Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$136M
Total assets Near avg plan size
1,987
Participants Near avg headcount
94th
Percentile by assets National rank
$68,380
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. · North Carolina · Retail Trade

$136M in assets, 1,987 participants

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.'s Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan reported $136M in total assets and 1,987 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • #9,213 in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)

Coverage in North Carolina

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan covers 1,987 participants in North Carolina, 2.4x the typical North Carolina plan (state average ~819 per filing). Assets: $136M.

#9,213
in Retail Trade (9,519 peers)
-37.2%
assets change YoY
1.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $80M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$135,871,037 Top 6% higher than 94% 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

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,987 participants).

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 560905940 · Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan · $136M · 1,987 · 94th

  • EOY $136M
  • 5500 1,987
  • ASSETS 94th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan
  • RANK ind #9213

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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 43 Pension FundPlumbers & Steamfitters Loca…$136MPension Plan a of Healthnow Ny Inc.Pension Plan a of Healthnow …$136MHarris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension PlanHarris Teeter Supermarkets, …$136MKansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension PlanKansas City Life Insurance C…$136MPhiladelphia Corporation for Aging Pension PlanPhiladelphia Corporation for…$136M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' 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)$216M
Net Assets (End of Year)$136M
Net Income-$80M
Employer EIN560905940
Plan Effective Date1989-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.5B 29.962808452267026% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B 202220232024 $1.19B $1.54B ▲ +29.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 32,557 $1.2B
2023 2 33,660 $1.4B
2024 2 35,798 $1.5B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in North Carolina

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

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.135871037 · Participants: 1987Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension PlanHoneywell Retirement Earnings Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.0193439 · Participants: 12452Honeywell Retirement Earnings PlanTruist Financial Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.462364023 · Participants: 37931Truist Financial Corporation Pension 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 Plan
Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' 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 Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan in MO ($136M); by covered participants it is Cf Industries Holdings, Inc. Pension Plan in IL (1,989 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,987 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 Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan contracted severely - down 37.2% during 2022, from $216M to $136M. Reported net income was -$80M.
How have Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 30.0%, from $1.2B to $1.5B.
Where does Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan ranks in the 94th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan in MO ($136M, 197 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Cf Industries Holdings, Inc. Pension Plan in IL (1,989 participants, $161M 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 560905940.

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.