Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Carhartt Inc Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$36M
Total assets Below avg plan size
446
Participants Below avg headcount
82nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$81,582
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Carhartt Inc · Michigan · Manufacturing

$36M in assets, 446 participants

Carhartt Inc's Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan reported $36M in total assets and 446 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 82nd 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.

  • #13,906 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan sits by assets

Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $36M for 446 participants (~$81,582/participant), up 10.9% in 2023.

#13,906
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+10.9%
assets growth YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$36,385,575 Top 18% higher than 82% of 127,068 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 2023

Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (446 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$8M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $33M in the plan year 2022 filing to $36M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 461 in the plan year 2022 filing to 446 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 381776575 · Carhartt Inc PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan · $36M · 446 · 82nd

  • TYPE $36M
  • TYPE 446
  • TYPE 82nd
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near Sbera Pension Plan as Adopted by Watertown Savings Bank
  • TYPE ind #13906

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 Michigan →

Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Waterous Company Pension Plan$36MAmetek Inc. Pension Plan$36MRetirement Plan of Louisiana Pigment Company, L.P.Retirement Plan of Louisiana…$36MSbera Pension Plan as Adopted by Watertown Savings BankSbera Pension Plan as Adopte…$36MCarhartt, Inc. Pension Plan$36M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$33M
Net Assets (End of Year)$36M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN381776575
Plan Effective Date1973-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Carhartt Inc)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Carhartt Inc plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$308M 34.050843530686635% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$200M$250M$300M$350M 202220232024 $230M $308M ▲ +34.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 3,257 $230M
2023 3 3,257 $277M
2024 3 3,187 $308M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan

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

Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100000100002000030000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.036385575 · Participants: 446Carhartt, Inc. Pension PlanGeneral Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 44.838918802 · Participants: 17959General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension PlanFord Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.269442236 · Participants: 26442Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement PlanFord Motor Company General Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.705910161 · Participants: 10215Ford Motor Company General Retirement PlanDow Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.529460215 · Participants: 14051Dow Employees' Pension PlanFca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement, Total assets ($B): 11.155705594 · Participants: 13635Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement
Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Sbera Pension Plan as Adopted by Watertown Savings Bank in MA ($36M); by covered participants it is Domtar US Salaried Pension Plan in (446 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (446 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.9% during 2023, from $33M to $36M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Carhartt Inc plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Carhartt Inc's sponsor-wide assets grew 34.1%, from $230M to $308M.
Where does Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan ranks in the 82nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Sbera Pension Plan as Adopted by Watertown Savings Bank in MA ($36M, 96 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Carhartt, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Domtar US Salaried Pension Plan in (446 participants, $102M in assets).

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 381776575.

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.