Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

W.W. Grainger, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.8B
Total assets Very large vs avg
18,584
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$203,310
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by W.W. Grainger, Inc. · Illinois · Wholesale Trade

$3.8B in assets, 18,584 participants

W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported $3.8B in total assets and 18,584 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #6,071 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan covers 18,584 participants in Illinois, 24x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $3.8B.

#6,071
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
+9.4%
assets growth YoY
38×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$3,778,311,009 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's mega-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. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan is a mega filing (18,584 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from $475M in the plan year 2023 filing to $324M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.5B in the plan year 2023 filing to $3.8B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 18,524 in the plan year 2023 filing to 18,584 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 361150280 · W.W. Grainger, Inc. PY 2024 · Profit Sharing

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan · $3.8B · 18,584 · 100th

  • TYPE $3.8B
  • TYPE 18,584
  • TYPE 100th
  • TYPE Profit Sharing
  • TYPE near Crh Americas 401(k) Plan
  • TYPE ind #6071

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide Profit Sharing peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.8B
Net Income$324M
Employer EIN361150280
Plan Effective Date1941-12-12
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (W.W. Grainger, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All W.W. Grainger, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.8B 27.54529202931531% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.5B$3B$3.5B$4B 202220232024 $3.02B $3.85B ▲ +27.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 17,786 $3.0B
2023 2 19,259 $3.5B
2024 2 19,259 $3.8B

Nearby Profit Sharing Plans in Illinois

Peer Profit Sharing plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby Profit Sharing plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000200002500030000 01234 Total assets ($B) Participants W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.778311009 · Participants: 18584W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanElectrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Plan 5, Total assets ($B): 3.469243854 · Participants: 24278Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Plan 5Mcmaster-Carr Supply Company Profit Sharing Trust, Total assets ($B): 3.008828322 · Participants: 4364Mcmaster-Carr Supply Company Profit Sharing TrustMid-America Carpenters Regional Council Supplemental Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.023030159 · Participants: 15593Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Supplemental Retirement PlanCarle Foundation Hospital and Affiliates Matching Tsa Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.368713933 · Participants: 16059Carle Foundation Hospital and Affiliates Matching Tsa PlanMidwest Operating Engineers Retirement Enhancement, Total assets ($B): 0.758436039 · Participants: 16506Midwest Operating Engineers Retirement Enhancement
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby Profit Sharing plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan reports $3.8B in end-of-year assets across 18,584 participants (0.031% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.020% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $203,310 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $324M.

This plan identity (EIN 361150280, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.0B to $3.8B (+26.8%) while covered participants moved from 17,181 to 18,584 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 17,181 $3.0B Open filing
2023 18,524 $3.5B Open filing
2024 · index core 18,584 $3.8B This page

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state Profit Sharing peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Profit Sharing by assets is Crh Americas 401(k) Plan in GA ($4.2B); by covered participants it is Ufcw Retirement and Savings Plan in NJ (18,932 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (18,584 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 W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.4% during 2024, from $3.5B to $3.8B. Reported net income was $324M.
How have W.W. Grainger, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 27.5%, from $3.0B to $3.8B.
Where does W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 100th 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 Profit Sharing plans are similar in size to W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among Profit Sharing plans in other states, the closest by assets is Crh Americas 401(k) Plan in GA ($4.2B, 35,710 participants).
Which Profit Sharing plans cover a similar participant headcount to W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among Profit Sharing plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ufcw Retirement and Savings Plan in NJ (18,932 participants, $192M 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 361150280.

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.