Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

C. Cowles & Company, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$7M
Total assets Small plan by assets
3
Participants Small participant base
51st
Percentile by assets National rank
$2.3M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company · Sponsored by C. Cowles & Company, Inc. · Connecticut · Manufacturing

$7M in assets, 3 participants

C. Cowles & Company, Inc.'s Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company reported $7M in total assets and 3 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.

  • #6,616 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

C. Cowles & Company, Inc. multi-year trail

C. Cowles & Company, Inc.'s plans moved +22.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company at $7M / 3 participants.

#6,616
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+14.4%
assets growth YoY

Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company's mid-pack asset rank among Manufacturing and all filers

Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company vs every filed plan by assets

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

$7,015,061 Top 49% higher than 51% 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

Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company is a micro filing (3 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company reported net income rose from $189K in the plan year 2022 filing to $885K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company end-of-year assets rose from $6M in the plan year 2022 filing to $7M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 060309660 · C. Cowles & Company, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company · $7M · 3 · 51st

  • EBSA $7M
  • PART 3
  • TYPE 51st
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOOK near Pension Plan of Homasote Company
  • VS-ST ind #6616

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 Connecticut →

Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company in the asset neighbourhood

Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and CompanyEmployees Retirement Plan of…$7MWyle Inc. Retirement Plan$7MPension Plan of Homasote CompanyPension Plan of Homasote Com…$7MEngineered Profiles LLC Retirement PlanEngineered Profiles LLC Reti…$7MKeystone Folding Box Company Retirement PlanKeystone Folding Box Company…$7M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

C. Cowles & Company, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All C. Cowles & Company, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$17M 22.090920716894743% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$13M$14M$15M$16M$17M$18M 202220232024 $14.1M $17.2M ▲ +22.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 129 $14M
2023 2 115 $15M
2024 2 114 $17M

C. Cowles & Company, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$6M
Net Assets (End of Year)$7M
Net Income$885K
Employer EIN060309660
Plan Effective Date1948-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Connecticut

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

Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100000100002000030000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company, Total assets ($B): 0.007015061 · Participants: 3Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and CompanyRtx Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 43.752088232 · Participants: 23823Rtx Consolidated Pension PlanThe Citigroup Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.610367002 · Participants: 17283The Citigroup Pension PlanEversource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.8761342 · Participants: 3717Eversource Pension PlanRetirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.40003759 · Participants: 10546Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc.The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees, Total assets ($B): 3.580099386 · Participants: 7529The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees
Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants
Compare Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company side-by-side with 3 peers →

Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Connecticut, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan of Homasote Company in NJ ($7M); by covered participants it is Cape Cod Management, LLC Defined Benefit Pension Plan in TX (3 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 (3 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 Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company assets move in 2023? ▼
Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company grew at a solid clip - up 14.4% during 2023, from $6M to $7M. Reported net income was $885K.
How have C. Cowles & Company, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), C. Cowles & Company, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 22.1%, from $14M to $17M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension Plan of Homasote Company in NJ ($7M, 42 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Employees Retirement Plan of C.Cowles and Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Cape Cod Management, LLC Defined Benefit Pension Plan in TX (3 participants, N/A 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 060309660.

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.