Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Altria Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$6.7B
Total assets
2,242
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$3.0M
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Altria Client Services LLC · Virginia · Manufacturing

Altria Client Services LLC's Altria Retirement Plan reported $6.7B in total assets and 2,242 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.

What the 2023 filing shows

Altria Retirement Plan holds $6.7B for 2,242 participants - about $3.0M per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, up 2.3% over the 2023 plan year.

$6.7B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
2,242
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$3.0M
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Altria Retirement Plan

Altria Retirement Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Altria Client Services LLC, headquartered in Virginia. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $6.7B in total end-of-year assets and covers 2,242 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 472929146, and the plan has been effective since 1978-09-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged up modestly from $6.5B at the beginning of 2023 to $6.7B at year-end - up 2.3%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $6.7B, with reported net income of $151M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Altria Client Services LLC has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $11.1B to $11.5B, a gain of 3.9%, while reported participants moved from 8,149 to 8,161 (+0.1%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $11.5B; the softest was 2022 at $11.1B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $11.1B in assets across 3 plans covering 8,149 participants; 2023 - $11.2B in assets across 3 plans covering 8,141 participants; 2024 - $11.5B in assets across 3 plans covering 8,161 participants.

By assets, Altria Retirement Plan outranks nearly all the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 67x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Altria Retirement Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$6.5B
Total Assets (End of Year)$6.7B
Net Assets (End of Year)$6.7B
Net Income$151M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN472929146
Plan Effective Date1978-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Altria Client Services LLC)

$11B$11.2B$11.4B$11.6B 202220232024 $11.1B $11.5B ▲ +3.8%
Total plan assets by year, all Altria Client Services LLC 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 8,149 $11.1B
2023 3 8,141 $11.2B
2024 3 8,161 $11.5B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Altria Retirement Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Altria Retirement Plan holds $6.7B in total assets with 2,242 participants. It is sponsored by Altria Client Services LLC.
What type of plan is Altria Retirement Plan?
Altria Retirement Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1978-09-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 472929146.
Who sponsors the Altria Retirement Plan?
Altria Retirement Plan is sponsored by Altria Client Services LLC, located in Virginia. The sponsor's EIN is 472929146 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Altria Retirement Plan perform in 2023?
Altria Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 2.3% during 2023, moving from $6.5B to $6.7B in total assets. Net income was $151M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Altria Retirement Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Altria Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia. Compare plans
  • Altria Client Services LLC's sponsor-wide assets have grown 3.9% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
  • A Defined Benefit (Pension) plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

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 472929146.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.