W.W. Grainger 401(k) and retirement plans

W.W. Grainger, Inc., Lake Forest, IL. EIN 36-1150280. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as W W Grainger Inc; W. W. Grainger, Inc.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, with 31,194 participants and $3.8 billion in assets in 2024. Vanguard has been its recordkeeper since 2013. No traditional pension plan appears in W.W. Grainger's filings since 2009.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 32,245
Plan assets: $3.8 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Vanguard
Plans on file: 2
Industry: Wholesale trade

All 2 plans

Active plans first

W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan

Profit-sharing planActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 36-1150280
Participants (2024): 31,194
Net assets (2024): $3.8 billion
Recordkeeper: Vanguard2013–2024
Plan administrator: W.W. Grainger, Inc.
100 Grainger Parkway
Lake Forest, IL 60045
(224) 317-1142As filed for 2024
In effect since: December 12, 1941

Earlier sponsor: W W Grainger Inc (2009–2016).

Earlier plan names: W W Grainger Inc Employees Profit Sharing Plan; W. W. Grainger, Inc. Employees Profit Sharing Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	31,194	$3.8 billion	Vanguard
2023	30,597	$3.5 billion	Vanguard
2022	29,815	$3.0 billion	Vanguard
2021	28,127	$3.6 billion	Vanguard
2020	25,942	$3.2 billion	Vanguard
2019	25,628	$3.0 billion	Vanguard
2018	24,745	$2.5 billion	Vanguard
2017	23,645	$2.7 billion	Vanguard
2016	22,406	$2.4 billion	Vanguard
2015	20,212	$2.3 billion	Vanguard
2014	19,569	$2.4 billion	Vanguard
2013	18,713	$2.3 billion	Vanguard
2012	17,684	$2.0 billion	not listed
2011	17,146	$1.7 billion	not listed
2010	16,387	$1.7 billion	not listed
2009	16,437	$1.5 billion	not listed

W. W. Grainger, Inc. 401K Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 36-1150280
Participants (2024): 1,051
Net assets (2024): $67.4 million
Recordkeeper: Vanguard2012–2024
Plan administrator: W. W. Grainger, Inc.
100 Grainger Parkway
Lake Forest, IL 60045
(224) 317-1142As filed for 2024
In effect since: February 1, 2010

Earlier plan names: W W Grainger Inc 401K Plan.

Year by year, 2010 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	1,051	$67.4 million	Vanguard
2023	992	$52.1 million	Vanguard
2022	1,015	$36.0 million	Vanguard
2021	867	$34.4 million	Vanguard
2020	699	$25.3 million	Vanguard
2019	649	$17.1 million	Vanguard
2018	503	$10.1 million	Vanguard
2017	407	$9.6 million	Vanguard
2016	367	$7.1 million	Vanguard
2015	326	$5.8 million	Vanguard
2014	281	$5.1 million	Vanguard
2013	219	$4.2 million	Vanguard
2012	126	$1.7 million	Vanguard
2011	145	$850,500	not listed
2010	45	$417,643	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Vanguard (investor.vanguard.com), which runs the W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings 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 ((224) 317-1142). That number was filed for 2024; 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. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan

W. W. Grainger, Inc. 401K Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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