W.L. Gore & Associates 401(k) and retirement plans

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE. EIN 51-0083365. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan, with 10,807 participants and $2.9 billion in assets in 2025. Transition Finance Services is its recordkeeper. No traditional pension plan appears in W.L. Gore & Associates's filings since 2009.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 21,011
Plan assets: $5.2 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Transition Finance Services
Plans on file: 2
Industry: Manufacturing

All 2 plans

Active plans first

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan

Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 51-0083365
Participants (2025): 10,807
Net assets (2025): $2.9 billion
Recordkeeper: Transition Finance Services2025
Plan administrator: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
555 Paper Mill RD, Po Box 9329
Newark, DE 19711
(302) 738-4880As filed for 2025
In effect since: April 1, 1974

Earlier sponsor: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (2009–2014).

Earlier plan names: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	10,807	$2.9 billion	Transition Finance Services
2024	10,373	$2.4 billion	not listed
2023	9,966	$1.9 billion	not listed
2022	9,258	$1.8 billion	not listed
2021	8,918	$2.0 billion	not listed
2020	8,785	$1.5 billion	not listed
2019	7,995	$1.5 billion	not listed
2018	7,180	$1.3 billion	not listed
2017	6,959	$1.1 billion	not listed
2016	7,049	$834 million	not listed
2015	7,026	$767 million	not listed
2014	6,913	$990 million	not listed
2013	6,839	$828 million	not listed
2012	6,619	$805 million	not listed
2011	6,289	$847 million	not listed
2010	6,148	$854 million	not listed
2009	6,229	$647 million	not listed

WL Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 51-0083365
Participants (2025): 10,204
Net assets (2025): $2.3 billion
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2010–2025
Plan administrator: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
555 Paper Mill Road,
Newark, DE 19714
(302) 738-4880As filed for 2025
In effect since: May 1, 2000

Earlier plan names: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan.

Year by year, 2010 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	10,204	$2.3 billion	Fidelity
2024	10,505	$2.0 billion	Fidelity
2023	10,366	$1.8 billion	Fidelity
2022	9,976	$1.4 billion	Fidelity
2021	9,271	$1.8 billion	Fidelity
2020	9,030	$1.5 billion	Fidelity
2019	8,740	$1.2 billion	Fidelity
2018	7,801	$945 million	Fidelity
2017	7,183	$958 million	Fidelity
2016	7,204	$791 million	Fidelity
2015	7,335	$723 million	Fidelity
2014	7,237	$665 million	Fidelity
2013	7,046	$592 million	Fidelity
2012	7,046	$454 million	Fidelity
2011	6,315	$373 million	Fidelity
2010	6,356	$339 million	Fidelity

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Transition Finance Services, which runs the W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((302) 738-4880). That number was filed for 2025; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

All 2 plans

W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Restated Associate Stock Ownership Plan

WL Gore & Associates, Inc. 401(k) Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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