Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Colgate-Palmolive Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $1.3B
- Total assets
- 1,443
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $927,239
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan · Sponsored by Colgate-Palmolive Company · New York · Manufacturing
$1.3B in assets, 1,443 participants
Colgate-Palmolive Company's Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan reported $1.3B in total assets and 1,443 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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- #18,313 in Manufacturing (18,672 peers)
Where Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan sits by assets
Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $1.3B for 1,443 participants (~$927,239/participant), down 0.3% in 2023.
- $1.3B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 1,443
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
- $927,239
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $4M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan reported net income rose from -$464M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan reported participants fell from 1,705 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,443 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1.3B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan vs the 2023 asset distribution
By assets, Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan outranks 99% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 13x the national average plan size of $100M (730 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.3B |
| Net Income | -$4M |
| Employer EIN | 131815595 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1943-12-31 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Colgate-Palmolive Company)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 6,491 | $4.1B |
| 2023 | 3 | 6,530 | $4.3B |
| 2024 | 3 | 7,096 | $4.5B |
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Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
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Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada (CA) $1.3B · 5,299
- Williams Pension Plan (OK) $1.3B · 3,588
- Eastman Retirement Assistance Plan (TN) $1.4B · 3,245
- William Beaumont Hospital Employees' Retirement Plan (MI) $1.3B · 7,852
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- Colgate-Palmolive Company's sponsor-wide assets have grown 9.6% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans