Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Gorton's Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $59M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 100
- Participants Small participant base
- 89th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $593,430
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Gorton's Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Gorton's Inc. · Massachusetts · Manufacturing
$59M in assets, 100 participants
Gorton's Inc.'s Gorton's Retirement Plan reported $59M in total assets and 100 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.
- #17,353 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
Coverage in Massachusetts
Gorton's Retirement Plan covers 100 participants in Massachusetts, about 15% of the average Massachusetts filer (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $59M.
- #17,353
- in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
- -29.1%
- assets change YoY
- 0.6×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $24M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Gorton's Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Gorton's Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$59,342,998 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Gorton's Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Gorton's Retirement Plan is a small filing (100 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 043575531 · Gorton's Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Gorton's Retirement Plan · $59M · 100 · 89th
- 5500 $59M
- ASSETS 100
- PCT 89th
- EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
- RANK near Suburban Hospital, Inc. Retirement Income Plan
- PHOTO ind #17353
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 Massachusetts →
Gorton's Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Massachusetts filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $84M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $59M |
| Net Income | -$24M |
| Employer EIN | 043575531 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2001-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Gorton's Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Gorton's Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $161M 3.3204730076096984% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 535 | $156M |
| 2023 | 3 | 515 | $161M |
| 2024 | 3 | 507 | $161M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Massachusetts
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Consolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member Organizations $9.1B · 55,495
- Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan $6.8B · 33,087
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan $5.3B · 11,835
- N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund $4.8B · 17,323
- N. Atlantic States Carp. Guaranteed Annuity Fund $3.6B · 10,962
Gorton's Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Massachusetts, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Suburban Hospital, Inc. Retirement Income Plan in MD ($59M); by covered participants it is Star One Credit Union Retirement Plan in CA (100 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($59M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (100 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Star One Credit Union Retirement Plan (CA) 100 · 0 off
- Air Force Federal Credit Union Retirement Plan and Trust (TX) 100 · 0 off
- Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of Mersen USA (NJ) 100 · 0 off
- Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of True Temper Sports, Inc. Represented by the United Steelworkers of America (TN) 100 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.