Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund

Data updated 2026-05-15

$8.0B
Total assets
20,680
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$385,159
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Trustees of Ufcw Int'l Union - Industry Pension Fund · Illinois · Retail Trade

What the 2023 filing shows

United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund holds $8.0B for 20,680 participants - about $385,159 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, up 0.1% over the 2023 plan year.

$8.0B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
20,680
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$385,159
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $26M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Retail Trade

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund

United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund is an Other retirement plan sponsored by Trustees of Ufcw Int'l Union - Industry Pension Fund, headquartered in Illinois. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $8.0B in total end-of-year assets and covers 20,680 participants across the Retail Trade industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 516055922, and the plan has been effective since 1965-07-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets held essentially flat from $8.0B at the beginning of 2023 to $8.0B at year-end - up 0.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $7.9B, with reported net income of -$26M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 1 prior plan-year filing from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 2 plan years Trustees of Ufcw Int'l Union - Industry Pension Fund has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2023), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $8.0B to $8.0B, a gain of 0.1%, while reported participants moved from 20,170 to 20,680 (+2.5%). Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $8.0B in assets across 1 plan covering 20,170 participants; 2023 - $8.0B in assets across 1 plan covering 20,680 participants.

By assets, United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund outranks nearly all the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 80x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$8.0B
Total Assets (End of Year)$8.0B
Net Assets (End of Year)$7.9B
Net Income-$26M
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN516055922
Plan Effective Date1965-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Trustees of Ufcw Int'l Union - Industry Pension Fund)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 20,170 $8.0B
2023 1 20,680 $8.0B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund holds $8.0B in total assets with 20,680 participants. It is sponsored by Trustees of Ufcw Int'l Union - Industry Pension Fund.
What type of plan is United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund?
United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1965-07-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 516055922.
Who sponsors the United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund?
United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund is sponsored by Trustees of Ufcw Int'l Union - Industry Pension Fund, located in Illinois. The sponsor's EIN is 516055922 and the plan operates in the Retail Trade industry.
How did United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund perform in 2023?
United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund held essentially flat - up 0.1% during 2023, moving from $8.0B to $8.0B in total assets. Net income was -$26M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund's numbers.

  • By total assets, United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Illinois. Compare plans
  • Trustees of Ufcw Int'l Union - Industry Pension Fund's sponsor-wide assets have grown 0.1% since 2022 across 2 plan years on file. More Retail Trade plans
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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 516055922.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.