Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$136M
Total assets Near avg plan size
1,615
Participants Near avg headcount
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$84,516
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan · Sponsored by Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. · North Carolina · Retail Trade

$136M in assets, 1,615 participants

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.'s Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan reported $136M in total assets and 1,615 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd 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.

  • #7,703 in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)

Where Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan sits by assets

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $136M for 1,615 participants (~$84,516/participant), down 9.8% in 2024.

#7,703
in Retail Trade (8,048 peers)
-9.8%
assets change YoY
1.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $15M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$136,493,143 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,615 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan reported net income fell from $16M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$15M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $151M in the plan year 2023 filing to $136M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan reported participants fell from 1,748 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,615 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 560905940 · Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan · $136M · 1,615 · 92nd

  • PART $136M
  • PART 1,615
  • PART 92nd
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near The Lozier Corporation Pension Plan and Trust
  • PART ind #7703

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 North Carolina →

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

University of Southern California Support Staff Retirement PlanUniversity of Southern Calif…$137MThe Lozier Corporation Pension Plan and TrustThe Lozier Corporation Pensi…$137MHarris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension PlanHarris Teeter Supermarkets, …$136MBasic Pension Plan for Employees of Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los AngelesBasic Pension Plan for Emplo…$136MBcom3 Cash Balance Plan$136M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension 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)$151M
Net Assets (End of Year)$136M
Net Income-$15M
Employer EIN560905940
Plan Effective Date1989-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.5B 29.962808452267026% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1B$1.2B$1.4B$1.6B 202220232024 $1.19B $1.54B ▲ +29.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 32,557 $1.2B
2023 2 33,660 $1.4B
2024 2 35,798 $1.5B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in North Carolina

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

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.136493143 · Participants: 1615Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension PlanHoneywell Retirement Earnings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.577892612 · Participants: 9923Honeywell Retirement Earnings PlanTruist Financial Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.698665729 · Participants: 38548Truist Financial Corporation Pension PlanDuke Energy Retirement Cash Balance Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.678 · Participants: 13576Duke Energy Retirement Cash Balance PlanEmployees' Retirement Plan of Duke University, Total assets ($B): 2.784844379 · Participants: 22655Employees' Retirement Plan of Duke UniversityThe Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.397551709 · Participants: 1745The Hearst Corporation Retirement Plan
Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in North Carolina, assets vs. participants

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside North Carolina, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Lozier Corporation Pension Plan and Trust in NE ($137M); by covered participants it is Northrop Grumman Retirement Plan B in VA (1,614 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,615 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 Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 9.8% during 2024, from $151M to $136M. Reported net income was -$15M.
How have Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 30.0%, from $1.2B to $1.5B.
Where does Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan ranks in the 92nd 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 Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Lozier Corporation Pension Plan and Trust in NE ($137M, 384 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc. Employees' Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Northrop Grumman Retirement Plan B in VA (1,614 participants, $2.1B in assets).