Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Thiele Kaolin Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$111M
Total assets Near avg plan size
203
Participants Below avg headcount
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$548,054
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Thiele Kaolin Company · Georgia · Manufacturing

$111M in assets, 203 participants

Thiele Kaolin Company's Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan reported $111M in total assets and 203 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.

  • #16,433 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Georgia

Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan covers 203 participants in Georgia, about 19% of the average Georgia filer (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $111M.

#16,433
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+3.0%
assets growth YoY
1.1×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$111,254,862 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

Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement 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. Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (203 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$36M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 229 in the plan year 2022 filing to 203 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $108M in the plan year 2022 filing to $111M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 580525495 · Thiele Kaolin Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan · $111M · 203 · 92nd

  • BOY $111M
  • BOY 203
  • BOY 92nd
  • BOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near National Cargo Bureau, Inc. Pension Plan
  • BOY ind #16433

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 Georgia →

Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

All Alaska Longshore Pension PlanAll Alaska Longshore Pension…$111MNational Cargo Bureau, Inc. Pension PlanNational Cargo Bureau, Inc. …$111MAaa Retirement Plan$111MThiele Kaolin Company Retirement PlanThiele Kaolin Company Retire…$111MSealed Air Corporation Combined Pension PlanSealed Air Corporation Combi…$111M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Georgia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$108M
Net Assets (End of Year)$111M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN580525495
Plan Effective Date1955-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Thiele Kaolin Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Thiele Kaolin Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$274M 8.341313610486418% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$250M$260M$270M$280M 202220232024 $253M $274M ▲ +8.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 764 $253M
2023 2 788 $271M
2024 2 756 $274M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia

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

Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.111254862 · Participants: 203Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement PlanThe Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.596954837 · Participants: 25241The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.285105757 · Participants: 70241UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.733665646 · Participants: 153217UPS Pension PlanCox Enterprises, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.396009274 · Participants: 24023Cox Enterprises, Inc. Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.309889555 · Participants: 15601Delta Retirement Plan
Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is National Cargo Bureau, Inc. Pension Plan in NY ($111M); by covered participants it is Society for Human Resource Management Pension Plan and Trust in VA (203 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($111M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (203 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 Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 3.0% during 2023, from $108M to $111M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Thiele Kaolin Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Thiele Kaolin Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 8.3%, from $253M to $274M.
Where does Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Thiele Kaolin 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 Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is National Cargo Bureau, Inc. Pension Plan in NY ($111M, 87 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Thiele Kaolin Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Society for Human Resource Management Pension Plan and Trust in VA (203 participants, $85M 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 580525495.

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.