401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Darling Ingredients Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$225M
Total assets Near avg plan size
1,852
Participants Near avg headcount
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$121,287
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by Darling Ingredients Inc. · Texas · Manufacturing

$225M in assets, 1,852 participants

Darling Ingredients Inc.'s Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan reported $225M in total assets and 1,852 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #17,301 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan covers 1,852 participants in Texas, 2.7x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $225M.

#17,301
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+51.9%
assets growth YoY
2.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$224,622,724 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (1,852 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$32M in the plan year 2022 filing to $27M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants rose from 1,060 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,852 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $148M in the plan year 2022 filing to $225M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 362495346 · Darling Ingredients Inc. PY 2023 · 401(k)

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan · $225M · 1,852 · 95th

  • BOY $225M
  • SCH 1,852
  • EBSA 95th
  • PART 401(k)
  • TYPE near Fcci Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
  • NET ind #17301

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 Texas →

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Fctg Retirement Savings Plan$225MDarling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings PlanDarling Ingredients Inc. Sal…$225MFcci Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing PlanFcci Services, Inc. 401(k) P…$224MGreat Dane LLC Employee's Retirement Savings PlanGreat Dane LLC Employee's Re…$224MAllegis Group, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan TwoAllegis Group, Inc. Retireme…$224M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$148M
Net Assets (End of Year)$225M
Net Income$27M
Employer EIN362495346
Plan Effective Date1994-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Darling Ingredients Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Darling Ingredients Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$475M 50.91375501073811% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$250M$300M$350M$400M$450M$500M 202220232024 $315M $475M ▲ +50.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 3,813 $315M
2023 5 5,924 $463M
2024 5 9,295 $475M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.224622724 · Participants: 1852Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.012012 · Participants: 119854AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.917 · Participants: 23477Exxonmobil Savings PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.496476432 · Participants: 41679Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanAmerican Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.680189879 · Participants: 88792American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) PlanDell Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.529835 · Participants: 45686Dell Inc. 401(k) Plan
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Fcci Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in FL ($224M); by covered participants it is Ccp 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in NY (1,851 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($225M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,852 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 Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan surged - up 51.9% during 2023, from $148M to $225M. Reported net income was $27M.
How have Darling Ingredients Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Darling Ingredients Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 50.9%, from $315M to $475M.
Where does Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 95th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Fcci Services, Inc. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan in FL ($224M, 821 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ccp 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan in NY (1,851 participants, $321M 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 362495346.

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.