Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Gorton's Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $54M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 82
- Participants Small participant base
- 85th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $663,182
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Gorton's Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Gorton's Inc. · Massachusetts · Manufacturing
$54M in assets, 82 participants
Gorton's Inc.'s Gorton's Retirement Plan reported $54M in total assets and 82 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.
- #13,990 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Where Gorton's Retirement Plan sits by assets
Gorton's Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $54M for 82 participants (~$663,182/participant), down 7.2% in 2024.
- #13,990
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -7.2%
- 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.
Gorton's Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
Gorton's Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$54,380,895 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
Gorton's Retirement 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. Gorton's Retirement Plan is a small filing (82 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Gorton's Retirement Plan reported net income fell from -$739K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$4M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Gorton's Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 76 in the plan year 2023 filing to 82 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Gorton's Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $59M in the plan year 2023 filing to $54M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 043575531 · Gorton's Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Gorton's Retirement Plan · $54M · 82 · 85th
- NET $54M
- NET 82
- NET 85th
- NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
- NET near South County Hospital Retirement Plan
- NET ind #13990
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 Massachusetts →
Gorton's Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $59M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $54M |
| Net Income | -$4M |
| Employer EIN | 043575531 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2001-10-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Gorton's Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Gorton's Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $161M 3.3204730076096984% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 535 | $156M |
| 2023 | 3 | 515 | $161M |
| 2024 | 3 | 507 | $161M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Massachusetts
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Consolidated Cash Balance Program of Mass General Brigham and Member Organizations $11.6B · 60,621
- New England Teamsters Pension Fund $9.1B · 21,577
- Liberty Mutual Retirement Benefit Plan $6.3B · 34,910
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Basic Retirement Plan $5.9B · 12,533
- N. Atlantic States Carp. Pension Fund $5.1B · 16,946
Gorton's Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Massachusetts, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is South County Hospital Retirement Plan in RI ($54M); by covered participants it is The Connecticut Water Company Employees' Retirement Plan in CT (82 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($54M here).
- South County Hospital Retirement Plan (RI) $54M · 118
- Teamsters Local 211 Pension Fund (PA) $54M · 25
- Jockey International, Inc. Pension Plan (WI) $54M · 107
- Vituity Retirement Plan for Cep Physicians (CA) $54M · 2,318
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (82 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- The Connecticut Water Company Employees' Retirement Plan (CT) 82 · 0 off
- Retirement Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees of Warren General Hospital (PA) 82 · 0 off
- Liberty Steel Products, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan (OH) 82 · 0 off
- Retirement Plan of Members of Upagra Employees of Telemundo Puerto Rico, Inc (PR) 82 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.