401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Quaker Chemical Corporation 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$264M
Total assets Near avg plan size
1,132
Participants Near avg headcount
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$233,495
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan · Sponsored by Quaker Chemical Corporation · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$264M in assets, 1,132 participants

Quaker Chemical Corporation's Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan reported $264M in total assets and 1,132 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

  • #16,490 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan sits by assets

Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $264M for 1,132 participants (~$233,495/participant), up 4.9% in 2024.

#16,490
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+4.9%
assets growth YoY
2.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$264,315,872 Top 5% higher than 95% of 123,620 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 2024

Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan lands in the large band (1,132 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan reported net income fell from $27M in the plan year 2023 filing to $12M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $252M in the plan year 2023 filing to $264M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan reported participants rose from 1,108 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,132 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 230993790 · Quaker Chemical Corporation PY 2024 · 401(k)

Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan · $264M · 1,132 · 95th

  • PHOTO $264M
  • PHOTO 1,132
  • PHOTO 95th
  • PHOTO 401(k)
  • PHOTO near Liebherr-America Inc. Pension Plan
  • PHOTO ind #16490

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 Pennsylvania →

Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Homeservices Retirement Savings PlanHomeservices Retirement Savi…$264MScientific Research Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanScientific Research Corporat…$264MLiebherr-America Inc. Pension PlanLiebherr-America Inc. Pensio…$264MQuaker Houghton Retirement Savings PlanQuaker Houghton Retirement S…$264MGunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, LLP Profit Sharing PlanGunderson Dettmer Stough Vil…$264M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$252M
Net Assets (End of Year)$264M
Net Income$12M
Employer EIN230993790
Plan Effective Date1953-12-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Quaker Chemical Corporation)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Quaker Chemical Corporation plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$264M 17.55790227402884% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$220M$240M$260M$280M 202220232024 $225M $264M ▲ +17.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 964 $225M
2023 1 1,108 $252M
2024 1 1,132 $264M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000100000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.264315872 · Participants: 1132Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.687957793 · Participants: 90495Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanThe Cigna Group 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.20308608 · Participants: 63634The Cigna Group 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.084818612 · Participants: 18066The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.263366209 · Participants: 36150Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 401(k) Retirement PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.189629 · Participants: 54604The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan
Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Liebherr-America Inc. Pension Plan in VA ($264M); by covered participants it is Mazars USA LLP Retirement & Savings Plan in NY (1,132 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,132 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan edged up modestly - up 4.9% during 2024, from $252M to $264M. Reported net income was $12M.
How have Quaker Chemical Corporation plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Quaker Chemical Corporation's sponsor-wide assets grew 17.6%, from $225M to $264M.
Where does Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan ranks in the 95th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Liebherr-America Inc. Pension Plan in VA ($264M, 1,556 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Quaker Houghton Retirement Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Mazars USA LLP Retirement & Savings Plan in NY (1,132 participants, $372K in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 230993790.

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.