Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$22M
Total assets Small plan by assets
126
Participants Small participant base
78th
Percentile by assets National rank
$171,587
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan · Sponsored by Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. · Kansas · Manufacturing

$22M in assets, 126 participants

Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc.'s Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan reported $22M in total assets and 126 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 78th 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.

  • #14,366 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Kansas

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan covers 126 participants in Kansas, about 35% of the average Kansas filer (state average ~360 per filing). Assets: $22M.

#14,366
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-25.8%
assets change YoY
0.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $8M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$21,619,908 Top 22% higher than 78% 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

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension 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. Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (126 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 741648416 · Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan · $22M · 126 · 78th

  • BOY $22M
  • BOY 126
  • BOY 78th
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near The Barton Group Pension Plan
  • BOY ind #14366

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 Kansas →

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The Springs Company Noncontributory Retirement PlanThe Springs Company Noncontr…$22MThe Barton Group Pension Plan$22MIBEW Local 688 Pension Plan$22MHill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension PlanHill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. U…$22MMinor League Players Pension PlanMinor League Players Pension…$22M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Kansas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$29M
Net Assets (End of Year)$22M
Net Income-$8M
Employer EIN741648416
Plan Effective Date1968-09-25
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$19M 11.29378533895704% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$18M$19M$20M$21M$22M 202220232024 $21.6M $19.2M ▼ -11.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 126 $22M
2023 1 133 $21M
2024 1 141 $19M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Kansas

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

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200002000400060008000 -0.500.511.52 Total assets ($B) Participants Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.021619908 · Participants: 126Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension PlanKoch Industries Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.593691674 · Participants: 6466Koch Industries Employees' Pension PlanSprint Retirement Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.233083024 · Participants: 4700Sprint Retirement Pension PlanSpirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. Pension Value Plan a, Total assets ($B): 0.670348613 · Participants: 996Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. Pension Value Plan aInvista Pension Plan for Certain Grandfathered Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.406134615 · Participants: 0Invista Pension Plan for Certain Grandfathered EmployeesGreater Kansas City Laborers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.334112429 · Participants: 878Greater Kansas City Laborers Pension Plan
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Kansas, assets vs. participants
Compare Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Kansas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Barton Group Pension Plan in NY ($22M); by covered participants it is National Federation of Independent Business Retirement Plan in TN (126 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($22M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (126 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 Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan declined sharply - down 25.8% during 2022, from $29M to $22M. Reported net income was -$8M.
How have Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 11.3%, from $22M to $19M.
Where does Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan ranks in the 78th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Barton Group Pension Plan in NY ($22M, 46 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. Union Employees Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is National Federation of Independent Business Retirement Plan in TN (126 participants, $76M 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 741648416.

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.