401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Danaher Corporation 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $6.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 23,090
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $279,869
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan · Sponsored by Danaher Corporation · District of Columbia · Manufacturing
$6.5B in assets, 23,090 participants
Danaher Corporation's Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan reported $6.5B in total assets and 23,090 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.
- #17,682 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in District of Columbia
Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan covers 23,090 participants in District of Columbia, 16x the typical District of Columbia plan (state average ~1,456 per filing). Assets: $6.5B.
- #17,682
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +11.2%
- assets growth YoY
- 65×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$6,462,177,770 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries 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. Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan is a mega filing (23,090 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan reported net income fell from $851M in the plan year 2023 filing to $620M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan reported participants fell from 29,441 in the plan year 2023 filing to 23,090 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $5.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $6.5B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 591995548 · Danaher Corporation PY 2024 · 401(k)
Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan · $6.5B · 23,090 · 100th
- IND $6.5B
- IND 23,090
- IND 100th
- IND 401(k)
- IND near National Grid USA Co. Incentive Thrift Plan
- IND ind #17682
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 District of Columbia →
Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
District of Columbia filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $5.8B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $6.5B |
| Net Income | $620M |
| Employer EIN | 591995548 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2004-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Danaher Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Danaher Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $8.4B 8.48465705311049% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 34,576 | $7.7B |
| 2023 | 3 | 33,614 | $7.7B |
| 2024 | 3 | 26,335 | $8.4B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in District of Columbia
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Geico 401(k) Savings Plan $6.2B · 30,641
- Federal National Mortgage Association Retirement Savings Plan for Employees $4.6B · 8,108
- Finra Savings Plus Plan $2.5B · 4,201
- Hogan Lovells US LLP Retirement Savings Plan $1.9B · 1,973
- American Red Cross Savings Plan $1.7B · 17,898
Scale composition for Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan
Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan reports $6.5B in end-of-year assets across 23,090 participants (0.052% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.025% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $279,869 per participant (2.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $620M.
This plan identity (EIN 591995548, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $5.9B to $6.5B (+10.1%) while covered participants moved from 29,923 to 23,090 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29,923 | $5.9B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 29,441 | $5.8B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 23,090 | $6.5B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $1.9B, 2,599 participants)
Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside District of Columbia, the nearest 401(k) by assets is National Grid USA Co. Incentive Thrift Plan in NY ($6.4B); by covered participants it is Savewisetm Pooled Employer Plan in CA (23,074 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($6.5B here).
- National Grid USA Co. Incentive Thrift Plan (NY) $6.4B · 17,179
- Motorola Solutions 401(k) Plan (IL) $6.5B · 9,780
- Enterprise Holdings Retirement Savings Plan (MO) $6.5B · 72,024
- State Street Salary Savings Program (MA) $6.5B · 12,777
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (23,090 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Savewisetm Pooled Employer Plan (CA) 23,074 · 16 off
- Vegetation and Utility Services Employees 401(k) Savings Plan (PA) 23,133 · 43 off
- Savings Plan for Employees of Ntca and Its Members (VA) 23,134 · 44 off
- McDonald's Corporation 401(k) Plan (IL) 23,029 · 61 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.