Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
The Scotts Company LLC Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $54M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 54
- Participants Small participant base
- 85th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $997,655
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan · Sponsored by The Scotts Company LLC · Ohio · Manufacturing
$54M in assets, 54 participants
The Scotts Company LLC's The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan reported $54M in total assets and 54 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 85th 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.
- #13,962 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Where The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan sits by assets
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $54M for 54 participants (~$997,655/participant), down 6.8% in 2024.
- #13,962
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -6.8%
- assets change YoY
- 0.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $4M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$53,873,352 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' 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. The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan is a small filing (54 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan reported net income fell from -$1M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$4M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan reported participants fell from 63 in the plan year 2023 filing to 54 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $58M in the plan year 2023 filing to $54M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 311414921 · The Scotts Company LLC PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan · $54M · 54 · 85th
- EOY $54M
- 5500 54
- ASSETS 85th
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EIN near Rockford Area Dairy Industry Local 754 Ib of T Retirement Pension Plan
- RANK ind #13962
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 Ohio →
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $58M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $54M |
| Net Income | -$4M |
| Employer EIN | 311414921 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1954-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Scotts Company LLC)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Scotts Company LLC plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $745M 24.982293954917125% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 6,443 | $596M |
| 2023 | 2 | 5,044 | $680M |
| 2024 | 2 | 4,722 | $745M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- GE Aerospace Pension Plan $19.0B · 9,637
- Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan $6.5B · 12,187
- American Electric Power System Retirement Plan $4.1B · 16,073
- Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan $3.9B · 10,387
- Parker Defined Benefit Pension Plan $3.5B · 8,120
The Scotts Company LLC Associates' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Rockford Area Dairy Industry Local 754 Ib of T Retirement Pension Plan in IL ($54M); by covered participants it is Credit Union West Retirement Pension Plan in AZ (54 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($54M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (54 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.