Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Central Steel & Wire Company LLC Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $22M
- Total assets Small plan by assets
- 375
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 75th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $59,495
- Avg per participant Low balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Central Steel & Wire Company LLC · Illinois · Wholesale Trade
$22M in assets, 375 participants
Central Steel & Wire Company LLC's Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan reported $22M in total assets and 375 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 75th 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.
- #4,556 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan covers 375 participants in Illinois, about 48% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $22M.
- #4,556
- in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
- +10.9%
- assets growth YoY
- 0.2×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$22,310,766 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (375 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan reported net income rose from $2M in the plan year 2022 filing to $2M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 425 in the plan year 2022 filing to 375 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $20M in the plan year 2022 filing to $22M in the plan year 2023 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 360885660 · Central Steel & Wire Company LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan · $22M · 375 · 75th
- 5500 $22M
- 5500 375
- 5500 75th
- 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
- 5500 near Indian Head Industries Inc. Employees Retirement Plan
- 5500 ind #4556
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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →
Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $20M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $22M |
| Net Income | $2M |
| Employer EIN | 360885660 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1944-11-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Central Steel & Wire Company LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Central Steel & Wire Company LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $62M 11.718659899266548% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 936 | $71M |
| 2023 | 2 | 868 | $71M |
| 2024 | 2 | 700 | $62M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $49.7B · 48,538
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $35.2B · 45,001
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.0B · 20,680
- John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees $8.0B · 16,346
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $7.8B · 17,382
Central Steel & Wire Company Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Indian Head Industries Inc. Employees Retirement Plan in NC ($22M); by covered participants it is Levi Strauss & Co. Pension Plan in CA (375 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($22M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (375 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Levi Strauss & Co. Pension Plan (CA) 375 · 0 off
- Sanford Health Employees' Pension Plan (SD) 376 · 1 off
- Pearson Inc. Pension Plan (NJ) 374 · 1 off
- Schlumberger Pension Plan for U.S. Taxpayers Employed Abroad (TX) 374 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.