Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$6M
Total assets Small plan by assets
73
Participants Small participant base
47th
Percentile by assets National rank
$88,622
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan · Sponsored by Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. · North Carolina · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$6M in assets, 73 participants

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc.'s Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan reported $6M in total assets and 73 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 47th 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.

  • #8,632 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. multi-year trail

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc.'s plans moved +117.8% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan at $6M / 73 participants.

#8,632
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (16,916 peers)
+94.3%
assets growth YoY

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Healthcare & Social Assistance and all filers

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$6,469,424 47th percentile higher than 47% of 123,620 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 2024

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan is a small filing (73 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan reported net income rose from $360K in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3M in the plan year 2023 filing to $6M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan reported participants fell from 84 in the plan year 2023 filing to 73 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 810567043 · Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan · $6M · 73 · 47th

  • EBSA $6M
  • EBSA 73
  • EBSA 47th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Pension Plan for Employees of Local 137 Benefit Funds
  • EBSA ind #8632

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 Healthcare & Social Assistance retirement plans → · Plans in North Carolina →

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6M 117.79668434781085% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2M$4M$6M$8M 202220232024 $2.97M $6.47M ▲ +117.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 102 $3M
2023 1 84 $3M
2024 1 73 $6M

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3M
Net Assets (End of Year)$6M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN810567043
Plan Effective Date2012-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in North Carolina

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

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.006469424 · Participants: 73Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension PlanHoneywell Retirement Earnings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.577892612 · Participants: 9923Honeywell Retirement Earnings PlanTruist Financial Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.698665729 · Participants: 38548Truist Financial Corporation Pension PlanDuke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.678 · Participants: 13576Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance PlanEmployees' Retirement Plan of Duke University, Total assets ($B): 2.784844379 · Participants: 22655Employees' Retirement Plan of Duke UniversityThe Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.397551709 · Participants: 1745The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan
Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants
Compare Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Carolina, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan for Employees of Local 137 Benefit Funds in NY ($6M); by covered participants it is The New York Community Trust Retirement Plan in NY (73 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (73 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan surged - up 94.3% during 2024, from $3M to $6M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Pender Ems and Fire, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 117.8%, from $3M to $6M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension Plan for Employees of Local 137 Benefit Funds in NY ($6M, 5 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Pender Ems and Fire, Inc. Retirement Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The New York Community Trust Retirement Plan in NY (73 participants, $51M in assets).

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 810567043.

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.