Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
The Scotts Company LLC Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $58M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 63
- Participants Small participant base
- 87th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $917,705
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan · Sponsored by The Scotts Company LLC · Ohio · Manufacturing
$58M in assets, 63 participants
The Scotts Company LLC's The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan reported $58M in total assets and 63 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th 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.
- #15,160 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Where The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan sits by assets
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $58M for 63 participants (~$917,705/participant), down 2.0% in 2023.
- #15,160
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- -2.0%
- assets change YoY
- 0.6×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$57,815,389 Top 13% higher than 87% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan is a small filing (63 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$22M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan reported participants fell from 89 in the plan year 2022 filing to 63 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $59M in the plan year 2022 filing to $58M in the plan year 2023 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 311414921 · The Scotts Company LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan · $58M · 63 · 87th
- PCT $58M
- PCT 63
- PCT 87th
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PCT near Christie's Inc. Pension Plan
- PCT ind #15160
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 Ohio →
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $59M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $58M |
| Net Income | -$1M |
| Employer EIN | 311414921 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1954-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Scotts Company LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Scotts Company LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $745M 24.982293954917125% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 6,443 | $596M |
| 2023 | 2 | 5,044 | $680M |
| 2024 | 2 | 4,722 | $745M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan $7.1B · 12,304
- Nationwide Retirement Plan $5.3B · 22,311
- American Electric Power System Retirement Plan $4.5B · 15,595
- Parker Defined Benefit Plan $3.7B · 191
- Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan $3.6B · 10,029
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Christie's Inc. Pension Plan in NY ($58M); by covered participants it is Retirement Program Plan for Employees of United States Enrichment Corporation in MD (63 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($58M here).
- Christie's Inc. Pension Plan (NY) $58M · 72
- Lennox Industries Inc Pension Plan for Bu Ees - Lennox Mfg Inc (TX) $58M · 379
- Tidewater Electrical Industry Pension Fund (VA) $58M · 463
- C&s Consolidated Pension Plan (NH) $58M · 116
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (63 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.