Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Target Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$3.3B
Total assets
50,515
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$66,290
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Target Corporation · Minnesota · Retail Trade

What the 2022 filing shows

Target Corporation Pension Plan holds $3.3B for 50,515 participants - about $66,290 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, down 28.0% over the 2022 plan year.

$3.3B
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
50,515
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$66,290
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $1.3B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Retail Trade

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

What the Filing Says About Target Corporation Pension Plan

Target Corporation Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Target Corporation, headquartered in Minnesota. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $3.3B in total end-of-year assets and covers 50,515 participants across the Retail Trade industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 410215170, and the plan has been effective since 1944-01-25. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets declined sharply from $4.7B at the beginning of 2022 to $3.3B at year-end - down 28.0%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $3.3B, with reported net income of -$1.3B driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Target Corporation has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $14.6B to $17.7B, a gain of 21.8%, while reported participants moved from 450,937 to 451,375 (+0.1%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $17.7B; the softest was 2022 at $14.6B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $14.6B in assets across 3 plans covering 450,937 participants; 2023 - $16.6B in assets across 3 plans covering 478,341 participants; 2024 - $17.7B in assets across 3 plans covering 451,375 participants.

By assets, Target Corporation Pension Plan outranks nearly all the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 33x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2022 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (139,258 plans), rank Target Corporation Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$4.7B
Total Assets (End of Year)$3.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.3B
Net Income-$1.3B
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN410215170
Plan Effective Date1944-01-25
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Target Corporation)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 450,937 $14.6B
2023 3 478,341 $16.6B
2024 3 451,375 $17.7B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Target Corporation Pension Plan?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, Target Corporation Pension Plan holds $3.3B in total assets with 50,515 participants. It is sponsored by Target Corporation.
What type of plan is Target Corporation Pension Plan?
Target Corporation Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1944-01-25. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 410215170.
Who sponsors the Target Corporation Pension Plan?
Target Corporation Pension Plan is sponsored by Target Corporation, located in Minnesota. The sponsor's EIN is 410215170 and the plan operates in the Retail Trade industry.
How did Target Corporation Pension Plan perform in 2022?
Target Corporation Pension Plan declined sharply - down 28.0% during 2022, moving from $4.7B to $3.3B in total assets. Net income was -$1.3B.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Target Corporation Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Target Corporation Pension Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota. Compare plans
  • Target Corporation's sponsor-wide assets have grown 21.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Retail Trade plans
  • A Defined Benefit (Pension) plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 410215170.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.