Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Sears Manufacturing Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$14M
Total assets Small plan by assets
92
Participants Small participant base
66th
Percentile by assets National rank
$154,381
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Sears Manufacturing Company · Iowa · Manufacturing

$14M in assets, 92 participants

Sears Manufacturing Company's Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan reported $14M in total assets and 92 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 66th 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.

  • #10,153 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Sears Manufacturing Company multi-year trail

Sears Manufacturing Company's plans moved +12.2% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan at $14M / 92 participants.

#10,153
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+10.6%
assets growth YoY

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$14,203,022 Top 34% higher than 66% 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

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement 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. Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan is a small filing (92 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 103 in the plan year 2022 filing to 92 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $13M in the plan year 2022 filing to $14M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 420712643 · Sears Manufacturing Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan · $14M · 92 · 66th

  • EIN $14M
  • RANK 92
  • PHOTO 66th
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EOY near The Risk Management Association Pension Plan
  • 5500 ind #10153

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 Iowa →

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Sears Manufacturing Company multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sears Manufacturing Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$60M 12.197670565665447% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$52M$54M$56M$58M$60M$62M 202220232024 $53.4M $59.9M ▲ +12.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 736 $53M
2023 3 825 $58M
2024 3 708 $60M

Sears Manufacturing Company filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$13M
Net Assets (End of Year)$14M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN420712643
Plan Effective Date1975-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Iowa

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

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -10123 Total assets ($B) Participants Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.014203022 · Participants: 92Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement PlanTransamerica Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.323730661 · Participants: 6519Transamerica Pension PlanPrincipal Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.699129128 · Participants: 12492Principal Cash Balance PlanMidamerican Energy Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.515952654 · Participants: 3002Midamerican Energy Company Retirement PlanEmployers Mutual Casualty Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.346674752 · Participants: 1835Employers Mutual Casualty Company Retirement PlanNon-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Wellmark, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.297274074 · Participants: 1474Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Wellmark, Inc.
Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants
Compare Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Iowa, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Risk Management Association Pension Plan in IL ($14M); by covered participants it is Agm Container Controls, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in AZ (92 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 Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 10.6% during 2023, from $13M to $14M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Sears Manufacturing Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sears Manufacturing Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 12.2%, from $53M to $60M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Risk Management Association Pension Plan in IL ($14M, 17 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sears Manufacturing Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Agm Container Controls, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in AZ (92 participants, $6M 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 420712643.

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.