Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
The Challenge Machinery Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $7M
- Total assets Small plan by assets
- 5
- Participants Small participant base
- 51st
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.4M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Challenge Machinery Company Frozen Defined Benefit Plan · Sponsored by The Challenge Machinery Company · Michigan · Manufacturing
$7M in assets, 5 participants
The Challenge Machinery Company's The Challenge Machinery Company Frozen Defined Benefit Plan reported $7M in total assets and 5 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 51st 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.
- #6,537 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
The Challenge Machinery Company multi-year trail
The Challenge Machinery Company's plans moved -26.4% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows The Challenge Machinery Company Frozen Defined Benefit Plan at $7M / 5 participants.
- #6,537
- in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
- +0.8%
- assets growth YoY
The Challenge Machinery Company Frozen Defined Benefit Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers
The Challenge Machinery Company Frozen Defined Benefit Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$6,907,828 Top 49% higher than 51% 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
The Challenge Machinery Company Frozen Defined Benefit Plan among micro filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Challenge Machinery Company Frozen Defined Benefit Plan is a micro filing (5 participants), the leftmost band.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- The Challenge Machinery Company Frozen Defined Benefit Plan reported net income rose from -$781K in the plan year 2022 filing to $57K in the plan year 2023 filing.
- The Challenge Machinery Company Frozen Defined Benefit Plan reported participants fell from 6 in the plan year 2022 filing to 5 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 380411340 · The Challenge Machinery Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Challenge Machinery Company Frozen Defined Benefit Plan · $7M · 5 · 51st
- VS-ST $7M
- BOY 5
- SCH 51st
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PART near Pollard (U.S.) Ltd. Service Related Pension Plan
- TYPE ind #6537
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 Michigan →
The Challenge Machinery Company Frozen Defined Benefit Plan in the asset neighbourhood
The Challenge Machinery Company multi-year asset trail
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Challenge Machinery Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $5M 26.363749288233347% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 6 | $7M |
| 2023 | 1 | 5 | $7M |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | $5M |
The Challenge Machinery Company filing trail (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $7M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $7M |
| Net Income | $57K |
| Employer EIN | 380411340 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1959-04-10 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
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The Challenge Machinery Company Frozen Defined Benefit Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pollard (U.S.) Ltd. Service Related Pension Plan in ($7M); by covered participants it is Suncoast Industries, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Trust in FL (5 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($7M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5 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.