M.
Where does Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue ranks in the 93rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Woodward Hrt Pension Plan in CO ($150M, 231 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Graco Employee Retirement Plan - Blue? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Seh America, Inc. Pension Plan in WA (343 participants, $81M 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 410285640.

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.