Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Trustees of the Local 734 Pension Fund Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$98M
Total assets
858
Participants
91st
Percentile by assets
$114,392
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Local 734 Pension Fund · Sponsored by Trustees of the Local 734 Pension Fund · Illinois · Wholesale Trade

$98M in assets, 858 participants

Trustees of the Local 734 Pension Fund's Local 734 Pension Fund reported $98M in total assets and 858 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.

  • 91st percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Local 734 Pension Fund holds $98M for 858 participants - about $114,392 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, up 2.1% over the 2023 plan year.

$98M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
858
covered participants
91st
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$114,392
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Wholesale Trade

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Local 734 Pension Fund

Local 734 Pension Fund is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Trustees of the Local 734 Pension Fund, headquartered in Illinois. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $98M in total end-of-year assets and covers 858 participants across the Wholesale Trade industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 516040136, and the plan has been effective since 1957-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged up modestly from $96M at the beginning of 2023 to $98M at year-end - up 2.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $98M, with reported net income of $2M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Trustees of the Local 734 Pension Fund has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $96M to $96M, a decline of 0.6%, while reported participants moved from 803 to 861 (+7.2%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $98M; the softest was 2024 at $96M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $96M in assets across 1 plan covering 803 participants; 2023 - $98M in assets across 1 plan covering 858 participants; 2024 - $96M in assets across 1 plan covering 861 participants.

By assets, Local 734 Pension Fund outranks 91% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.0x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Local 734 Pension Fund against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$96M
Total Assets (End of Year)$98M
Net Assets (End of Year)$98M
Net Income$2M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN516040136
Plan Effective Date1957-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of the Local 734 Pension Fund)

$95M$96M$97M$98M$99M 202220232024 $96.2M $95.5M ▼ -0.6%
Total plan assets by year, all Trustees of the Local 734 Pension Fund 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 803 $96M
2023 1 858 $98M
2024 1 861 $96M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Local 734 Pension Fund?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Local 734 Pension Fund holds $98M in total assets with 858 participants. It is sponsored by Trustees of the Local 734 Pension Fund.
What type of plan is Local 734 Pension Fund?
Local 734 Pension Fund is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1957-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 516040136.
Who sponsors the Local 734 Pension Fund?
Local 734 Pension Fund is sponsored by Trustees of the Local 734 Pension Fund, located in Illinois. The sponsor's EIN is 516040136 and the plan operates in the Wholesale Trade industry.
How did Local 734 Pension Fund perform in 2023?
Local 734 Pension Fund edged up modestly - up 2.1% during 2023, moving from $96M to $98M in total assets. Net income was $2M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Local 734 Pension Fund's numbers.

  • By total assets, Local 734 Pension Fund ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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  • Trustees of the Local 734 Pension Fund's sponsor-wide assets have declined 0.6% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Wholesale Trade plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 516040136.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.