Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$5M
Total assets Small plan by assets
24
Participants Small participant base
46th
Percentile by assets National rank
$225,125
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Merchant & Gould P.C. · Minnesota · Professional & Technical Services

$5M in assets, 24 participants

Merchant & Gould P.C.'s Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan reported $5M in total assets and 24 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 46th 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.

  • #8,907 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Merchant & Gould P.C. multi-year trail

Merchant & Gould P.C.'s plans moved -13.2% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan at $5M / 24 participants.

#8,907
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
-89.5%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $46M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Professional & Technical Services and all filers

Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$5,403,003 46th percentile higher than 46% 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

Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension 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. Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan is a small filing (24 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan reported net income fell from -$11M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$46M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $51M in the plan year 2022 filing to $5M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 26 in the plan year 2022 filing to 24 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 410991388 · Merchant & Gould P.C. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan · $5M · 24 · 46th

  • PART $5M
  • PART 24
  • PART 46th
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Superior Printing Ink Co., Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan
  • PART ind #8907

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Minnesota →

Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension PlanMerchant & Gould P.C. Pensio…$5MSuperior Printing Ink Co., Inc. Employees' Retirement PlanSuperior Printing Ink Co., I…$5MVanderheyden Hall, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan & TrustVanderheyden Hall, Inc. Empl…$5MHanesbrands Inc. Pension Plan$5MCrestline Pension Plan$5M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Merchant & Gould P.C. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Merchant & Gould P.C. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$142M 13.19287180211797% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$130M$140M$150M$160M$170M 202220232024 $163M $142M ▼ -13.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 230 $163M
2023 2 231 $136M
2024 1 213 $142M

Merchant & Gould P.C. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$51M
Net Assets (End of Year)$5M
Net Income-$46M
Employer EIN410991388
Plan Effective Date1977-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota

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

Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.005403003 · Participants: 24Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan3M Employee Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.281991028 · Participants: 106383M Employee Retirement Income PlanMayo Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.032936702 · Participants: 69155Mayo Pension PlanThe Travelers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.150985971 · Participants: 24884The Travelers Pension PlanGeneral Mills Pension Plan I, Total assets ($B): 3.991064596 · Participants: 383General Mills Pension Plan IU.S. Bank Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.969502742 · Participants: 56287U.S. Bank Pension Plan
Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Superior Printing Ink Co., Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan in NJ ($5M); by covered participants it is Horus Technology Solutions, Inc. Cash Balance Plan in MD (24 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (24 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 Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan contracted severely - down 89.5% during 2023, from $51M to $5M. Reported net income was -$46M.
How have Merchant & Gould P.C. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Merchant & Gould P.C.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 13.2%, from $163M to $142M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Superior Printing Ink Co., Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan in NJ ($5M, 44 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Merchant & Gould P.C. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Horus Technology Solutions, Inc. Cash Balance Plan in MD (24 participants, $2M 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 410991388.

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.