Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cowles Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$107M
Total assets Near avg plan size
97
Participants Small participant base
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.1M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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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.

  • #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.

#2,475
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+0.0%
assets growth YoY
1.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Cowles Company Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Cowles Company Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$107,058,551 Top 8% higher than 92% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Cowles Company Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Cowles Company Retirement Plan is a small filing (97 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

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.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 910420030 · Cowles Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Cowles Company Retirement Plan · $107M · 97 · 92nd

  • IND $107M
  • EOY 97
  • 5500 92nd
  • ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near Ttx Company Pension Plan
  • EIN ind #2475

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Washington →

Cowles Company Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Cowles Company Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$107M
Net Assets (End of Year)$107M
Net Income$8K
Employer EIN910420030
Plan Effective Date1946-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cowles Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cowles Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$164M 3.406466001403659% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$160M$165M$170M$175M 202220232024 $170M $164M ▼ -3.4%
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 Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 -20020406080 Total assets ($B) Participants Cowles Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.107058551 · Participants: 97Cowles Company Retirement PlanWestern Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 57.387332732 · Participants: 229511Western Conference of Teamsters Pension PlanThe Pension Value Plan for Employees of the Boeing Company, Total assets ($B): 25.042153263 · Participants: 31566The Pension Value Plan for Employees of the Boeing CompanyThe Boeing Company Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.333139549 · Participants: 32477The Boeing Company Employee Retirement PlanNorthwest Carpenters Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.287308621 · Participants: 15892Northwest Carpenters Retirement PlanLocals 302 & 612 of the Iuoe - Employers Construction Industry Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.066446219 · Participants: 8339Locals 302 & 612 of the Iuoe - Employers Construction Industry Retirement Plan
Cowles Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants
Compare Cowles Company Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Cowles Company Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Washington, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Ttx Company Pension Plan in NC ($107M); by covered participants it is Cwc Castings Div of Textron, Inc. Hry-Rated Ees' Pen Plan in RI (97 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($107M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (97 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Cowles Company Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Cowles Company Retirement Plan held essentially flat - up 0.0% during 2023, from $107M to $107M. Reported net income was $8K.
How have Cowles Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cowles Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 3.4%, from $169M to $164M.
Where does Cowles Company Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Cowles Company Retirement Plan ranks in the 92nd percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Cowles Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Ttx Company Pension Plan in NC ($107M, 386 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Cowles Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Cwc Castings Div of Textron, Inc. Hry-Rated Ees' Pen Plan in RI (97 participants, $105M in assets).

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 910420030.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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