401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Mars, Incorporated 401(k) Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $3.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 15,513
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $218,155
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: U.S. Associate Savings Plan · Sponsored by Mars, Incorporated · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$3.4B in assets, 15,513 participants
Mars, Incorporated's U.S. Associate Savings Plan reported $3.4B in total assets and 15,513 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #17,620 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Coverage in New Jersey
U.S. Associate Savings Plan covers 15,513 participants in New Jersey, 18x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $3.4B.
- #17,620
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- +14.2%
- assets growth YoY
- 34×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
U.S. Associate Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets
U.S. Associate Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$3,384,234,249 Highest reported value at or above every one of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
U.S. Associate Savings Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. U.S. Associate Savings Plan is a mega filing (15,513 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- U.S. Associate Savings Plan reported net income fell from $512M in the plan year 2023 filing to $421M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- U.S. Associate Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.0B in the plan year 2023 filing to $3.4B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- U.S. Associate Savings Plan reported participants rose from 14,224 in the plan year 2023 filing to 15,513 in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 221594774 · Mars, Incorporated PY 2024 · 401(k)
U.S. Associate Savings Plan · $3.4B · 15,513 · 100th
- RANK $3.4B
- RANK 15,513
- RANK 100th
- RANK 401(k)
- RANK near Valero Energy Corporation Thrift Plan
- RANK ind #17620
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 New Jersey →
U.S. Associate Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New Jersey filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $3.4B |
| Net Income | $421M |
| Employer EIN | 221594774 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2003-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Mars, Incorporated)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Mars, Incorporated plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $11.7B 22.9945575884106% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 60,183 | $9.5B |
| 2023 | 5 | 58,554 | $11.0B |
| 2024 | 5 | 59,490 | $11.7B |
Nearby 401(k) Plans in New Jersey
Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- JPMorgan Chase 401(k) Savings Plan $52.9B · 185,532
- Verizon Savings Plan for Management Employees $29.4B · 69,218
- Johnson and Johnson Savings Plan $23.6B · 42,583
- Ernst & Young Retirement Savings Plan $18.3B · 56,714
- Merck US Savings Plan $15.0B · 27,956
Scale composition for U.S. Associate Savings Plan
U.S. Associate Savings Plan reports $3.4B in end-of-year assets across 15,513 participants (0.027% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $218,155 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $421M.
This plan identity (EIN 221594774, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.5B to $3.4B (+38.1%) while covered participants moved from 13,112 to 15,513 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13,112 | $2.5B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 14,224 | $3.0B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 15,513 | $3.4B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- U. S. Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $5.1B, 8,869 participants)
- Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan (401(k), $2.6B, 33,476 participants)
- Mars Deferred Compensation Plan (401(k), $598M, 627 participants)
- U.S. Associate Savings Advantage Plan (401(k), $23M, 1,005 participants)
U.S. Associate Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New Jersey, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Valero Energy Corporation Thrift Plan in TX ($3.4B); by covered participants it is Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and Subsidiaries Employees Retirement Plan in AK (15,504 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.4B here).
- Valero Energy Corporation Thrift Plan (TX) $3.4B · 8,053
- The Rsm US LLP Retirement Plan (IA) $3.4B · 14,728
- Battelle Employees' Savings Plan (OH) $3.4B · 8,543
- The Wegmans Retirement Plans (NY) $3.4B · 42,027
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,513 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Arctic Slope Regional Corporation and Subsidiaries Employees Retirement Plan (AK) 15,504 · 9 off
- Raymond James Financial, Inc. 401(k) Plan (FL) 15,535 · 22 off
- Paychex, Inc. 401(k) Incentive Retirement Plan (NY) 15,547 · 34 off
- Penn State Health 401(k) Savings Plan (PA) 15,556 · 43 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.