Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Stihl, Incorporated Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$155M
Total assets Near avg plan size
2,655
Participants Above avg headcount
93rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$58,531
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated · Sponsored by Stihl, Incorporated · Virginia · Manufacturing

$155M in assets, 2,655 participants

Stihl, Incorporated's Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated reported $155M in total assets and 2,655 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.

  • #15,940 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated covers 2,655 participants in Virginia, 3.4x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $155M.

#15,940
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+4.4%
assets growth YoY
1.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated's outsized position by total assets

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated vs every filed plan by assets

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

$155,400,492 Top 7% higher than 93% 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

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated lands in the large band (2,655 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated reported net income fell from $26M in the plan year 2023 filing to $7M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated reported participants rose from 2,303 in the plan year 2023 filing to 2,655 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated end-of-year assets rose from $149M in the plan year 2023 filing to $155M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 540969072 · Stihl, Incorporated PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated · $155M · 2,655 · 93rd

  • EBSA $155M
  • PART 2,655
  • TYPE 93rd
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOOK near Pension Fund of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
  • VS-ST ind #15940

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 Virginia →

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated in the asset neighbourhood

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 172 Pension FundPlumbers & Pipefitters Local…$156MEmployees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, IncorporatedEmployees' Retirement Plan o…$155MPension Fund of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12Pension Fund of Heat and Fro…$155MThe Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits PlanThe Bausch & Lomb Retirement…$155MMaimonides Medical Center Pension PlanMaimonides Medical Center Pe…$155M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$149M
Net Assets (End of Year)$155M
Net Income$7M
Employer EIN540969072
Plan Effective Date1982-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Stihl, Incorporated)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Stihl, Incorporated plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$508M 36.81236666991511% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$350M$400M$450M$500M$550M 202220232024 $372M $508M ▲ +36.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 4,548 $372M
2023 2 5,352 $459M
2024 2 5,580 $508M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia

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

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated, Total assets ($B): 0.155400492 · Participants: 2655Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, IncorporatedNorthrop Grumman Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.781759216 · Participants: 12678Northrop Grumman Pension PlanRetirement Security Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.481735153 · Participants: 56633Retirement Security PlanSheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.902237059 · Participants: 63530Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension FundNg Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla, Total assets ($B): 8.398702873 · Participants: 6737Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension PlaDominion Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.332769083 · Participants: 11758Dominion Energy Pension Plan
Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated side-by-side with 3 peers →

Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Fund of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12 in NY ($155M); by covered participants it is Western & Southern Financial Group Pension Plan in OH (2,652 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,655 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 Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated assets move in 2024? ▼
Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated edged up modestly - up 4.4% during 2024, from $149M to $155M. Reported net income was $7M.
How have Stihl, Incorporated plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Stihl, Incorporated's sponsor-wide assets grew 36.8%, from $372M to $508M.
Where does Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated ranks in the 93rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pension Fund of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12 in NY ($155M, 413 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Employees' Retirement Plan of Stihl, Incorporated? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Western & Southern Financial Group Pension Plan in OH (2,652 participants, $1.2B 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 540969072.

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.