Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$325M
Total assets
4,180
Participants
96th
Percentile by assets
$77,687
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund · Sponsored by United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund · Ohio · Retail Trade

$325M in assets, 4,180 participants

United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund's United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund reported $325M in total assets and 4,180 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • 96th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund holds $325M for 4,180 participants - about $77,687 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 19.1% over the 2023 plan year.

$325M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
4,180
covered participants
96th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$77,687
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Retail Trade

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

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

United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund, headquartered in Ohio. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $325M in total end-of-year assets and covers 4,180 participants across the Retail Trade industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 346665155, and the plan has been effective since 1960-10-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew sharply from $273M at the beginning of 2023 to $325M at year-end - up 19.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $325M, with reported net income of $52M 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 United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2023), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $273M to $325M, a gain of 19.1%, while reported participants moved from 4,343 to 4,180 (-3.8%). Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $273M in assets across 1 plan covering 4,343 participants; 2023 - $325M in assets across 1 plan covering 4,180 participants.

By assets, United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund outranks 96% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 3.2x 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 Union - Employer 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)$273M
Total Assets (End of Year)$325M
Net Assets (End of Year)$325M
Net Income$52M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN346665155
Plan Effective Date1960-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund)

$260M$280M$300M$320M$340M 20222023 $273M $325M ▲ +19.1%
Total plan assets by year, all United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 4,343 $273M
2023 1 4,180 $325M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund holds $325M in total assets with 4,180 participants. It is sponsored by United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund.
What type of plan is United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund?
United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1960-10-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 346665155.
Who sponsors the United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund?
United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund is sponsored by United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund, located in Ohio. The sponsor's EIN is 346665155 and the plan operates in the Retail Trade industry.
How did United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund perform in 2023?
United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund grew sharply - up 19.1% during 2023, moving from $273M to $325M in total assets. Net income was $52M.

What this filing means

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

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  • United Food & Commercial Workers Union - Employer Pension Fund's sponsor-wide assets have grown 19.1% 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 346665155.

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 2026-07-24.