Principal Financial Group, Inc.
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Annual Revenue: $15.63B
Principal Financial Group generates revenue primarily through Financial services and insurance, reporting roughly $15.63B in annual revenue.
Core Growth Engine: Principal Financial Group's strategy centers on retirement scale, small and midsize business benefits, asset management, digital enrollment, risk discipline, capital returns, and workplace distribution....
Principal makes money from insurance premiums, retirement-plan administration and recordkeeping fees, asset-management fees, annuities, group benefits, and protection products, serving both individual customers and institutional retirement-plan sponsors in the US and international markets. The company significantly scaled its retirement business by acquiring Wells Fargo's Institutional Retirement & Trust business for about $1.2 billion in 2019, adding major recordkeeping, trust, custody, and institutional advisory capacity. In 2026, Principal announced an agreement to acquire Beam Benefits, a digital-first employee-benefits platform for small businesses, expected to close in the second half of the year and aimed at strengthening its Specialty Benefits growth in the small- and mid-size employer market. Principal's revenue mix spans multiple related but distinct businesses -- retirement plan administration, life and specialty insurance, and asset management -- which diversifies it against being dependent on any single interest-rate or market cycle, though it also means the company competes against both dedicated retirement-plan providers and larger diversified insurers.
Principal Financial Group's strategy centers on retirement scale, small and midsize business benefits, asset management, digital enrollment, risk discipline, capital returns, and workplace distribution.
Principal Financial Group, Inc.'s business model is anchored by its core commercial operations: Principal makes money from insurance premiums, retirement-plan administration and recordkeeping fees, asset-management fees, annuities, group benefits, and protection products, serving both individual customers and institutional retirement-plan sponsors in the US and international markets.
By integrating workflow automation into product delivery, Principal Financial Group, Inc. deepens customer engagement and strengthens recurring cash flows in Financial services and insurance.
In 2026, Principal Financial Group, Inc. continues refining operational efficiency to lower customer acquisition costs while scaling gross margins across key markets.