Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Ball Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$951M
Total assets Above avg plan size
1,506
Participants Near avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$631,515
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ball Pension Plan · Sponsored by Ball Corporation · Colorado · Manufacturing

$951M in assets, 1,506 participants

Ball Corporation's Ball Pension Plan reported $951M in total assets and 1,506 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #18,243 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Colorado

Ball Pension Plan covers 1,506 participants in Colorado, 4.0x the typical Colorado plan (state average ~376 per filing). Assets: $951M.

#18,243
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+0.1%
assets growth YoY
9.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Ball Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ball Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$951,061,920 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Ball Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Ball Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,506 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Ball Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$400M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ball Pension Plan reported participants fell from 1,920 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,506 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ball Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $950M in the plan year 2022 filing to $951M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 350160610 · Ball Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Ball Pension Plan · $951M · 1,506 · 99th

  • VS-ST $951M
  • BOY 1,506
  • SCH 99th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Lockheed Martin Corporation Pension Plan for Employees in Participating Bargaining Units
  • TYPE ind #18243

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 Colorado →

Ball Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Vf Corporation Pension Plan$952MBall Pension Plan$951MLockheed Martin Corporation Pension Plan for Employees in Participating Bargaining UnitsLockheed Martin Corporation …$951MThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Retirement PlanThermo Fisher Scientific Inc…$947MChildren's Hospital Corporation Pension PlanChildren's Hospital Corporat…$946M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Ball Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Colorado filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$950M
Net Assets (End of Year)$951M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN350160610
Plan Effective Date1955-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ball Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ball Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.4B 13.790445634123504% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.93B $3.39B ▼ -13.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 21,973 $3.9B
2023 4 19,981 $4.3B
2024 3 14,066 $3.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Colorado

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

Ball Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 0.20.40.60.811.21.4 Total assets ($B) Participants Ball Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.95106192 · Participants: 1506Ball Pension PlanRocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.28371737 · Participants: 39434Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension PlanPcs U.S. Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.853837683 · Participants: 1340Pcs U.S. Employees' Pension PlanMedianews Group Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.434038888 · Participants: 213Medianews Group Pension PlanNational Renewable Energy Laboratory Shared Security Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.406218917 · Participants: 2822National Renewable Energy Laboratory Shared Security Pension PlanEmployees' and Agents' Pension Benefits Plan Empower Holdings, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.405979348 · Participants: 241Employees' and Agents' Pension Benefits Plan Empower Holdings, Inc.
Ball Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants
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Ball Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Colorado, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Lockheed Martin Corporation Pension Plan for Employees in Participating Bargaining Units in MD ($951M); by covered participants it is Pamcah-Ua Local 675 Pension Plan in HI (1,505 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,506 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 Ball Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Ball Pension Plan held essentially flat - up 0.1% during 2023, from $950M to $951M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Ball Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ball Corporation's sponsor-wide assets declined 13.8%, from $3.9B to $3.4B.
Where does Ball Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Ball Pension Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Ball Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Lockheed Martin Corporation Pension Plan for Employees in Participating Bargaining Units in MD ($951M, 986 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ball Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pamcah-Ua Local 675 Pension Plan in HI (1,505 participants, $575M 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 350160610.

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.