Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$12.5B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
37,931
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$328,554
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan · Sponsored by Truist Financial Corporation · North Carolina · Finance & Insurance

$12.5B in assets, 37,931 participants

Truist Financial Corporation's Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan reported $12.5B in total assets and 37,931 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.

  • #9,253 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)

Coverage in North Carolina

Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan covers 37,931 participants in North Carolina, 46x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $12.5B.

#9,253
in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
-24.0%
assets change YoY
125×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $3.9B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$12,462,364,023 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Truist Financial Corporation Pension 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. Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan is a mega filing (37,931 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 560939887 · Truist Financial Corporation PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan · $12.5B · 37,931 · 100th

  • IND $12.5B
  • IND 37,931
  • IND 100th
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Pension and Retirement Plan
  • IND ind #9253

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →

Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Dow Employees' Pension Plan$13.0BTruist Financial Corporation Pension PlanTruist Financial Corporation…$12.5BPension and Retirement Plan$12.3BThe Prudential Merged Retirement PlanThe Prudential Merged Retire…$12.3BUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee P…$11.9B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

North Carolina filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$16.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$12.5B
Net Income-$3.9B
Employer EIN560939887
Plan Effective Date1944-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Truist Financial Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Truist Financial Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$23.9B 11.676229271829822% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$21B$22B$23B$24B$25B$26B 202220232024 $21.4B $23.9B ▲ +11.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 89,802 $21.4B
2023 2 101,298 $24.7B
2024 2 91,247 $23.9B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in North Carolina

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.462364023 · Participants: 37931Truist Financial Corporation Pension PlanHoneywell Retirement Earnings Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.0193439 · Participants: 12452Honeywell Retirement Earnings PlanDuke Energy Legacy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.0414 · Participants: 346Duke Energy Legacy Pension PlanDuke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.182 · Participants: 16132Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance PlanTime Warner Cable Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.583220843 · Participants: 18624Time Warner Cable Pension PlanEmployees' Retirement Plan of Duke University, Total assets ($B): 2.470867869 · Participants: 20542Employees' Retirement Plan of Duke University
Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan

Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan reports $12.5B in end-of-year assets across 37,931 participants (0.10% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.040% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $328,554 per participant (2.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$3.9B.

This plan identity (EIN 560939887, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $12.5B to $14.7B (+17.9%) while covered participants moved from 37,931 to 38,548 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 37,931 $12.5B This page
2023 45,818 $14.6B Open filing
2024 · index core 38,548 $14.7B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Carolina, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension and Retirement Plan in DE ($12.3B); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson in NJ (38,100 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($12.5B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (37,931 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan assets move in 2022?
Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan declined sharply - down 24.0% during 2022, from $16.4B to $12.5B. Reported net income was -$3.9B.
How have Truist Financial Corporation plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Truist Financial Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 11.7%, from $21.4B to $23.9B.
Where does Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension and Retirement Plan in DE ($12.3B, 2,875 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Truist Financial Corporation Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson in NJ (38,100 participants, $19.8B in assets).