Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Unitil Service Corp. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$179M
Total assets Near avg plan size
167
Participants Small participant base
94th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.1M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Unitil Service Corp. · New Hampshire · Utilities

$179M in assets, 167 participants

Unitil Service Corp.'s Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan reported $179M in total assets and 167 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • #500 in Utilities (732 peers)

Utilities sector rank

Within Utilities, Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan ranks #500 of 732 2024 filers by assets (300% of the sector average)-$179M for 167 participants.

#500
in Utilities (732 peers)
+9.1%
assets growth YoY
1.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$178,724,886 Top 6% higher than 94% 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

Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (167 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $164M in the plan year 2023 filing to $179M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 178 in the plan year 2023 filing to 167 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $16M in the plan year 2023 filing to $15M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 020383661 · Unitil Service Corp. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan · $179M · 167 · 94th

  • ASSETS $179M
  • PCT 167
  • EIN 94th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near Wilbur-Ellis Retirement Plan
  • IND ind #500

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 Utilities retirement plans → · Plans in New Hampshire →

Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 267 Pension FundPlumbers & Steamfitters Loca…$180MPension Plan for Salaried Employees of Stater Bros. MarketsPension Plan for Salaried Em…$179MWilbur-Ellis Retirement Plan$179MUnitil Corporation Retirement PlanUnitil Corporation Retiremen…$179MGlen Raven, Inc. Pension Plan$178M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Utilities filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$164M
Net Assets (End of Year)$179M
Net Income$15M
Employer EIN020383661
Plan Effective Date1985-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Unitil Service Corp.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Unitil Service Corp. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$179M 20.66690325879232% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$140M$150M$160M$170M$180M$190M 202220232024 $148M $179M ▲ +20.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 207 $148M
2023 1 178 $164M
2024 1 167 $179M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Hampshire

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

Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Hampshire, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 01000200030004000 100200300400500600700 Total assets ($M) Participants Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan, Total assets ($M): 178.724886 · Participants: 167Unitil Corporation Retirement PlanPension Plan for Employees of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Total assets ($M): 609.093653 · Participants: 1373Pension Plan for Employees of Dartmouth-HitchcockRetirement Plan for Employees of Concord Hospital, Total assets ($M): 413.104597 · Participants: 3416Retirement Plan for Employees of Concord HospitalElliot Health System Pension Plan, Total assets ($M): 266.934444 · Participants: 475Elliot Health System Pension PlanCatholic Medical Center Pension Plan, Total assets ($M): 242.985045 · Participants: 352Catholic Medical Center Pension PlanOsram Sylvania Pension Plan, Total assets ($M): 210.333889 · Participants: 238Osram Sylvania Pension Plan
Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Hampshire, assets vs. participants
Compare Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New Hampshire, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Wilbur-Ellis Retirement Plan in CO ($179M); by covered participants it is Carepoint Health, LLC Cash Balance Plan in CO (167 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($179M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (167 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 Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 9.1% during 2024, from $164M to $179M. Reported net income was $15M.
How have Unitil Service Corp. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Unitil Service Corp.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 20.7%, from $148M to $179M.
Where does Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan ranks in the 94th 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 Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Wilbur-Ellis Retirement Plan in CO ($179M, 2,381 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Unitil Corporation Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Carepoint Health, LLC Cash Balance Plan in CO (167 participants, N/A 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 020383661.

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.