Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Bmo Financial Corp. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$1.4B
Total assets
5,727
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$239,019
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Bmo U.S. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Bmo Financial Corp. · Illinois · Finance & Insurance

$1.4B in assets, 5,727 participants

Bmo Financial Corp.'s Bmo U.S. Pension Plan reported $1.4B in total assets and 5,727 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • 99th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
  • #8,702 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Bmo U.S. Pension Plan covers 5,727 participants in Illinois, 7.3x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $1.4B.

$1.4B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
5,727
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
$239,019
avg assets per participant

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bmo U.S. Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$342M in the plan year 2022 filing to $28M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bmo U.S. Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bmo U.S. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 6,297 in the plan year 2022 filing to 5,727 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

State

Participants vs Illinois filers

In Illinois, the average filing covers about 779 participants across 5,745 plans. Bmo U.S. Pension Plan reports 5,727 participants - 7.3x that state average ($1.4B EOY assets).

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income$28M
Employer EIN510275712
Plan Effective Date1944-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Bmo Financial Corp.)

$3B$4B$5B$6B$7B 202220232024 $3.58B $6.27B ▲ +75.1%
Total plan assets by year, all Bmo Financial Corp. plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 20,609 $3.6B
2023 2 19,091 $5.9B
2024 2 26,749 $6.3B

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Bmo U.S. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants

Bmo U.S. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000400005000060000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Bmo U.S. Pension PlanCentral States, Sout…State Farm Insurance…United Food & Commer…John Deere Pension P…Abbott Laboratories …
Bmo U.S. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Bmo U.S. Pension Plan

Bmo U.S. Pension Plan reports $1.4B in end-of-year assets across 5,727 participants (0.011% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $239,019 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $28M.

This plan identity (EIN 510275712, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.0B to $1.3B (+29.4%) while covered participants moved from 6,297 to 6,469 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,297 $1.0B Open filing
2023 5,727 $1.4B This page
2024 · index core 6,469 $1.3B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

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Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Bmo U.S. Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Bmo U.S. Pension Plan assets move in 2023?
Bmo U.S. Pension Plan surged - up 36.2% during 2023, from $1.0B to $1.4B. Reported net income was $28M.
How have Bmo Financial Corp. plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Bmo Financial Corp.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 75.0%, from $3.6B to $6.3B.
Where does Bmo U.S. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Bmo U.S. Pension Plan ranks in the 99th 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 Bmo U.S. Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla in NY ($1.4B, 3,087 participants).

Filing takeaways

Ways to act on Bmo U.S. Pension Plan's numbers.