Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Ford Motor Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$12.7B
Total assets Mega-plan scale
10,215
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.2M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Ford Motor Company · Michigan · Manufacturing

$12.7B in assets, 10,215 participants

Ford Motor Company's Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan reported $12.7B in total assets and 10,215 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.

  • #18,685 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan covers 10,215 participants in Michigan, 16x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $12.7B.

#18,685
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
-5.4%
assets change YoY
127×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $723M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$12,705,910,161 Highest reported value at or above every one 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

Ford Motor Company General Retirement 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. Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan is a mega filing (10,215 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$6.9B in the plan year 2022 filing to -$723M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 11,760 in the plan year 2022 filing to 10,215 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $13.4B in the plan year 2022 filing to $12.7B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 380549190 · Ford Motor Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan · $12.7B · 10,215 · 100th

  • PART $12.7B
  • PART 10,215
  • PART 100th
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan
  • PART ind #18685

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 Michigan →

Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Ford Motor Company General Retirement PlanFord Motor Company General R…$12.7BUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee P…$12.3BThe Prudential Merged Retirement PlanThe Prudential Merged Retire…$12.2BExxonmobil Pension Plan$12.0BThe Lilly Retirement Plan$11.7B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$13.4B
Net Assets (End of Year)$12.7B
Net Income-$723M
Employer EIN380549190
Plan Effective Date1950-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ford Motor Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ford Motor Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$55.6B 4.756748816652535% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$52B$53B$54B$55B$56B 202220232024 $53.1B $55.6B ▲ +4.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 130,980 $53.1B
2023 5 127,172 $55.3B
2024 5 127,396 $55.6B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan

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

Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 50001000015000200002500030000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.705910161 · Participants: 10215Ford Motor Company General Retirement PlanGeneral Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 44.838918802 · Participants: 17959General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension PlanFord Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.269442236 · Participants: 26442Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement PlanDow Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.529460215 · Participants: 14051Dow Employees' Pension PlanFca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement, Total assets ($B): 11.155705594 · Participants: 13635Fca US LLC UAW Pension AgreementGeneral Motors Salaried Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 4.359773139 · Participants: 9018General Motors Salaried Retirement Program
Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan

Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan reports $12.7B in end-of-year assets across 10,215 participants (0.10% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $1.2M per participant (9.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was -$723M.

This plan identity (EIN 380549190, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $13.4B to $12.1B (-9.8%) while covered participants moved from 11,760 to 8,585 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 11,760 $13.4B Open filing
2023 10,215 $12.7B This page
2024 · index core 8,585 $12.1B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan in GA ($12.3B); by covered participants it is Ameren Retirement Plan in MO (10,156 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($12.7B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,215 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 Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan assets move in 2023?
Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 5.4% during 2023, from $13.4B to $12.7B. Reported net income was -$723M.
How have Ford Motor Company plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ford Motor Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 4.8%, from $53.1B to $55.6B.
Where does Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan in GA ($12.3B, 70,241 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Ford Motor Company General Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ameren Retirement Plan in MO (10,156 participants, $4.7B in assets).