Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
American Honda Motor Company, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 8,837
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $388,302
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Honda Retirement Plan · Sponsored by American Honda Motor Company, Inc. · California · Manufacturing
$3.4B in assets, 8,837 participants
American Honda Motor Company, Inc.'s Honda Retirement Plan reported $3.4B in total assets and 8,837 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #18,572 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
Coverage in California
Honda Retirement Plan covers 8,837 participants in California, 14x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $3.4B.
- #18,572
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- -4.0%
- assets change YoY
- 34×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $142M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Honda Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Honda Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$3,431,421,333 Highest reported value at or above every one 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
Honda Retirement 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. Honda Retirement Plan lands in the large band (8,837 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Honda Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$889M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$142M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Honda Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 10,177 in the plan year 2022 filing to 8,837 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Honda Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $3.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.4B in the plan year 2023 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 952041006 · American Honda Motor Company, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Honda Retirement Plan · $3.4B · 8,837 · 100th
- TYPE $3.4B
- NET 8,837
- BOOK 100th
- VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
- BOY near Bae Systems Employees' Retirement Plan
- SCH ind #18572
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 California →
Honda Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.6B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.4B |
| Net Income | -$142M |
| Employer EIN | 952041006 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1962-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (American Honda Motor Company, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All American Honda Motor Company, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $9.6B 15.432034979269169% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 37,616 | $8.3B |
| 2023 | 2 | 43,755 | $8.9B |
| 2024 | 2 | 38,011 | $9.6B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $33.5B · 127,356
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $21.4B · 22,914
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $18.0B · 25,647
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $10.8B · 19,545
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $10.1B · 10,813
Scale composition for Honda Retirement Plan
Honda Retirement Plan reports $3.4B in end-of-year assets across 8,837 participants (0.028% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $388,302 per participant (2.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was -$142M.
This plan identity (EIN 952041006, plan #334) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.6B to $3.3B (-7.6%) while covered participants moved from 10,177 to 8,401 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10,177 | $3.6B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 8,837 | $3.4B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 8,401 | $3.3B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Honda 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $6.3B, 29,610 participants)
- Honda Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $3.3B, 8,401 participants)
Honda Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Bae Systems Employees' Retirement Plan in VA ($3.4B); by covered participants it is New England Health Care Employees Pension Plan in CT (8,879 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.4B here).
- Bae Systems Employees' Retirement Plan (VA) $3.4B · 7,673
- Hii Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc. Retirement Plan (VA) $3.4B · 5,389
- Msi Pension Plan (IL) $3.4B · 2,036
- Co-Op Retirement Plan (MO) $3.5B · 14,993
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,837 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- New England Health Care Employees Pension Plan (CT) 8,879 · 42 off
- SEIU Local 1 & Participating Employers Pension Trust (IL) 8,890 · 53 off
- Mason Tenders' District Council Pension Fund (NY) 8,895 · 58 off
- The University of Chicago Retirement Income Plan for Employees (IL) 8,906 · 69 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.