Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Cowles Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$87M
Total assets Below avg plan size
89
Participants Small participant base
89th
Percentile by assets National rank
$978,803
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Cowles Company Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Cowles Company · Washington · Information & Media

$87M in assets, 89 participants

Cowles Company's Cowles Company Retirement Plan reported $87M in total assets and 89 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.

  • #2,399 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Where Cowles Company Retirement Plan sits by assets

Cowles Company Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $87M for 89 participants (~$978,803/participant), down 18.6% in 2024.

#2,399
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-18.6%
assets change YoY
0.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $20M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Cowles Company Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Cowles Company Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$87,113,435 Top 11% higher than 89% 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

Cowles Company 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. Cowles Company Retirement Plan is a small filing (89 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Cowles Company Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $8K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$20M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Cowles Company Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $107M in the plan year 2023 filing to $87M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Cowles Company Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 97 in the plan year 2023 filing to 89 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 910420030 · Cowles Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Cowles Company Retirement Plan · $87M · 89 · 89th

  • SCH $87M
  • SCH 89
  • SCH 89th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel
  • SCH ind #2399

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Washington →

Cowles Company Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Cowles Company Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$107M
Net Assets (End of Year)$87M
Net Income-$20M
Employer EIN910420030
Plan Effective Date1946-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cowles Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cowles Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$164M 3.406466001403659% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$160M$165M$170M$175M 202220232024 $170M $164M ▼ -3.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 784 $169M
2023 2 751 $173M
2024 2 759 $164M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Washington

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

Cowles Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Cowles Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.087113435 · Participants: 89Cowles Company Retirement PlanWestern Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 56.4105157 · Participants: 231156Western Conference of Teamsters Pension PlanThe Pension Value Plan for Employees of the Boeing Company, Total assets ($B): 23.342502332 · Participants: 29538The Pension Value Plan for Employees of the Boeing CompanyThe Boeing Company Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.379508818 · Participants: 31398The Boeing Company Employee Retirement PlanLocals 302 & 612 of the Iuoe - Employers Construction Industry Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.327244882 · Participants: 8695Locals 302 & 612 of the Iuoe - Employers Construction Industry Retirement PlanPaccar Inc Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.704439451 · Participants: 10345Paccar Inc Retirement Plan
Cowles Company Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Washington, assets vs. participants
Compare Cowles Company Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Washington, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel in OH ($87M); by covered participants it is Glencore Ltd. Defined Benefit Plan in NY (89 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (89 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 Cowles Company Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Cowles Company Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 18.6% during 2024, from $107M to $87M. Reported net income was -$20M.
How have Cowles Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cowles Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 3.4%, from $169M to $164M.
Where does Cowles Company Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Cowles Company Retirement Plan ranks in the 89th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Cowles Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Major League Baseball Pension Plan for Non-Uniformed Personnel in OH ($87M, 234 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Cowles Company Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Glencore Ltd. Defined Benefit Plan in NY (89 participants, $57M 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 910420030.

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.