Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Associated Materials, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$41M
Total assets Below avg plan size
84
Participants Small participant base
82nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$485,509
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Alside Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Associated Materials, LLC · Ohio · Manufacturing

$41M in assets, 84 participants

Associated Materials, LLC's Alside Retirement Plan reported $41M in total assets and 84 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 82nd 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.

  • #13,216 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Alside Retirement Plan sits by assets

Alside Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $41M for 84 participants (~$485,509/participant), down 2.9% in 2024.

#13,216
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-2.9%
assets change YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $1M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Alside Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Alside Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$40,782,744 Top 18% higher than 82% 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

Alside 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. Alside Retirement Plan is a small filing (84 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Alside Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $428K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Alside Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 87 in the plan year 2023 filing to 84 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Alside Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $42M in the plan year 2023 filing to $41M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 751872487 · Associated Materials, LLC PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Alside Retirement Plan · $41M · 84 · 82nd

  • VS-ST $41M
  • BOY 84
  • SCH 82nd
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Southwest Airlines Market-Based Cash Balance Plan
  • TYPE ind #13216

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 Ohio →

Alside Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Sulzer Pumps (US) Inc. Retirement PlanSulzer Pumps (US) Inc. Retir…$41MLeggett & Platt, Incorporated Pension PlanLeggett & Platt, Incorporate…$41MSouthwest Airlines Market-Based Cash Balance PlanSouthwest Airlines Market-Ba…$41MAlside Retirement Plan$41MCoorstek, Inc. Retirement PlanCoorstek, Inc. Retirement Pl…$41M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Alside 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)$42M
Net Assets (End of Year)$41M
Net Income-$1M
Employer EIN751872487
Plan Effective Date1984-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Associated Materials, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Associated Materials, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$244M 20.85035690656599% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$180M$200M$220M$240M$260M 202220232024 $202M $244M ▲ +20.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 3,261 $202M
2023 4 3,378 $230M
2024 4 3,180 $244M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

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

Alside Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500005000100001500020000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Alside Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.040782744 · Participants: 84Alside Retirement PlanGE Aerospace Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.026079363 · Participants: 9637GE Aerospace Pension PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.474467697 · Participants: 12187Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.085797504 · Participants: 16073American Electric Power System Retirement PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.912834719 · Participants: 10387Ohio Operating Engineers Pension PlanParker Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.496388263 · Participants: 8120Parker Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Alside Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Alside Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Southwest Airlines Market-Based Cash Balance Plan in TX ($41M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation in TX (84 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($41M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (84 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 Alside Retirement Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Alside Retirement Plan edged down modestly - down 2.9% during 2024, from $42M to $41M. Reported net income was -$1M.
How have Associated Materials, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Associated Materials, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 20.9%, from $202M to $244M.
Where does Alside Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Alside Retirement Plan ranks in the 82nd 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 Alside Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Southwest Airlines Market-Based Cash Balance Plan in TX ($41M, 9,612 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Alside Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for Employees of Bridgford Foods Corporation in TX (84 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 751872487.

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.