Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$170M
Total assets
527
Participants
94th
Percentile by assets
$322,062
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates · Sponsored by Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. · Texas · Finance & Insurance

$170M in assets, 527 participants

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.'s Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates reported $170M in total assets and 527 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • 94th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)

What the 2024 filing shows

Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates holds $170M for 527 participants - about $322,062 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, down 2.8% over the 2024 plan year.

$170M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
527
covered participants
94th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$322,062
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $5M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Finance & Insurance

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates

Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., headquartered in Texas. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $170M in total end-of-year assets and covers 527 participants across the Finance & Insurance industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 741751768, and the plan has been effective since 1986-12-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged down modestly from $175M at the beginning of 2024 to $170M at year-end - down 2.8%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $170M, with reported net income of -$5M 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 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $1.1B to $1.4B, a gain of 21.2%, while reported participants moved from 5,240 to 6,097 (+16.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $1.4B; the softest was 2022 at $1.1B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $1.1B in assets across 2 plans covering 5,240 participants; 2023 - $1.2B in assets across 2 plans covering 5,598 participants; 2024 - $1.4B in assets across 2 plans covering 6,097 participants.

By assets, Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates outranks 94% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 1.7x 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 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates 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 (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$175M
Total Assets (End of Year)$170M
Net Assets (End of Year)$170M
Net Income-$5M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN741751768
Plan Effective Date1986-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.)

$1.1B$1.2B$1.3B$1.4B$1.5B 202220232024 $1.14B $1.38B ▲ +21.1%
Total plan assets by year, all Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 5,240 $1.1B
2023 2 5,598 $1.2B
2024 2 6,097 $1.4B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates holds $170M in total assets with 527 participants. It is sponsored by Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc..
What type of plan is Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates?
Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1986-12-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 741751768.
Who sponsors the Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates?
Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates is sponsored by Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., located in Texas. The sponsor's EIN is 741751768 and the plan operates in the Finance & Insurance industry.
How did Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates perform in 2024?
Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates edged down modestly - down 2.8% during 2024, moving from $175M to $170M in total assets. Net income was -$5M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Retirement Plan for Employees of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. & Its Affiliates's numbers.

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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 741751768.

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.