Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$20M
Total assets Small plan by assets
230
Participants Below avg headcount
73rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$88,363
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$20M in assets, 230 participants

Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.'s Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan reported $20M in total assets and 230 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 73rd 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.

  • #11,782 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan covers 230 participants in Pennsylvania, about 28% of the average Pennsylvania filer (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $20M.

#11,782
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+20.5%
assets growth YoY

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$20,323,461 Top 27% higher than 73% 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

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (230 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$8M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $17M in the plan year 2022 filing to $20M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 241 in the plan year 2022 filing to 230 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 231324775 · Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan · $20M · 230 · 73rd

  • RANK $20M
  • RANK 230
  • RANK 73rd
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Silver State Schools Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan
  • RANK ind #11782

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 →

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$17M
Net Assets (End of Year)$20M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN231324775
Plan Effective Date1974-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$97M 14.060969617403604% vs 2022
2023 filing year
$80M$85M$90M$95M$100M 20222023 $85.4M $97.4M ▲ +14.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 5 1,466 $85M
2023 5 1,296 $97M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.020323461 · Participants: 230Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement PlanNational Elevator Industry Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.224377797 · Participants: 27434National Elevator Industry Pension PlanSteelworkers Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 6.602912146 · Participants: 47052Steelworkers Pension TrustThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.63715 · Participants: 63680The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension PlanConstellation Retirement Program, Total assets ($B): 5.323012123 · Participants: 5080Constellation Retirement ProgramThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.257223708 · Participants: 7374The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Pension Plan
Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Silver State Schools Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan in NV ($20M); by covered participants it is Signature Healthcare Retirement Plan in MA (230 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (230 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 Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 20.5% during 2023, from $17M to $20M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2022-2023), Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 14.1%, from $85M to $97M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Silver State Schools Credit Union Defined Benefit Plan in NV ($20M, 27 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Knouse Foods Bargaining Unit Employees Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Signature Healthcare Retirement Plan in MA (230 participants, $50M 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 231324775.

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.