Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$27M
Total assets Below avg plan size
279
Participants Below avg headcount
81st
Percentile by assets National rank
$95,852
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. · Sponsored by Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$27M in assets, 279 participants

Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.'s Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. reported $27M in total assets and 279 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 81st 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.

  • #15,161 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. covers 279 participants in Pennsylvania, about 34% of the average Pennsylvania filer (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $27M.

#15,161
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-38.3%
assets change YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $17M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.'s outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. vs every filed plan by assets

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

$26,742,718 Top 19% higher than 81% 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

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. 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. Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. sits mid-pack in the medium band (279 participants).

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 231324775 · Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. · $27M · 279 · 81st

  • NET $27M
  • BOOK 279
  • VS-ST 81st
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Rndc Hourly Warehousemen & Drivers Pension Plan
  • EBSA ind #15161

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 Pennsylvania →

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$43M
Net Assets (End of Year)$27M
Net Income-$17M
Employer EIN231324775
Plan Effective Date1956-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$97M 14.060969617403604% vs 2022
2023 filing year
$80M$85M$90M$95M$100M 20222023 $85.4M $97.4M ▲ +14.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 1,466 $85M
2023 5 1,296 $97M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.026742718 · Participants: 279Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.National Elevator Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.401485458 · Participants: 27097National Elevator Industry Pension PlanSteelworkers Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 5.908424468 · Participants: 52395Steelworkers Pension TrustThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.402519 · Participants: 63731The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension PlanConstellation Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 5.359207207 · Participants: 5314Constellation Retirement ProgramThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.968344232 · Participants: 8098The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan
Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Rndc Hourly Warehousemen & Drivers Pension Plan in IN ($27M); by covered participants it is Cape Regional Health System, Inc. Pension Plan in NJ (279 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (279 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 Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. assets move in 2022? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. contracted severely - down 38.3% during 2022, from $43M to $27M. Reported net income was -$17M.
How have Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2022-2023), Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 14.1%, from $85M to $97M.
Where does Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. ranks in the 81st 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 Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Rndc Hourly Warehousemen & Drivers Pension Plan in IN ($27M, 330 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Cape Regional Health System, Inc. Pension Plan in NJ (279 participants, $60M 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 231324775.

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.