W W Grainger Inc.
Overview
W W Grainger Inc. sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 19,297 participants in plan year 2025, up 2% from the prior year. The plan year starts in January. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and more.
- Plan type
- ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
- Participants
- 19,297 · prior year 18,845
- Plan year
- Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
- Health plans filed
- W W Grainger Inc. Group Benefit Plan II, plan 504 (19,297 participants); W W Grainger Inc. Group Benefit Plan I, plan 501 (355 participants)
- Broker compensation
- $229K across insured contracts
Insurance carriers
Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.
| Carrier | Coverage | Covered | Premium | Broker comp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Long-term disability | 7,245 | $2.9M | $92K |
| Eyemed Vision Care | Vision | 13,103 | $2.2M | $73K |
| Triple S Salud, Inc. | Medical, Prescription drug, Dental, PPO | 101 | $926K | $46K |
| Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company | Medical, Dental, MBA Coverage, HMO | 3,029 | $814K | — |
| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. | Medical | 88 | $488K | $19K |
Pharmacy benefit estimate
StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.
Estimated prescription spend: 19,297 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.
Typical savings opportunity found in independent reviews of plans this size.
Form 5500 filing details
- Filing
- Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2025
- Plan sponsor
- W W Grainger Inc.
- Sponsor EIN
- 36-1150280
- Plan numbers
- 504, 501
- Filed with
- U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2
Verify this filing: search EIN 36-1150280 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.
Retirement plan
- Plan
- W. W. Grainger, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
- Type
- 401(k) plan
- Participants
- 31,290
About this data
Source: W W Grainger Inc.'s Form 5500 filing for plan year 2025 and its Schedule A insurance reports, published by the U.S. Department of Labor. "Self-funded" means the filing reports benefits paid from employer assets or a trust, with no medical insurance contract or with a stop-loss contract. Pharmacy figures are StreamRX estimates based on national averages. StreamRX is not affiliated with W W Grainger Inc..