401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Mars, Incorporated 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 33,604
- Participants Very large workforce
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $63,192
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Mars, Incorporated · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$2.1B in assets, 33,604 participants
Mars, Incorporated's Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan reported $2.1B in total assets and 33,604 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.
- #18,491 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan covers 33,604 participants in New Jersey, 40x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $2.1B.
- #18,491
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +116.5%
- assets growth YoY
- 21×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$2,123,502,184 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) 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. Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan is a mega filing (33,604 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$79M in the plan year 2022 filing to $303M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $981M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants fell from 35,204 in the plan year 2022 filing to 33,604 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 221594774 · Mars, Incorporated PY 2023 · 401(k)
Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan · $2.1B · 33,604 · 99th
- PCT $2.1B
- PCT 33,604
- PCT 99th
- PCT 401(k)
- PCT near Peraton Corp. Retirement Savings Plan
- PCT ind #18491
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 →
Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $981M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.1B |
| Net Income | $303M |
| Employer EIN | 221594774 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2019-08-30 |
| 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 Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan
Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan reports $2.1B in end-of-year assets across 33,604 participants (0.017% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.036% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $63,192 per participant (46% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $303M.
This plan identity (EIN 221594774, plan #008) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $981M to $2.6B (+160.6%) while covered participants moved from 35,204 to 33,476 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 35,204 | $981M | Open filing |
| 2023 | 33,604 | $2.1B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 33,476 | $2.6B | 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)
Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Peraton Corp. Retirement Savings Plan in VA ($2.1B); by covered participants it is Jones Lang Lasalle Savings and Retirement Plan in IL (33,607 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.1B here).
- Peraton Corp. Retirement Savings Plan (VA) $2.1B · 17,590
- Henkel 401(k) and Defined Contribution Plan (CT) $2.1B · 7,579
- Seagate 401(k) Plan (CA) $2.1B · 4,188
- Netjets Aviation, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan (OH) $2.1B · 3,133
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (33,604 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Jones Lang Lasalle Savings and Retirement Plan (IL) 33,607 · 3 off
- Steward Health Care 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (TX) 33,563 · 41 off
- Advantage 401(k) Savings Plan (CA) 33,698 · 94 off
- Vail Resorts 401(k) Retirement Plan (CO) 33,499 · 105 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.