Employee Retirement Plans |
12 Months Ended |
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Jan. 30, 2026 | |
| Retirement Benefits, Description [Abstract] | |
| Employee Retirement Plans | Employee Retirement Plans The Company maintains a defined contribution retirement plan for eligible employees (the 401(k) Plan). Eligible employees may participate in the 401(k) Plan the first of the month after thirty days of employment. The Company makes contributions to the 401(k) Plan each payroll period, based upon a matching formula applied to employee deferrals (the Company Match). Participants are eligible to receive the Company Match pursuant to the terms of the 401(k) Plan. The Company Match varies based on how much the employee elects to defer up to a maximum of 4.25% of eligible compensation. The Company Match is invested identically to employee contributions and is immediately vested. As of January 1, 2025, the 401(k) Plan allows participants to borrow from his or her account balance and receive required minimum distributions over the maximum time periods allowable under the Internal Revenue Code. The Company maintains a Benefit Restoration Plan to supplement benefits provided under the 401(k) Plan to participants whose benefits are restricted as a result of certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This plan provides for employee salary deferrals and employer contributions in the form of a Company Match. The Company maintains a non-qualified deferred compensation program called the Lowe’s Cash Deferral Plan. This plan is designed to permit certain employees to defer receipt of portions of their compensation, thereby delaying taxation on the deferral amount and on subsequent earnings until the balance is distributed. This plan does not provide for Company contributions. The Company recognized expense associated with these employee retirement plans of $201 million, $172 million, and $167 million in 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.
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