Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Meijer, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.0B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,939
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$146,862
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Meijer Hourly Pension Plan · Sponsored by Meijer, Inc. · Michigan · Retail Trade

$1.0B in assets, 6,939 participants

Meijer, Inc.'s Meijer Hourly Pension Plan reported $1.0B in total assets and 6,939 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #8,347 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Meijer Hourly Pension Plan covers 6,939 participants in Michigan, 11x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $1.0B.

#8,347
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+0.4%
assets growth YoY
10×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Meijer Hourly Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Meijer Hourly Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,019,072,976 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Meijer Hourly Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Meijer Hourly Pension Plan lands in the large band (6,939 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Meijer Hourly Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$171M in the plan year 2022 filing to $4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Meijer Hourly Pension Plan reported participants fell from 7,512 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,939 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Meijer Hourly Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.0B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 381274536 · Meijer, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Meijer Hourly Pension Plan · $1.0B · 6,939 · 99th

  • EOY $1.0B
  • 5500 6,939
  • ASSETS 99th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan
  • RANK ind #8347

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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Michigan →

Meijer Hourly Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Western Metal Industry Pension PlanWestern Metal Industry Pensi…$1.0BMeijer Hourly Pension Plan$1.0BOregon Retail Employees Pension PlanOregon Retail Employees Pens…$1.0BGroup Retirement Income Plan No.16Group Retirement Income Plan…$1.0BIron Workers District Council of So Oh & Vicinity Pension TrustIron Workers District Counci…$1.0B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Meijer Hourly Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.0B
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN381274536
Plan Effective Date1973-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Meijer, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Meijer, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.6B 38.46770315239827% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2B$3B$4B$5B 202220232024 $4.21B $2.59B ▼ -38.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 86,271 $4.2B
2023 4 85,565 $4.5B
2024 4 84,035 $2.6B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan

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

Meijer Hourly Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 50001000015000200002500030000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Meijer Hourly Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.019072976 · Participants: 6939Meijer Hourly Pension PlanGeneral Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 44.838918802 · Participants: 17959General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension PlanFord Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.269442236 · Participants: 26442Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement PlanFord Motor Company General Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.705910161 · Participants: 10215Ford Motor Company General Retirement PlanDow Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.529460215 · Participants: 14051Dow Employees' Pension PlanFca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement, Total assets ($B): 11.155705594 · Participants: 13635Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement
Meijer Hourly Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Meijer Hourly Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Meijer Hourly Pension Plan

Meijer Hourly Pension Plan reports $1.0B in end-of-year assets across 6,939 participants (0.008% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $146,862 per participant (1.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $4M.

This plan identity (EIN 381274536, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.0B to $97M (-90.4%) while covered participants moved from 7,512 to 6,378 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 7,512 $1.0B Open filing
2023 6,939 $1.0B This page
2024 · index core 6,378 $97M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

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

Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan in OR ($1.0B); by covered participants it is Valero Energy Corporation Pension Plan in TX (6,956 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.0B here).

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 Meijer Hourly Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Meijer Hourly Pension Plan held essentially flat - up 0.4% during 2023, from $1.0B to $1.0B. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Meijer, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Meijer, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 38.5%, from $4.2B to $2.6B.
Where does Meijer Hourly Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Meijer Hourly Pension Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Meijer Hourly Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan in OR ($1.0B, 20,043 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Meijer Hourly Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Valero Energy Corporation Pension Plan in TX (6,956 participants, $2.7B 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 381274536.

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.