Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Darling Ingredients Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$81M
Total assets Below avg plan size
134
Participants Small participant base
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$601,300
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Darling Ingredients Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing

$81M in assets, 134 participants

Darling Ingredients Inc.'s Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan reported $81M in total assets and 134 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd 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.

  • #17,954 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan covers 134 participants in Texas, about 19% of the average Texas filer (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $81M.

#17,954
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-25.3%
assets change YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $27M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$80,574,191 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' 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. Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (134 participants).

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 362495346 · Darling Ingredients Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan · $81M · 134 · 92nd

  • NET $81M
  • BOOK 134
  • VS-ST 92nd
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Robert Bosch Fuel Systems LLC Hourly-Rated Employees' Pension Plan
  • EBSA ind #17954

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 Texas →

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Retirement Plan for Employees of Meadville Medical CenterRetirement Plan for Employee…$81MFirelands Regional Medical Center Retirement PlanFirelands Regional Medical C…$81MTruliant Federal Credit Union Pension PlanTruliant Federal Credit Unio…$81MRobert Bosch Fuel Systems LLC Hourly-Rated Employees' Pension PlanRobert Bosch Fuel Systems LL…$81MDarling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement PlanDarling Ingredients Inc. Sal…$81M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$108M
Net Assets (End of Year)$81M
Net Income-$27M
Employer EIN362495346
Plan Effective Date1965-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Darling Ingredients Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Darling Ingredients Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$475M 50.91375501073811% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$250M$300M$350M$400M$450M$500M 202220232024 $315M $475M ▲ +50.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 3,813 $315M
2023 5 5,924 $463M
2024 5 9,295 $475M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

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

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.080574191 · Participants: 134Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement PlanAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.998144 · Participants: 119463AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.642588618 · Participants: 12912Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.599 · Participants: 23661Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.541187279 · Participants: 12815Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.371602289 · Participants: 9156Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Robert Bosch Fuel Systems LLC Hourly-Rated Employees' Pension Plan in MI ($81M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Employees of Diamond V Mills, LLC. in IA (134 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (134 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 Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 25.3% during 2022, from $108M to $81M. Reported net income was -$27M.
How have Darling Ingredients Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Darling Ingredients Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 50.9%, from $315M to $475M.
Where does Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan ranks in the 92nd 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 Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Robert Bosch Fuel Systems LLC Hourly-Rated Employees' Pension Plan in MI ($81M, 59 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for Employees of Diamond V Mills, LLC. in IA (134 participants, $24M 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 362495346.

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.