Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
American Honda Motor Company, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $3.6B
- Total assets
- 10,177
- Participants
- 100th
- Percentile by assets
- $351,114
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Honda Retirement Plan · Sponsored by American Honda Motor Company, Inc. · California · Manufacturing
$3.6B in assets, 10,177 participants
American Honda Motor Company, Inc.'s Honda Retirement Plan reported $3.6B in total assets and 10,177 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- 100th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- #20,494 in Manufacturing (20,629 peers)
Coverage in California
Honda Retirement Plan covers 10,177 participants in California, 16x the typical California plan (state average ~637 per filing). Assets: $3.6B.
- $3.6B
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 10,177
- covered participants
- 100th
- percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- $351,114
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $889M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Participants vs California filers
In California, the average filing covers about 637 participants across 14,392 plans. Honda Retirement Plan reports 10,177 participants - 16x that state average ($3.6B EOY assets).
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $4.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.6B |
| Net Income | -$889M |
| Employer EIN | 952041006 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1962-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (American Honda Motor Company, Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 37,616 | $8.3B |
| 2023 | 2 | 43,755 | $8.9B |
| 2024 | 2 | 38,011 | $9.6B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Honda Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $31.9B · 126,331
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $17.1B · 25,709
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $10.4B · 19,326
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $9.2B · 11,405
- Wells Fargo & Company Cash Balance Plan $8.8B · 59,141
Scale composition for Honda Retirement Plan
Honda Retirement Plan reports $3.6B in end-of-year assets across 10,177 participants (0.031% of the $11.6T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 89,805,449 covered participants) - about $351,114 per participant (2.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$889M.
This plan identity (EIN 952041006, plan #334) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.6B to $3.3B (-7.6%) while covered participants moved from 10,177 to 8,401 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,177 | $3.6B | This page |
| 2023 | 8,837 | $3.4B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,401 | $3.3B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Honda 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $6.3B, 29,610 participants)
- Honda Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $3.3B, 8,401 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Honda Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Mufg Bank, Ltd. Retirement Plan (NY) $3.6B · 10,900
- Schlumberger Technology Corporation Pension Plan (TX) $3.6B · 2,136
- N. Atlantic States Carp. Guaranteed Annuity Fund (MA) $3.6B · 10,962
- The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees (CT) $3.5B · 8,100
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Filing takeaways
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- By total assets, Honda Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
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- American Honda Motor Company, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 15.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans