Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Abbvie Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$422M
Total assets
470
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$896,868
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees · Sponsored by Abbvie Inc. · Illinois · Manufacturing

$422M in assets, 470 participants

Abbvie Inc.'s Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees reported $422M in total assets and 470 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • 97th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees holds $422M for 470 participants - about $896,868 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 10.8% over the 2023 plan year.

$422M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
470
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$896,868
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees

Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Abbvie Inc., headquartered in Illinois. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $422M in total end-of-year assets and covers 470 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 320375147, and the plan has been effective since 2001-03-02. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $380M at the beginning of 2023 to $422M at year-end - up 10.8%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $422M, with reported net income of $41M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Abbvie Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $14.3B to $18.9B, a gain of 31.7%, while reported participants moved from 41,846 to 40,886 (-2.3%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $18.9B; the softest was 2022 at $14.3B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $14.3B in assets across 4 plans covering 41,846 participants; 2023 - $16.6B in assets across 4 plans covering 41,400 participants; 2024 - $18.9B in assets across 4 plans covering 40,886 participants.

By assets, Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees outranks 97% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 4.2x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$380M
Total Assets (End of Year)$422M
Net Assets (End of Year)$422M
Net Income$41M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN320375147
Plan Effective Date2001-03-02
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Abbvie Inc.)

$12B$14B$16B$18B$20B 202220232024 $14.3B $18.9B ▲ +31.7%
Total plan assets by year, all Abbvie Inc. 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 41,846 $14.3B
2023 4 41,400 $16.6B
2024 4 40,886 $18.9B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees holds $422M in total assets with 470 participants. It is sponsored by Abbvie Inc..
What type of plan is Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees?
Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 2001-03-02. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 320375147.
Who sponsors the Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees?
Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees is sponsored by Abbvie Inc., located in Illinois. The sponsor's EIN is 320375147 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees perform in 2023?
Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees grew at a solid clip - up 10.8% during 2023, moving from $380M to $422M in total assets. Net income was $41M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees's numbers.

  • By total assets, Abbvie Pension Plan for Former Basf and Former Solvay Employees ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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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 320375147.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.