Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Dover Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$393M
Total assets
718
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$546,685
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Dover Corporation Pension Plan · Sponsored by Dover Corporation · Illinois · Manufacturing

$393M in assets, 718 participants

Dover Corporation's Dover Corporation Pension Plan reported $393M in total assets and 718 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • 97th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Dover Corporation Pension Plan holds $393M for 718 participants - about $546,685 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, down 0.4% over the 2023 plan year.

$393M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
718
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$546,685
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Dover Corporation Pension Plan

Dover Corporation Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Dover Corporation, headquartered in Illinois. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $393M in total end-of-year assets and covers 718 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 530257888, and the plan has been effective since 1961-05-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets held essentially flat from $394M at the beginning of 2023 to $393M at year-end - down 0.4%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $393M, with reported net income of -$2M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Dover Corporation has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $1.9B to $2.2B, a gain of 19.9%, while reported participants moved from 13,568 to 13,405 (-1.2%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $2.2B; the softest was 2022 at $1.9B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $1.9B in assets across 2 plans covering 13,568 participants; 2023 - $2.1B in assets across 2 plans covering 13,930 participants; 2024 - $2.2B in assets across 2 plans covering 13,405 participants.

By assets, Dover Corporation Pension Plan outranks 97% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 3.9x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Dover Corporation Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$394M
Total Assets (End of Year)$393M
Net Assets (End of Year)$393M
Net Income-$2M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN530257888
Plan Effective Date1961-05-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Dover Corporation)

$1.8B$2B$2.2B$2.4B 202220232024 $1.86B $2.23B ▲ +19.9%
Total plan assets by year, all Dover Corporation 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 13,568 $1.9B
2023 2 13,930 $2.1B
2024 2 13,405 $2.2B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Dover Corporation Pension Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Dover Corporation Pension Plan holds $393M in total assets with 718 participants. It is sponsored by Dover Corporation.
What type of plan is Dover Corporation Pension Plan?
Dover Corporation Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1961-05-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 530257888.
Who sponsors the Dover Corporation Pension Plan?
Dover Corporation Pension Plan is sponsored by Dover Corporation, located in Illinois. The sponsor's EIN is 530257888 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Dover Corporation Pension Plan perform in 2023?
Dover Corporation Pension Plan held essentially flat - down 0.4% during 2023, moving from $394M to $393M in total assets. Net income was -$2M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Dover Corporation Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Dover Corporation Pension Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois. Compare plans
  • Dover Corporation's sponsor-wide assets have grown 19.9% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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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 530257888.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.