Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Darling Ingredients Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$19M
Total assets Small plan by assets
144
Participants Small participant base
77th
Percentile by assets National rank
$134,639
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Darling Ingredients Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing

$19M in assets, 144 participants

Darling Ingredients Inc.'s Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan reported $19M in total assets and 144 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 77th 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.

  • #13,933 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan covers 144 participants in Texas, about 21% of the average Texas filer (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $19M.

#13,933
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-24.9%
assets change YoY
0.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $6M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

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

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

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

$19,388,027 Top 23% higher than 77% 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. Hourly 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. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (144 participants).

EBSA filing schedule strip

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

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan · $19M · 144 · 77th

  • RANK $19M
  • RANK 144
  • RANK 77th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Harrisonville Telephone Company Retirement Plan for Management Employees
  • RANK ind #13933

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. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly 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)$26M
Net Assets (End of Year)$19M
Net Income-$6M
Employer EIN362495346
Plan Effective Date1973-01-01
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. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.019388027 · Participants: 144Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly 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. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly 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 Harrisonville Telephone Company Retirement Plan for Management Employees in IL ($19M); by covered participants it is Core Electric Cooperative Variable Annuity Defined Benefit Plan in CO (144 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (144 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. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 24.9% during 2022, from $26M to $19M. Reported net income was -$6M.
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. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan ranks in the 77th 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 Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Harrisonville Telephone Company Retirement Plan for Management Employees in IL ($19M, 39 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Core Electric Cooperative Variable Annuity Defined Benefit Plan in CO (144 participants, $3M 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.