Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Stihl, Incorporated Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$149M
Total assets Near avg plan size
2,303
Participants Above avg headcount
93rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$64,609
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated · Sponsored by Stihl, Incorporated · Virginia · Manufacturing

$149M in assets, 2,303 participants

Stihl, Incorporated's Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated reported $149M in total assets and 2,303 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.

  • #16,857 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated covers 2,303 participants in Virginia, 2.9x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $149M.

#16,857
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+21.1%
assets growth YoY
1.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated's outsized position by total assets

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated vs every filed plan by assets

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

$148,794,401 Top 7% higher than 93% 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

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated lands in the large band (2,303 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated reported net income rose from -$58M in the plan year 2022 filing to $26M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated end-of-year assets rose from $123M in the plan year 2022 filing to $149M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated reported participants rose from 1,955 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2,303 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 540969072 · Stihl, Incorporated PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated · $149M · 2,303 · 93rd

  • TYPE $149M
  • NET 2,303
  • BOOK 93rd
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near The Lane Construction Corporation Defined Benefit Pension Plan
  • SCH ind #16857

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 Virginia →

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$123M
Net Assets (End of Year)$149M
Net Income$26M
Employer EIN540969072
Plan Effective Date1982-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Stihl, Incorporated)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Stihl, Incorporated plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$508M 36.81236666991511% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$350M$400M$450M$500M$550M 202220232024 $372M $508M ▲ +36.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 4,548 $372M
2023 2 5,352 $459M
2024 2 5,580 $508M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia

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

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated, Total assets ($B): 0.148794401 · Participants: 2303Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, IncorporatedNorthrop Grumman Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.134846358 · Participants: 13674Northrop Grumman Pension PlanRetirement Security Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.184642779 · Participants: 54171Retirement Security PlanNg Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla, Total assets ($B): 8.450021632 · Participants: 7117Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension PlaSheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.306466489 · Participants: 61272Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension FundDominion Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.570958933 · Participants: 12263Dominion Energy Pension Plan
Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated side-by-side with 3 peers →

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Lane Construction Corporation Defined Benefit Pension Plan in NC ($149M); by covered participants it is The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 1950 Pension Plan in OH (2,309 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,303 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

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 Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated assets move in 2023? ▼
Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated grew sharply - up 21.1% during 2023, from $123M to $149M. Reported net income was $26M.
How have Stihl, Incorporated plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Stihl, Incorporated's sponsor-wide assets grew 36.8%, from $372M to $508M.
Where does Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated ranks in the 93rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Lane Construction Corporation Defined Benefit Pension Plan in NC ($149M, 130 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 1950 Pension Plan in OH (2,309 participants, $2.3B 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 540969072.

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.