401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $10.6B
- Total assets Mega-plan scale
- 47,459
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $222,583
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by The Sherwin-Williams Company · Ohio · Manufacturing
$10.6B in assets, 47,459 participants
The Sherwin-Williams Company's The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan reported $10.6B in total assets and 47,459 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.
- #17,726 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan covers 47,459 participants in Ohio, 62x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $10.6B.
- #17,726
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +4.3%
- assets growth YoY
- 106×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$10,563,559,628 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
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) 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. The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan is a mega filing (47,459 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $1.8B in the plan year 2023 filing to $434M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $10.1B in the plan year 2023 filing to $10.6B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 47,362 in the plan year 2023 filing to 47,459 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 340526850 · The Sherwin-Williams Company PY 2024 · 401(k)
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan · $10.6B · 47,459 · 100th
- EIN $10.6B
- EIN 47,459
- EIN 100th
- EIN 401(k)
- EIN near 3M Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- EIN ind #17726
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 Ohio →
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $10.1B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $10.6B |
| Net Income | $434M |
| Employer EIN | 340526850 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1969-04-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Sherwin-Williams Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Sherwin-Williams Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $12.5B 26.94181286577038% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 91,747 | $9.8B |
| 2023 | 4 | 96,676 | $11.9B |
| 2024 | 4 | 96,883 | $12.5B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Ohio
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan $14.7B · 45,620
- The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan $11.8B · 135,373
- The Progressive 401(k) Plan $11.5B · 62,521
- Parker Retirement Savings Plan $9.0B · 26,315
- Eaton Savings Plan $8.4B · 24,055
Scale composition for The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan reports $10.6B in end-of-year assets across 47,459 participants (0.086% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.051% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $222,583 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $434M.
This plan identity (EIN 340526850, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $8.3B to $10.6B (+26.6%) while covered participants moved from 44,890 to 47,459 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 44,890 | $8.3B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 47,362 | $10.1B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 47,459 | $10.6B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 3 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- The Sherwin-Williams Company Salaried Employees' Revised Pension Investment Plan (Money Purchase, $1.7B, 47,538 participants)
- The Sherwin-Williams Company Employees' Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $149M, 885 participants)
- The Sherwin-Williams Company Hourly 401(k) Plan (401(k), $58M, 1,001 participants)
The Sherwin-Williams Company 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest 401(k) by assets is 3M Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MN ($10.6B); by covered participants it is Panda Retirement Plan in CA (47,481 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($10.6B here).
- 3M Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (MN) $10.6B · 32,964
- GE Healthcare Retirement Savings Plan (IL) $10.5B · 16,216
- Bae Systems Employees' Savings and Investment Plan (VA) $10.6B · 32,246
- Kpmg 401(k) Capital Accumulation Plan (NJ) $10.5B · 37,063
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (47,459 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Panda Retirement Plan (CA) 47,481 · 22 off
- Petsmart, Inc. Savesmart 401(k) Plan (AZ) 47,482 · 23 off
- Edward D. Jones & Co. Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan (MO) 47,254 · 205 off
- The Quest Diagnostics Profit Sharing Plan (NJ) 47,668 · 209 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.