Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Darling Ingredients Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$14M
Total assets Small plan by assets
33
Participants Small participant base
65th
Percentile by assets National rank
$415,160
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees · Sponsored by Darling Ingredients Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing

$14M in assets, 33 participants

Darling Ingredients Inc.'s Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees reported $14M in total assets and 33 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 65th 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.

  • #9,974 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Darling Ingredients Inc. multi-year trail

Darling Ingredients Inc.'s plans moved +50.9% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees at $14M / 33 participants.

#9,974
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+2.8%
assets growth YoY

Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees vs every filed plan by assets

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

$13,700,276 Top 35% higher than 65% 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 Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees is a small filing (33 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees reported net income rose from -$4M in the plan year 2022 filing to $371K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees reported participants fell from 39 in the plan year 2022 filing to 33 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees end-of-year assets rose from $13M in the plan year 2022 filing to $14M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

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

Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees · $14M · 33 · 65th

  • IND $14M
  • IND 33
  • IND 65th
  • IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan
  • IND ind #9974

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 Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Darling Ingredients Inc. multi-year asset trail

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

Darling Ingredients Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$13M
Net Assets (End of Year)$14M
Net Income$371K
Employer EIN362495346
Plan Effective Date1977-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

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

Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.013700276 · Participants: 33Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union EmployeesAT&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 Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan in NY ($14M); by covered participants it is Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. Retirement Plan in VT (33 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (33 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 Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees assets move in 2023? ▼
Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees edged up modestly - up 2.8% during 2023, from $13M to $14M. Reported net income was $371K.
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.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. Retirement Income Plan in NY ($14M, 110 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. Retirement Plan in VT (33 participants, $18M 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.