Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Colgate-Palmolive Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.3B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 1,443
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $927,239
- Avg per participant High balance/head
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.
- #18,363 in Manufacturing (18,722 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.
- #18,363
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- -0.3%
- assets change YoY
- 13×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
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.
Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan's outsized position by total assets
Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$1,338,005,641 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income 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. Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan lands in the large band (1,443 participants).
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.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 131815595 · Colgate-Palmolive Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan · $1.3B · 1,443 · 99th
- RANK $1.3B
- RANK 1,443
- RANK 99th
- RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
- RANK near Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada
- RANK ind #18363
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 New York →
Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan in the asset neighbourhood
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)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Colgate-Palmolive Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.5B 9.639569867317237% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 6,491 | $4.1B |
| 2023 | 3 | 6,530 | $4.3B |
| 2024 | 3 | 7,096 | $4.5B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- IBM Personal Pension Plan $25.0B · 14,881
- Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan $16.2B · 10,779
- 1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund $16.2B · 107,582
- Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan $11.0B · 9,616
- Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I $7.6B · 12,289
Colgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Sheet Metal Workers' Pension Plan of Southern California Arizona and Nevada in CA ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Texas Iron Workers' Pension Plan in TX (1,443 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.3B here).
- 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
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,443 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Texas Iron Workers' Pension Plan (TX) 1,443 · 0 off
- IBEW Local Union No. 22/NECA Defined Benefit Pension Fund, Plan a (NE) 1,442 · 1 off
- 2019 Bmw Pension Plan (NJ) 1,442 · 1 off
- Lafargeholcim US Pension Plan (MI) 1,442 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.