Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Sysco Corporation Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.7B
Total assets Very large vs avg
10,406
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$255,531
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Sysco Corporation · Texas · Wholesale Trade

$2.7B in assets, 10,406 participants

Sysco Corporation's Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan reported $2.7B in total assets and 10,406 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #6,297 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan covers 10,406 participants in Texas, 15x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $2.7B.

#6,297
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+3.7%
assets growth YoY
27×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,659,056,274 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan is a mega filing (10,406 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$2.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $105M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 11,360 in the plan year 2022 filing to 10,406 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.6B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.7B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 741648137 · Sysco Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan · $2.7B · 10,406 · 99th

  • EOY $2.7B
  • 5500 10,406
  • ASSETS 99th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Excavators Union Local 731 Pension Fund
  • RANK ind #6297

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($B) among Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$2.6B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.7B
Net Income$105M
Employer EIN741648137
Plan Effective Date1973-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sysco Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sysco Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.7B 20.215991515633714% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6B$6.5B$7B$7.5B$8B 202220232024 $6.43B $7.73B ▲ +20.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 49,742 $6.4B
2023 2 53,825 $7.2B
2024 2 54,240 $7.7B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

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

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.659056274 · Participants: 10406Sysco Corporation 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
Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan reports $2.7B in end-of-year assets across 10,406 participants (0.022% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $255,531 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $105M.

This plan identity (EIN 741648137, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.6B to $2.5B (-3.4%) while covered participants moved from 11,360 to 9,955 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 11,360 $2.6B Open filing
2023 10,406 $2.7B This page
2024 · index core 9,955 $2.5B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Excavators Union Local 731 Pension Fund in NY ($2.6B); by covered participants it is Western Washington Laborers-Employers Pension Plan in WA (10,417 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,406 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 Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 3.7% during 2023, from $2.6B to $2.7B. Reported net income was $105M.
How have Sysco Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sysco Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.2%, from $6.4B to $7.7B.
Where does Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Excavators Union Local 731 Pension Fund in NY ($2.6B, 5,279 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Western Washington Laborers-Employers Pension Plan in WA (10,417 participants, $1.4B 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 741648137.

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.