Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Growmark Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 4,082
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $262,293
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Group Retirement Income Plan No.16 · Sponsored by Growmark Inc. · Illinois · Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing
$1.1B in assets, 4,082 participants
Growmark Inc.'s Group Retirement Income Plan No.16 reported $1.1B in total assets and 4,082 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- #1,216 in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,217 peers)
Coverage in Illinois
Group Retirement Income Plan No.16 covers 4,082 participants in Illinois, 5.2x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $1.1B.
- #1,216
- in Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing (1,217 peers)
- +5.4%
- assets growth YoY
- 11×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Group Retirement Income Plan No.16's outsized position by total assets
Group Retirement Income Plan No.16 vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$1,070,680,478 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Group Retirement Income Plan No.16'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. Group Retirement Income Plan No.16 lands in the large band (4,082 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Group Retirement Income Plan No.16 end-of-year assets rose from $1.0B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Group Retirement Income Plan No.16 reported participants rose from 3,900 in the plan year 2023 filing to 4,082 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Group Retirement Income Plan No.16 reported net income fell from $54M in the plan year 2023 filing to $53M in the plan year 2024 filing.
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 370815318 · Growmark Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Group Retirement Income Plan No.16 · $1.1B · 4,082 · 99th
- PHOTO $1.1B
- IND 4,082
- EOY 99th
- 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
- ASSETS near Retirement System of the American National Red Cross
- PCT ind #1216
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 Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →
Group Retirement Income Plan No.16 in the asset neighbourhood
Illinois filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.1B |
| Net Income | $53M |
| Employer EIN | 370815318 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1994-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Growmark Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Growmark Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $2.5B 16.208314169270118% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 14,453 | $2.2B |
| 2023 | 4 | 15,057 | $2.3B |
| 2024 | 4 | 15,396 | $2.5B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan $48.2B · 36,799
- State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees $37.7B · 41,619
- GE Healthcare Pension Plan $13.7B · 5,554
- Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan $8.6B · 17,875
- United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund $8.2B · 20,984
Group Retirement Income Plan No.16's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement System of the American National Red Cross in DC ($1.1B); by covered participants it is Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Empl of Bcbssc in SC (4,087 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.1B here).
- Retirement System of the American National Red Cross (DC) $1.1B · 4,198
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters Pension Fund United States Segment (NV) $1.1B · 1,296
- Mufg Bank, Ltd. Retirement Plan (NY) $1.1B · 4,727
- Oregon Retail Employees Pension Plan (OR) $1.1B · 19,775
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (4,082 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Empl of Bcbssc (SC) 4,087 · 5 off
- Nissan Employee Retirement Plan (TN) 4,074 · 8 off
- Unity Health System Retirement Plan (NY) 4,112 · 30 off
- Teamsters Local 639 - Employers Pension Trust Fund (DC) 4,123 · 41 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.