Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Bell Lumber & Pole Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$11M
Total assets Small plan by assets
94
Participants Small participant base
67th
Percentile by assets National rank
$119,142
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Bell Lumber & Pole Company · Minnesota · Manufacturing

$11M in assets, 94 participants

Bell Lumber & Pole Company's Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan reported $11M in total assets and 94 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 67th 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.

  • #11,340 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Bell Lumber & Pole Company multi-year trail

Bell Lumber & Pole Company's plans moved -16.2% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan at $11M / 94 participants.

#11,340
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-26.9%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $4M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$11,199,359 Top 33% higher than 67% 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

Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' 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. Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan is a small filing (94 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 410144340 · Bell Lumber & Pole Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan · $11M · 94 · 67th

  • TYPE $11M
  • TYPE 94
  • TYPE 67th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near Destination Xl Group, Inc. Retirement Plan
  • TYPE ind #11340

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 Minnesota →

Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

United Disability Services Defined Benefit PlanUnited Disability Services D…$11MContinental Cement Company, LLC Pension Plan B for Union EmployeesContinental Cement Company, …$11MPension Plan for Salaried Employees of Fabri-Kal CorporationPension Plan for Salaried Em…$11MBell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement PlanBell Lumber & Pole Company E…$11MDestination Xl Group, Inc. Retirement PlanDestination Xl Group, Inc. R…$11M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Bell Lumber & Pole Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Bell Lumber & Pole Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$15M 16.158515452483982% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$12M$14M$16M$18M$20M 202220232024 $17.5M $14.7M ▼ -16.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 244 $17M
2023 2 273 $11M
2024 1 248 $15M

Bell Lumber & Pole Company filing trail (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$15M
Net Assets (End of Year)$11M
Net Income-$4M
Employer EIN410144340
Plan Effective Date1956-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota

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

Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.011199359 · Participants: 94Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan3M Employee Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.047885796 · Participants: 121603M Employee Retirement Income PlanMayo Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.299849315 · Participants: 66434Mayo Pension PlanThe Travelers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.940696075 · Participants: 25144The Travelers Pension PlanU.S. Bank Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.73901396 · Participants: 55836U.S. Bank Pension PlanTarget Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.348662968 · Participants: 50515Target Corporation Pension Plan
Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Destination Xl Group, Inc. Retirement Plan in MA ($11M); by covered participants it is Century Furniture, LLC Pension Plan and Trust in NC (94 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (94 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 Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 26.9% during 2022, from $15M to $11M. Reported net income was -$4M.
How have Bell Lumber & Pole Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bell Lumber & Pole Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 16.2%, from $17M to $15M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Destination Xl Group, Inc. Retirement Plan in MA ($11M, 32 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bell Lumber & Pole Company Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Century Furniture, LLC Pension Plan and Trust in NC (94 participants, N/A 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 410144340.

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.