Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$32M
Total assets Below avg plan size
238
Participants Below avg headcount
80th
Percentile by assets National rank
$135,592
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. · Sponsored by Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$32M in assets, 238 participants

Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.'s Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. reported $32M in total assets and 238 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 80th 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.

  • #13,543 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. covers 238 participants in Pennsylvania, about 29% of the average Pennsylvania filer (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $32M.

#13,543
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+20.7%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.'s outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. vs every filed plan by assets

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

$32,270,874 Top 20% higher than 80% 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

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. 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. Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. sits mid-pack in the medium band (238 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. reported net income rose from -$17M in the plan year 2022 filing to $6M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. end-of-year assets rose from $27M in the plan year 2022 filing to $32M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. reported participants fell from 279 in the plan year 2022 filing to 238 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

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

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. · $32M · 238 · 80th

  • ASSETS $32M
  • PCT 238
  • EIN 80th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near Medical Group of Beverly Hills Defined Benefit Pension Plan
  • IND ind #13543

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 →

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. in the asset neighbourhood

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

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$27M
Net Assets (End of Year)$32M
Net Income$6M
Employer EIN231324775
Plan Effective Date1956-11-01
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.

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc., Total assets ($B): 0.032270874 · Participants: 238Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.National 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
Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.'s out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Medical Group of Beverly Hills Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA ($32M); by covered participants it is Southern Star Retirement Plan (Non-Union) in KY (238 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (238 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 Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. assets move in 2023? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. grew sharply - up 20.7% during 2023, from $27M to $32M. Reported net income was $6M.
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.
Where does Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc. ranks in the 80th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Medical Group of Beverly Hills Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA ($32M, 173 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan for Employees of Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Southern Star Retirement Plan (Non-Union) in KY (238 participants, $48M 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.