Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Cowles Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $107M
- Total assets
- 97
- Participants
- 92nd
- Percentile by assets
- $1.1M
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Cowles Company Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Cowles Company · Washington · Information & Media
$107M in assets, 97 participants
Cowles Company's Cowles Company Retirement Plan reported $107M in total assets and 97 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd 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.
- 92nd percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- #2,475 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
Where Cowles Company Retirement Plan sits by assets
Cowles Company Retirement Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $107M for 97 participants (~$1.1M/participant), up 0.0% in 2023.
- $107M
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 97
- covered participants
- 92nd
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $1.1M
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Cowles Company Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$33M in the plan year 2022 filing to $8K in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Cowles Company Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 107 in the plan year 2022 filing to 97 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Cowles Company Retirement Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution
By assets, Cowles Company Retirement Plan outranks 92% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.1x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $107M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $107M |
| Net Income | $8K |
| Employer EIN | 910420030 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1946-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Cowles Company)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 784 | $169M |
| 2023 | 2 | 751 | $173M |
| 2024 | 2 | 759 | $164M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Washington
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Cowles Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants
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- The Pension Value Plan for Employees of the Boeing Company $25.0B · 31,566
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- Locals 302 & 612 of the Iuoe - Employers Construction Industry Retirement Plan $3.1B · 8,339
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Cowles Company Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Ttx Company Pension Plan (NC) $107M · 386
- Laborers Local 785 Pension Plan (NY) $107M · 432
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Fairfield Manufacturing Company Inc. (IN) $107M · 171
- Ng Master Inactive Qualified Plan (VA) $107M · N/A
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- By total assets, Cowles Company Retirement Plan ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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- Cowles Company's sponsor-wide assets have declined 3.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Information & Media plans