Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Hershey Creamery Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$24M
Total assets Small plan by assets
83
Participants Small participant base
80th
Percentile by assets National rank
$284,155
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates · Sponsored by Hershey Creamery Company · Pennsylvania · Administrative & Support Services

$24M in assets, 83 participants

Hershey Creamery Company's Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates reported $24M in total assets and 83 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 80th 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.

  • #4,461 in Administrative & Support Services (4,927 peers)

Where Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates sits by assets

Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $24M for 83 participants (~$284,155/participant), up 9.7% in 2022.

#4,461
in Administrative & Support Services (4,927 peers)
+9.7%
assets growth YoY
0.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$23,584,862 Top 20% higher than 80% of 139,123 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 2022

Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates is a small filing (83 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 230691670 · Hershey Creamery Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates · $24M · 83 · 80th

  • EOY $24M
  • EOY 83
  • EOY 80th
  • EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EOY near The Agrex, Inc. Pension Plan
  • EOY ind #4461

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 Administrative & Support Services retirement plans → · Plans in Pennsylvania →

Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates in the asset neighbourhood

Dayton Superior Corporation Master Pension PlanDayton Superior Corporation …$24MPension Plan for Employees of Pennichuck CorporationPension Plan for Employees o…$24MSt. Mary's Home for Disabled Children Retirement PlanSt. Mary's Home for Disabled…$24MThe Agrex, Inc. Pension Plan$24MRetirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and AffiliatesRetirement Plan of Hershey C…$24M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$21M
Net Assets (End of Year)$24M
Net Income$2M
Employer EIN230691670
Plan Effective Date1943-12-15
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Hershey Creamery Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Hershey Creamery Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$51M 13.691167501671025% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$30M$40M$50M$60M$70M 202220232024 $58.5M $50.5M ▼ -13.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 536 $59M
2023 2 695 $41M
2024 1 797 $51M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, Total assets ($B): 0.023584862 · Participants: 83Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and AffiliatesNational Elevator Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.401485458 · Participants: 27097National Elevator Industry Pension PlanSteelworkers Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 5.908424468 · Participants: 52395Steelworkers Pension TrustThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.402519 · Participants: 63731The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension PlanConstellation Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 5.359207207 · Participants: 5314Constellation Retirement ProgramThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.968344232 · Participants: 8098The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan
Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Agrex, Inc. Pension Plan in KS ($24M); by covered participants it is Renasant Bank Amended and Restated Pension Plan in MS (83 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (83 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates assets move in 2022? ▼
Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates grew at a solid clip - up 9.7% during 2022, from $21M to $24M. Reported net income was $2M.
How have Hershey Creamery Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Hershey Creamery Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 13.7%, from $59M to $51M.
Where does Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates ranks in the 80th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Agrex, Inc. Pension Plan in KS ($24M, 69 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan of Hershey Creamery Company and Its Subsidiaries and Affiliates? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Renasant Bank Amended and Restated Pension Plan in MS (83 participants, $21M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 230691670.

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.