Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Howard Miller Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$26M
Total assets Below avg plan size
67
Participants Small participant base
77th
Percentile by assets National rank
$387,924
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan · Sponsored by Howard Miller Company · Michigan · Manufacturing

$26M in assets, 67 participants

Howard Miller Company's Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported $26M in total assets and 67 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 77th 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.

  • #12,778 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan sits by assets

Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $26M for 67 participants (~$387,924/participant), up 9.3% in 2023.

#12,778
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+9.3%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$25,990,897 Top 23% higher than 77% 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

Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit 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. Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan is a small filing (67 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$10M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported participants fell from 92 in the plan year 2022 filing to 67 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $24M in the plan year 2022 filing to $26M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 381258662 · Howard Miller Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan · $26M · 67 · 77th

  • RANK $26M
  • RANK 67
  • RANK 77th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Saker Shoprites, Inc. - Local 360 Ee's Ret Plan
  • RANK ind #12778

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 →

Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit 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)$24M
Net Assets (End of Year)$26M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN381258662
Plan Effective Date1956-01-27
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Howard Miller Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Howard Miller Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$22M 54.652498264129065% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$10M$20M$30M$40M$50M$60M 202220232024 $48.7M $22.1M ▼ -54.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 292 $49M
2023 2 261 $49M
2024 2 266 $22M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan

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

Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100000100002000030000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.025990897 · Participants: 67Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit 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
Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Saker Shoprites, Inc. - Local 360 Ee's Ret Plan in NJ ($26M); by covered participants it is Employees' Pension Plan of Florida Public Utilities Company in DE (67 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

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 Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.3% during 2023, from $24M to $26M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Howard Miller Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Howard Miller Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 54.7%, from $49M to $22M.
Where does Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan ranks in the 77th 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 Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Saker Shoprites, Inc. - Local 360 Ee's Ret Plan in NJ ($26M, 566 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Howard Miller - Hekman Defined Benefit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Employees' Pension Plan of Florida Public Utilities Company in DE (67 participants, $49M 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 381258662.

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.