Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Safeway Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.2B
Total assets Very large vs avg
8,473
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$144,737
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries · Sponsored by Safeway Inc. · California · Retail Trade

$1.2B in assets, 8,473 participants

Safeway Inc.'s Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries reported $1.2B in total assets and 8,473 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #8,355 in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)

Coverage in California

Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries covers 8,473 participants in California, 13x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $1.2B.

#8,355
in Retail Trade (8,414 peers)
+3.8%
assets growth YoY
12×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries's outsized position by total assets

Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$1,226,353,415 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 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 2023

Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries lands in the large band (8,473 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries reported net income fell from $62M in the plan year 2022 filing to $46M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries reported participants fell from 9,235 in the plan year 2022 filing to 8,473 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries end-of-year assets rose from $1.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.2B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 943019135 · Safeway Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries · $1.2B · 8,473 · 99th

  • ASSETS $1.2B
  • PCT 8,473
  • EIN 99th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near Heating, Piping and Refrigeration Pension Fd Pension Fund
  • IND ind #8355

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 Retail Trade retirement plans → · Plans in California →

Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries in the asset neighbourhood

Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic SubsidiariesEmployee Retirement Plan of …$1.2BHeating, Piping and Refrigeration Pension Fd Pension FundHeating, Piping and Refriger…$1.2BBridgestone Americas, Inc. Salaried Employees Retirement PlanBridgestone Americas, Inc. S…$1.2BKellanova Pension Plan$1.2BEmployee Retirement Plan of S&p Global Inc and Its SubsidiariesEmployee Retirement Plan of …$1.2B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

California filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.2B
Net Income$46M
Employer EIN943019135
Plan Effective Date1946-12-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Safeway Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Safeway Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.2B 3.8043195770640317% vs 2022
2023 filing year
$1.18B$1.2B$1.22B$1.24B 20222023 $1.19B $1.23B ▲ +3.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 10,917 $1.2B
2023 2 10,118 $1.2B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California

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

Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries, Total assets ($B): 1.226353415 · Participants: 8473Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic SubsidiariesKaiser Permanente Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 33.538817099 · Participants: 127356Kaiser Permanente Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.40954351 · Participants: 22914Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanPacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.980531142 · Participants: 25647Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Total assets ($B): 10.814691143 · Participants: 19545Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc.Disney Salaried Pension Plan D, Total assets ($B): 10.057095066 · Participants: 10813Disney Salaried Pension Plan D
Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries side-by-side with 3 peers →

Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Heating, Piping and Refrigeration Pension Fd Pension Fund in MD ($1.2B); by covered participants it is Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund in PA (8,460 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,473 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries assets move in 2023? ▼
Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries edged up modestly - up 3.8% during 2023, from $1.2B to $1.2B. Reported net income was $46M.
How have Safeway Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2022-2023), Safeway Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 3.8%, from $1.2B to $1.2B.
Where does Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Heating, Piping and Refrigeration Pension Fd Pension Fund in MD ($1.2B, 4,128 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Employee Retirement Plan of Safeway Inc. and Its Domestic Subsidiaries? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters' Pension Fund in PA (8,460 participants, $1.2B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 943019135.

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.