401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Mars, Incorporated 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.0B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 14,224
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $208,411
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: U.S. Associate Savings Plan · Sponsored by Mars, Incorporated · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$3.0B in assets, 14,224 participants
Mars, Incorporated's U.S. Associate Savings Plan reported $3.0B in total assets and 14,224 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #18,551 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
U.S. Associate Savings Plan covers 14,224 participants in New Jersey, 17x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $3.0B.
- #18,551
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +20.9%
- assets growth YoY
- 30×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
U.S. Associate Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
U.S. Associate Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$2,964,444,756 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
U.S. Associate Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. U.S. Associate Savings Plan is a mega filing (14,224 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- U.S. Associate Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$445M in the plan year 2022 filing to $512M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- U.S. Associate Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- U.S. Associate Savings Plan reported participants rose from 13,112 in the plan year 2022 filing to 14,224 in the plan year 2023 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 221594774 · Mars, Incorporated PY 2023 · 401(k)
U.S. Associate Savings Plan · $3.0B · 14,224 · 100th
- EIN $3.0B
- RANK 14,224
- PHOTO 100th
- IND 401(k)
- EOY near Ameren Corporation Savings Investment Plan
- 5500 ind #18551
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 New Jersey →
U.S. Associate Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.0B |
| Net Income | $512M |
| Employer EIN | 221594774 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2003-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Mars, Incorporated)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Mars, Incorporated plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $11.7B 22.9945575884106% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 60,183 | $9.5B |
| 2023 | 5 | 58,554 | $11.0B |
| 2024 | 5 | 59,490 | $11.7B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan $44.6B · 176,610
- Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees $27.8B · 78,072
- Johnson and Johnson Savings Plan $22.2B · 41,291
- Ernst & Young Retirement Savings Plan $15.5B · 59,346
- Merck US Savings Plan $13.4B · 26,850
Scale composition for U.S. Associate Savings Plan
U.S. Associate Savings Plan reports $3.0B in end-of-year assets across 14,224 participants (0.024% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.015% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $208,411 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $512M.
This plan identity (EIN 221594774, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.5B to $3.4B (+38.1%) while covered participants moved from 13,112 to 15,513 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13,112 | $2.5B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 14,224 | $3.0B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 15,513 | $3.4B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- U. S. Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $5.1B, 8,869 participants)
- U.S. Associate Savings Plan (401(k), $3.4B, 15,513 participants)
- Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $2.6B, 33,476 participants)
- Mars Deferred Compensation Plan (401(k), $598M, 627 participants)
U.S. Associate Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Ameren Corporation Savings Investment Plan in MO ($3.0B); by covered participants it is P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc. 401(k) Plan in AZ (14,245 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.0B here).
- Ameren Corporation Savings Investment Plan (MO) $3.0B · 9,356
- Iowa Health System Section 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (IA) $3.0B · 28,959
- Wsp USA Retirement Savings Plan (NY) $3.0B · 16,239
- Xcel Energy 401(k) Savings Plan (MN) $2.9B · 9,334
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (14,224 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc. 401(k) Plan (AZ) 14,245 · 21 off
- Techtronic Industries 401(k) Retirement Plan (FL) 14,250 · 26 off
- Kraft Heinz Savings Plan (PA) 14,168 · 56 off
- Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and Subsidiaries Employees Retirement Plan (AK) 14,281 · 57 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.