Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Darling Ingredients Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$84M
Total assets Below avg plan size
118
Participants Small participant base
90th
Percentile by assets National rank
$709,876
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Darling Ingredients Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing

$84M in assets, 118 participants

Darling Ingredients Inc.'s Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan reported $84M in total assets and 118 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.

  • #15,938 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan covers 118 participants in Texas, about 17% of the average Texas filer (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $84M.

#15,938
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+4.0%
assets growth YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$83,765,333 Top 10% higher than 90% 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

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (118 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$27M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 134 in the plan year 2022 filing to 118 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $81M in the plan year 2022 filing to $84M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 362495346 · Darling Ingredients Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan · $84M · 118 · 90th

  • RANK $84M
  • RANK 118
  • RANK 90th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near IBEW Local No. 60 Pension
  • RANK ind #15938

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 Texas →

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Bemis Manufacturing Company Employees Pension PlanBemis Manufacturing Company …$84MI B E W Local 673 Pension PlanI B E W Local 673 Pension Pl…$84MDelta Dental of California Cash Balance Retirement PlanDelta Dental of California C…$84MDarling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement PlanDarling Ingredients Inc. Sal…$84MIBEW Local No. 60 Pension$84M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$81M
Net Assets (End of Year)$84M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN362495346
Plan Effective Date1965-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Darling Ingredients Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Darling Ingredients Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$475M 50.91375501073811% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$250M$300M$350M$400M$450M$500M 202220232024 $315M $475M ▲ +50.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 3,813 $315M
2023 5 5,924 $463M
2024 5 9,295 $475M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

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

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.083765333 · Participants: 118Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement PlanAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 30.018512 · Participants: 107859AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.133347097 · Participants: 12215Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.015 · Participants: 22551Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.803014695 · Participants: 12138Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.493677099 · Participants: 9360Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is IBEW Local No. 60 Pension in NM ($84M); by covered participants it is Serralles Hotel, Inc. Pension Plan in PR (118 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($84M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (118 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

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 Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 4.0% during 2023, from $81M to $84M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Darling Ingredients Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Darling Ingredients Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 50.9%, from $315M to $475M.
Where does Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan ranks in the 90th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is IBEW Local No. 60 Pension in NM ($84M, 1,491 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Serralles Hotel, Inc. Pension Plan in PR (118 participants, $2M 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 362495346.

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.