Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Sears Manufacturing Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$13M
Total assets Small plan by assets
103
Participants Small participant base
70th
Percentile by assets National rank
$124,646
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Sears Manufacturing Company · Iowa · Manufacturing

$13M in assets, 103 participants

Sears Manufacturing Company's Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan reported $13M in total assets and 103 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 70th 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.

  • #12,025 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Iowa

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan covers 103 participants in Iowa, about 17% of the average Iowa filer (state average ~609 per filing). Assets: $13M.

#12,025
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-13.7%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$12,838,548 Top 30% higher than 70% 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

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (103 participants).

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 420712643 · Sears Manufacturing Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan · $13M · 103 · 70th

  • PART $13M
  • TYPE 103
  • NET 70th
  • BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Autoneum North America, Inc. Carpet Hourly-Paid Employees' Pension Plan
  • BOY ind #12025

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Iowa →

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Otterbein Homes Retirement PlanOtterbein Homes Retirement P…$13MSears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement PlanSears Manufacturing Company …$13MAutoneum North America, Inc. Carpet Hourly-Paid Employees' Pension PlanAutoneum North America, Inc.…$13MStahl USA, Inc. Pension Plan$13MEngineered Precision Casting Company Retirement PlanEngineered Precision Casting…$13M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Iowa filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$15M
Net Assets (End of Year)$13M
Net Income-$2M
Employer EIN420712643
Plan Effective Date1975-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sears Manufacturing Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sears Manufacturing Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$60M 12.197670565665447% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$52M$54M$56M$58M$60M$62M 202220232024 $53.4M $59.9M ▲ +12.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 736 $53M
2023 3 825 $58M
2024 3 708 $60M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Iowa

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

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -0.500.511.522.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.012838548 · Participants: 103Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement PlanTransamerica Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.230658092 · Participants: 6789Transamerica Pension PlanPrincipal Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.549488797 · Participants: 11788Principal Cash Balance PlanMidamerican Energy Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.490129749 · Participants: 3321Midamerican Energy Company Retirement PlanEmployers Mutual Casualty Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.320738549 · Participants: 2037Employers Mutual Casualty Company Retirement PlanNon-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Wellmark, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.286934779 · Participants: 1641Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Wellmark, Inc.
Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants
Compare Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Iowa, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Autoneum North America, Inc. Carpet Hourly-Paid Employees' Pension Plan in MI ($13M); by covered participants it is Middlesex Water Company Pension Plan in NJ (103 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (103 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 Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 13.7% during 2022, from $15M to $13M. Reported net income was -$2M.
How have Sears Manufacturing Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sears Manufacturing Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 12.2%, from $53M to $60M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Autoneum North America, Inc. Carpet Hourly-Paid Employees' Pension Plan in MI ($13M, 242 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Middlesex Water Company Pension Plan in NJ (103 participants, $85M in assets).

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 420712643.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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