401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Cargill, Incorporated 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $7.7B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 27,564
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $280,807
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Cargill Partnership Plan · Sponsored by Cargill, Incorporated · Minnesota · Wholesale Trade
$7.7B in assets, 27,564 participants
Cargill, Incorporated's The Cargill Partnership Plan reported $7.7B in total assets and 27,564 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #6,842 in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)
Coverage in Minnesota
The Cargill Partnership Plan covers 27,564 participants in Minnesota, 24x the typical Minnesota plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $7.7B.
- #6,842
- in Wholesale Trade (6,843 peers)
- -11.2%
- assets change YoY
- 78×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $974M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Cargill Partnership Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Cargill Partnership Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$7,740,160,092 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
The Cargill Partnership Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Cargill Partnership Plan is a mega filing (27,564 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 410177680 · Cargill, Incorporated PY 2022 · 401(k)
The Cargill Partnership Plan · $7.7B · 27,564 · 100th
- BOY $7.7B
- SCH 27,564
- EBSA 100th
- PART 401(k)
- TYPE near The Southern Company Employee Savings Plan
- NET ind #6842
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Minnesota →
The Cargill Partnership Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Minnesota filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $8.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $7.7B |
| Net Income | -$974M |
| Employer EIN | 410177680 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1992-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Cargill, Incorporated)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Cargill, Incorporated plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $13.1B 17.60548769818785% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 61,433 | $11.1B |
| 2023 | 6 | 63,659 | $12.1B |
| 2024 | 6 | 64,521 | $13.1B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Minnesota
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Unitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings Plan $18.6B · 176,886
- Medtronic Savings and Investment Plan (Also Known as the Medtronic 401(k) Plan) $12.2B · 38,825
- Target Corporation 401(k) Plan $11.2B · 400,422
- 3M Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan $11.1B · 37,159
- U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan $8.3B · 67,646
Scale composition for The Cargill Partnership Plan
The Cargill Partnership Plan reports $7.7B in end-of-year assets across 27,564 participants (0.063% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.029% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $280,807 per participant (2.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$974M.
This plan identity (EIN 410177680, plan #015) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $7.7B to $8.9B (+15.3%) while covered participants moved from 27,564 to 29,292 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27,564 | $7.7B | This page |
| 2023 | 29,087 | $8.4B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 29,292 | $8.9B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- The Cargill Partnership Plan (401(k), $8.9B, 29,292 participants)
- Cargill, Inc. and Associated Companies Salaried Employees Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.0B, 3,346 participants)
- Cargill Employee Retirement Account Plan (Profit Sharing, $613M, 20,683 participants)
- Cargill, Inc and Assoc. Co's Pension Plan for Production Employees (Defined Benefit (Pension), $598M, 117 participants)
The Cargill Partnership Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Minnesota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Southern Company Employee Savings Plan in GA ($7.8B); by covered participants it is Baycare Health System Retirement Plan in FL (27,548 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7.7B here).
- The Southern Company Employee Savings Plan (GA) $7.8B · 27,061
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (PA) $7.8B · 25,071
- Siemens Savings Plan (NJ) $7.6B · 26,048
- The Progressive 401(k) Plan (OH) $7.6B · 50,299
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (27,564 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Baycare Health System Retirement Plan (FL) 27,548 · 16 off
- Bnsf Railway Company Non-Salaried Employees 401(k) Retirement Plan (TX) 27,463 · 101 off
- Honda 401(k) Savings Plan (CA) 27,439 · 125 off
- Duke Energy Retirement Savings Plan (NC) 27,731 · 167 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.