Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Instant Brands Holdings, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$103M
Total assets Near avg plan size
249
Participants Below avg headcount
91st
Percentile by assets National rank
$414,799
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Instant Brands Pension Plan · Sponsored by Instant Brands Holdings, Inc. · Illinois · Manufacturing

$103M in assets, 249 participants

Instant Brands Holdings, Inc.'s Instant Brands Pension Plan reported $103M in total assets and 249 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.

  • #16,322 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Instant Brands Pension Plan covers 249 participants in Illinois, about 32% of the average Illinois filer (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $103M.

#16,322
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+6.8%
assets growth YoY
1.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Instant Brands Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Instant Brands Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$103,285,049 Top 9% higher than 91% 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

Instant Brands Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Instant Brands Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (249 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Instant Brands Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$31M in the plan year 2022 filing to $7M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Instant Brands Pension Plan reported participants fell from 279 in the plan year 2022 filing to 249 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Instant Brands Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $97M in the plan year 2022 filing to $103M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 161403318 · Instant Brands Holdings, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Instant Brands Pension Plan · $103M · 249 · 91st

  • VS-ST $103M
  • VS-ST 249
  • VS-ST 91st
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Topflight Corporation Revised Retirement Plan
  • VS-ST ind #16322

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Instant Brands Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Flint Plumb & Pipe Pension FunFlint Plumb & Pipe Pension F…$103MInstant Brands Pension Plan$103MTopflight Corporation Revised Retirement PlanTopflight Corporation Revise…$103MSandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union Employees' Cash Balance Pension PlanSandia Laboratory Federal Cr…$103MUnited Association Plumbers Local 773 Pension PlanUnited Association Plumbers …$103M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Instant Brands Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$97M
Net Assets (End of Year)$103M
Net Income$7M
Employer EIN161403318
Plan Effective Date1998-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Instant Brands Holdings, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Instant Brands Holdings, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$98M 61.279057250523906% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$100M$200M$300M 202220232024 $253M $97.8M ▼ -61.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,855 $253M
2023 2 1,816 $274M
2024 2 1,741 $98M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Instant Brands Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Instant Brands Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.103285049 · Participants: 249Instant Brands Pension PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 49.680270595 · Participants: 48538Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 35.242945747 · Participants: 45001State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.965094339 · Participants: 20680United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.960744597 · Participants: 16346John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.819798504 · Participants: 17382Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
Instant Brands Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Instant Brands Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Instant Brands Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Topflight Corporation Revised Retirement Plan in PA ($103M); by covered participants it is Tronox Incorporated Retirement Plan in CT (249 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (249 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 Instant Brands Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Instant Brands Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 6.8% during 2023, from $97M to $103M. Reported net income was $7M.
How have Instant Brands Holdings, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Instant Brands Holdings, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 61.3%, from $253M to $98M.
Where does Instant Brands Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Instant Brands Pension Plan ranks in the 91st 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 Instant Brands Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Topflight Corporation Revised Retirement Plan in PA ($103M, 142 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Instant Brands Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Tronox Incorporated Retirement Plan in CT (249 participants, $175M 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 161403318.

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.