401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Cargill, Incorporated 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $8.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 29,087
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $290,483
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Cargill Partnership Plan · Sponsored by Cargill, Incorporated · Minnesota · Wholesale Trade
$8.4B in assets, 29,087 participants
Cargill, Incorporated's The Cargill Partnership Plan reported $8.4B in total assets and 29,087 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.
- #6,308 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
Coverage in Minnesota
The Cargill Partnership Plan covers 29,087 participants in Minnesota, 26x the typical Minnesota plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $8.4B.
- #6,308
- in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
- +9.2%
- assets growth YoY
- 85×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The Cargill Partnership Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Cargill Partnership Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$8,449,279,026 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
The Cargill Partnership 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. The Cargill Partnership Plan is a mega filing (29,087 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- The Cargill Partnership Plan reported net income rose from -$974M in the plan year 2022 filing to $709M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Cargill Partnership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $7.7B in the plan year 2022 filing to $8.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Cargill Partnership Plan reported participants rose from 27,564 in the plan year 2022 filing to 29,087 in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 410177680 · Cargill, Incorporated PY 2023 · 401(k)
The Cargill Partnership Plan · $8.4B · 29,087 · 100th
- PCT $8.4B
- EIN 29,087
- RANK 100th
- PHOTO 401(k)
- IND near The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan
- EOY ind #6308
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 Minnesota →
The Cargill Partnership Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Minnesota filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $7.7B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $8.4B |
| Net Income | $709M |
| Employer EIN | 410177680 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1992-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Cargill, Incorporated)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Cargill, Incorporated plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $13.1B 17.60548769818785% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 61,433 | $11.1B |
| 2023 | 6 | 63,659 | $12.1B |
| 2024 | 6 | 64,521 | $13.1B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in Minnesota
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Unitedhealth Group 401(k) Savings Plan $22.4B · 198,972
- Target Corporation 401(k) Plan $13.0B · 432,617
- Medtronic Savings and Investment Plan $12.9B · 44,342
- 3M Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan $12.0B · 36,049
- U.S. Bank 401(k) Savings Plan $10.3B · 75,272
Scale composition for The Cargill Partnership Plan
The Cargill Partnership Plan reports $8.4B in end-of-year assets across 29,087 participants (0.069% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.031% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $290,483 per participant (2.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $709M.
This plan identity (EIN 410177680, plan #015) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $7.7B to $8.9B (+15.3%) while covered participants moved from 27,564 to 29,292 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27,564 | $7.7B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 29,087 | $8.4B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 29,292 | $8.9B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- The Cargill Partnership Plan (401(k), $8.9B, 29,292 participants)
- Cargill, Inc. and Associated Companies Salaried Employees Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.0B, 3,346 participants)
- Cargill Employee Retirement Account Plan (Profit Sharing, $613M, 20,683 participants)
- Cargill, Inc and Assoc. Co's Pension Plan for Production Employees (Defined Benefit (Pension), $598M, 117 participants)
The Cargill Partnership Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Minnesota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan in OH ($8.4B); by covered participants it is Entertainment Industry 401(k) Plan in CA (29,027 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($8.4B here).
- The Kroger Co. 401(k) Retirement Savings Account Plan (OH) $8.4B · 129,769
- The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Salary Deferral Plan (CA) $8.5B · 20,817
- The Southern Company Employee Savings Plan (GA) $8.4B · 27,549
- Nucor Corporation Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan (NC) $8.5B · 24,174
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (29,087 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Entertainment Industry 401(k) Plan (CA) 29,027 · 60 off
- Hcr Manorcare Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan (OH) 29,154 · 67 off
- Rwjbarnabas Health 401(k) Savings Plan (NJ) 29,004 · 83 off
- St. Joseph and Covenant Health Systems 401(k) Plan (WA) 28,968 · 119 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.